FC Bayern Munich Junior Team


The FC Bayern Munich Junior Team is the youth academy for German football club FC Bayern Munich. The Junior Team was created in 1902 and restructured in 1995. It has educated many players who have become regulars in the Bundesliga and Germany. The vision for the Junior Team is "to educate young players so that it will be possible for FCB to keep a global position in club football in the next millennium" and its mission is "to have the best youth development in club football."

History

The Junior Team was created in 1902 and restructured in 1995.
In 2006 FC Bayern purchased land near the Allianz Arena with the purpose of building a new youth academy. In 2015 the project, estimated to cost €70 million, was started, after overcoming internal resistance. The main reasons for the project were that the existing facilities were too small and that the club, while very successful at senior level, lacked competitiveness with other German and European clubs at youth level. The new facility was scheduled to open in the 2017–18 season.

Overview

The vision for the Junior Team is "to educate young players so that it will be possible for FCB to keep a global position in club football in the next millennium" and its mission is "to have the best youth development in club football."
There are 165 players, 16 instructors and managers, 1 physiotherapist and 1 masseur. Rosters remain unchanged while the kids learn their trade whether it be for goalkeeper, defence, midfield or forward. They are trained for no more than 1 or 2 positions.
Bayern Munich Junior Team uses a 4–3–3 formation system from D Juniors and upwards. Players from overseas are offered accommodation in a youth apartment block with 13 single rooms inside the club grounds on Säbener Straße. The facility arrangement is different from many other high-profile clubs, in that both the first team and the youth teams train at the same location.
Bayern Munich has a residence building for players who are between 15 and 18 and live too far away from the training ground. Up to 14 youth team players can live there. They have an employee in the residence building where in the morning waking up and prepares a breakfast buffet and also takes care of small and large problems of youth players. There are up to eight part-time teachers are available to support the youth players to compensate for the educational gaps. The ground floor of the youth center is also the office of the junior team and a meeting room for the coaches.

Scouting

Bayern Munich has scouts all over the world, though most of the scouting happens within a few hours drive of Munich. Thomas Hitzlsperger, Christian Lell, Andreas Ottl, former captain Philipp Lahm and most recent graduates Holger Badstuber, Diego Contento and Thomas Müller are all from either Munich or within a 70 km radius of the city.
As part of the restructuring and to help find players for the Junior Team, Bayern Munich has developed a "Talent Day" where up to 500 boys are scouted. The Talent Days are done over Saturday and Sunday. The format used is three 20-minute 5-a-side matches on reduced-sized football fields. The scouts are looking for how well the participants "cope with the ball" with "particular skill", "excellent dribbling" and "good vision". An average of seven children will make it to the Bayern Munich Junior Team during Talent days. Talent Days has drawn "worldwide attention". The event has drawn participants from all over Germany along with participants from Austria, France, Italy, Egypt, Slovenia, Slovakia and Australia.
In 2003, Bayern Munich started partnering with other football clubs. The partner clubs are SpVgg Unterhaching, Ingolstadt 04, Kickers Offenbach and Ulm 1846, 1860 Rosenheim, SpVgg Landshut, TSV Milbertshofen and SC Fürstenfeldbruck. SpVgg Unterhaching, Ingolstadt 04, Kickers Offenbach and Ulm 1846 are the elite partners. 1860 Rosenheim and SpVgg Landshut are regional partners. TSV Milbertshofen and SC Fürstenfeldbruck are local partners. Udo Bassemir is responsible for club partnerships. Players they are interested in are not transferred immediately. They allow the player to train at their own club and at Bayern Munich's training fields and the transfer happens at the "right time".

Reserve team

The penultimate stage for youngsters at Bayern is Bayern Munich II, which currently plays in the Regionalliga Bayern, the fourth tier of German football.

Technical staff

The director of the youth setup at Bayern Munich is Jochen Sauer. The following staff are in charge of the various age groups:
RoleUnder-19Under-17
Head coach

Noted graduates

The following players played either first team football for Bayern or in the Bundesliga for another club:
PlayerYear joined clubYears played
for 1st team		National teamYears played
for National Team		Major Accomplishments
Franz Beckenbauer19591964–19771965–1977WC74; EC72; EC runner-up 76; Euro Cup 74, 75, 76
Sepp Maier19591962–19791966–1979WC74, EC72, EC runner-up 76; Euro Cup 74, 75, 76
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck19621966–19811971–1978WC74; EC72; EC runner-up 76; Euro Cup 74, 75, 76
Klaus Augenthaler19751976–19911983–1990WC90; EC80; Euro Cup runner-up 82, 87
Hans Pflügler19751981–1992, 19951987–1990WC90
Manfred Schwabl19771985–1986, 1989–19931987–1988—
Max Eberl19791991–1994———
Raimond Aumann19801982–19941989–1990WC90; Euro Cup Runner-up 1987
Markus Babbel19811991–20001995–2000EC96; UCL runner-up 99; UEFA Cup 96, 01
Christian Nerlinger19861992–19981998–1999UEFA Cup 96
Dietmar Hamann19891993–19981998–2005WC runner-up 02; UCL 06; UEFA Cup 96, 01
Thomas Hitzlsperger1989—2004–2010EC runner-up 08
Uwe Gospodarek19891991–1995———
Christian Lell19932003–2010———
David Jarolím19951997–20002005–2009UCL runner-up 99
Philipp Lahm19952002–20172004–2014WC14; EC runner-up 08; UCL 13; UCL runner-up 10, 12
Mats Hummels19952007–2009; 2016–20192010–2018WC14; UCL runner-up 13
Diego Contento19952010–2014——UCL runner-up 10
Georg Niedermeier1995————
Stephan Fürstner19952006–2009———
Sandro Wagner19952007–20182017–20182 goals in UEFA U-21 Final win over England
Andreas Ottl19962005–2011———
Philipp Heerwagen1997————
Markus Feulner19972001–2003———
Owen Hargreaves19972001–20072001–2008UCL 01, 08
Mehmet Ekici19972010–20112010 – present—
Bastian Schweinsteiger19982003–20152004–2016WC14; EC Runner-up 08, UCL 13; UCL runner-up 10, 12
Piotr Trochowski19992002–20052006–2010EC Runner-up 08; Europa League 13; Intertoto Cup 05, 07
Thomas Müller20002008 – 20252010 – 2024WC14; UCL 13, 20; UCL runner-up 10, 12
Zvjezdan Misimović20002003–20042004–20142nd in caps and goals for Bosnia and Herzogovina
Michael Rensing20002003–2010———
Holger Badstuber20022009–20172010 – presentUCL 13; CWC 13
José Paolo Guerrero20022004–20062005 – presentCWC 12; Intertoto Cup 07; Peru's all-time leading scorer
Thomas Kraft20042008–2011———
Gianluca Gaudino20042014–2017———
Toni Kroos20062007–20142010 – presentWC14; UCL 13, 16, 17, 18, 22; UCL runner-up 12
David Alaba20082010 – 20212009 – presentUCL 13, 20, 22; UCL runner-up 10, 12
Emre Can20092012–20132015 – presentUCL 13; Europa League runner-up 16
Alessandro Schöpf2009—2016 – present—
Julian Green20102013–20162014 – presentScored 1 goal in 10 minutes at WC14
Kenan Yıldız2012—2023 – presentEuro Cup 24

Note: So far, that means the Bayern München Junior Academy has produced;

Honours

Youth

Under 19 Bundesliga
  • *Winners: 2001, 2002, 2004
  • * Runners-up: 1998, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2017Under 17 Bundesliga
  • *Winners: 1989, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2017
  • * Runners-up: 2000, 2009, 2018South/Southwest German Under 19 championship
  • *Winners: 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2017South/Southwest German Under 17 championship
  • *Winners: 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019Southern German Under 19 championship
  • *Winners: 1950, 1954Southern German Under 15 championship
  • *Winners: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991Bavarian Under 19 championship
  • *Winners: 1950, 1954, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
  • *Runners-up: 1946, 1960, 1964, 1980, 1999‡Bavarian Under 17 championship
  • *Winners: 1976, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2010‡, 2014‡
  • *Runners-up: 1982, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2012‡, 2015‡Bavarian Under 15 championship
  • *Winners: 1975, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009
  • *Runners-up: 1976, 1977, 1988, 1992, 2008‡ Reserve team

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club's under 19 and under 17 sides since 2003–04:

Heads of the Junior team

HeadStart dateEnd dateSource
Werner Kern199830 June 2012
Hans-Jörg Butt1 July 20127 August 2012
Wolfgang Dremmler9 August 201230 June 2017
Jochen Sauer1 July 2017Present

German championship winning teams

Bayern Munich has won the German under 19 championship three times and the under 17 championship five times. Here are the championship winning teams with goals in the final in brackets:

Under-19

2002: FC Bayern Munich – VfB Stuttgart 4–0
Michael Rensing – Leonhard Haas – Alexander Aischmann – Andreas Ottl – Barbaros Barut – Michael Stegmayer – Christian Lell – Paul Thomik – Bastian Schweinsteiger – Philipp Lahm – Piotr Trochowski – Erdal Kilicaslan – Borut Semler – Serkan Atak – Peter Endres

2004: FC Bayern Munich – VfL Bochum 3–0
Johannes Höcker – Philipp Rehm – Jan Mauersberger – Georg Niedermeier – Michael Stegmayer – Paul Thomik – Andreas Ottl – Rainer Storhas – Timo Heinze – José Luis Ortíz – Fabian Müller – Borut Semler – Sebastian Heidinger – Markus Steinhöfer – Marijan Holjevac

Under-17

1997: FC Bayern Munich – Werder Bremen 3–0
Matthias Küfner – Marcin Mamzer – Stephan Kling – Stefan Bürgermeier – Simon Kelletshofer – Sebastian Backer – Benjamin Schöckel – Steffen Hofmann – Sebastian Bönig – Zvjezdan Misimović – Daniel Jungwirth – Patrick Mölzl – Thomas Hitzlsperger – Aykin Aydemir – David Reinisch

2001: FC Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund 4–0
Michael Rensing – Markus Grünberger – Andy Balck – Daniel Brode – Christian Lell – Florian Stegmann – Andreas Ottl – Bastian Schweinsteiger – Ada Oğuz – Thorsten Schulz – Paul Thomik – Domenico Contento – Erdal Kilicaslan – Serkan Atak – Robert Rakaric

2007: FC Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund 1–0
Ferdinand Oswald – Uwe Schlottner – Christoph Herberth – Matthias Haas – Moritz Schapfl – Mario Erb – Gianluca Simari – Roberto Soriano – Jonas Hummels – Diego Contento – Mehmet Ekici – Nikola Trkulja – Vincent Bönig – Yannick Kakoko – Florian Elender

2017: FC Bayern Munich – Werder Bremen 2–0
Michael Wagner – Thomas Rausch – Alexander Nitzl – Lars Lukas Mai – Marin Pudić – Tobias Heiland – Daniel Jelisić – Flavius Daniliuc – Marcel Zylla – Can Karatas – Benedict Hollerbach – Franck Evina – Progon Maloku – Oliver Batista Meier – Yannick Brugger