FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

Bayern Munich
Leagues Basketball Bundesliga
EuroLeague
Founded 1946
History FC Bayern Munich Basketball
(1946–present)
Arena Audi Dome
Capacity 6,700
Location Munich, Germany
Team colors Red, white, navy
              
President Uli Hoeneß
Head coach Dejan Radonjić
Team captain Danilo Barthel
Ownership FC Bayern Munich
Championships 4 German Championships
2 German Cups
Retired numbers 2 (6, 24)
Website fcb-basketball.de
Uniforms
Active departments of
FC Bayern Munich
Football (men's) Football II (men's) Football JT (men's)
Football (women's) Football (seniors) Basketball
Handball Chess Bowling
Table tennis Referees

FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH is a professional basketball club, part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club based in Munich, Germany. The club competes domestically in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and internationally in the EuroLeague.

The team plays its home games at Audi Dome, which was opened in 1972.

FC Bayern Munich Basketball also has a reserve team that plays in German third-tier level ProB.

History

Bayern Munich has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 1950s and 1960s (German Championships in 1954, 1955, and German Cup in 1968), the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956, when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against Lancia Bolzano, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the Basketball Bundesliga.[1]

In the following years, the club slowly, but surely, faded into obscurity, and in 1974, was even relegated to the German 2nd Division. For a long time after that, the club never completely recovered, and only had a few successful years (Bayern moved up to the Basketball Bundesliga in 1987, and stayed there until 1989).[1]

In 2008, the declared goal of the team was to return to the club's former glory, and return to the top German League, which it eventually did. In the near future, the club seeks to become a major force in European basketball, so that Bayern Munich will not only be well known for its football (soccer) operations, but also for its basketball operations as well.[2] In the 2012–13 season the club reached the semifinals, where it lost 3–2 against the reigning champions Brose Baskets.

Thanks to a wild card,[3] Bayern Munich played in the EuroLeague in the 2013–14 season. This was its first appearance in the top European championship, and it reached the Top 16 stage. On 18 June 2014, Bayern won its third national title when it beat Alba Berlin 3–1 in the Finals. It was the first title for the team since 1955; 59 years before. Star player of the team was Malcolm Delaney, who won both the MVP and Finals MVP.

In the 2014–15 season, Bayern failed to win a title. In the BBL Finals they were defeated by Brose Baskets, 3–2. The team had to wait until 2018 for its next championship, as they beat Alba Berlin 3–2 in the Finals that year. By winning the BBL, Bayern also qualified for the following EuroLeague season.

Home arena

A Bayern Munich home game inside the Audi Dome.

The team's home arena is called Audi Dome, which seats 6,700 spectators.

Players

Retired numbers

FC Bayern Munich retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure
6GermanySteffen HamannPG2010–2014
24GermanyDemond GreeneSG2010–2014

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

FC Bayern Munich roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F 1 Serbia Dangubić, Nemanja 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1993-04-13)13 April 1993
G 2 Germany Weidemann, Nelson 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 19 – (1999-03-25)25 March 1999
G 3 United States Hobbs, Braydon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1989-05-17)17 May 1989
F 7 Germany King, Alex 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1985-02-20)20 February 1985
G 8 Finland Koponen, Petteri 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1988-04-13)13 April 1988
C 10 Croatia Radošević, Leon 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 28 – (1990-02-26)26 February 1990
F 11 Serbia Lučić, Vladimir 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1989-06-17)17 June 1989
G 12 Germany Lô, Maodo 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (1992-12-31)31 December 1992
PF 13 Serbia Mačvan, Milan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 28 – (1989-11-16)16 November 1989
G/F 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Đedović, Nihad 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1990-01-12)12 January 1990
G/F 15 Germany Amaize, Robin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 24 – (1994-01-31)31 January 1994
G 16 Serbia Jović, Stefan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 27 – (1990-11-03)3 November 1990
F/C 22 Germany Barthel, Danilo (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991
PF 23 United States Williams, Derrick 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1991-05-25)25 May 1991
F 26 Austria Ogunsipe, Marvin 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 22 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996
F/C 31 United States Booker, Devin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 27 – (1991-02-28)28 February 1991
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: October 3, 2018

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Devin Booker Leon Radošević
PF Danilo Barthel Derrick Williams Marvin Ogunsipe Milan Mačvan
SF Vladimir Lučić Nemanja Dangubić Alex King
SG Petteri Koponen Nihad Đedović Robin Amaize
PG Stefan Jović Maodo Lô Braydon Hobbs Nelson Weidemann

Squad changes for the 2018–19 season

In

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
10CCroatiaLeon Radošević28Brose BambergGermanyTransfer2021€150,0004 July 2018[4]
15G/FGermanyRobin Amaize24Medi BayreuthGermanyTransfer2021Undisclosed6 July 2018[5]
12GGermanyMaodo Lô25Brose BambergGermanyTransfer2020Undisclosed13 July 2018[6]
8GFinlandPetteri Koponen30FC Barcelona LassaSpainEnd of contract2021Free24 July 2018[7]
1FSerbiaNemanja Dangubić25Crvena zvezda mtsSerbiaEnd of contract2019Free18 September 2018[8]
23PFUnited StatesDerrick Williams27Los Angeles LakersUnited StatesEnd of contract2019Free3 October 2018[9]

Out

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource
15G/FUnited StatesReggie Redding29Türk TelekomTurkeyEnd of contractFree28 June 2018[10]
5PGGermanyGeorg Beyschlag21Free agentEnd of contractFree9 July 2018[11]
33CGermanyMaik Zirbes28Crvena zvezda mtsSerbiaEnd of contractFree17 July 2018[12]
35G/FGermanyKarim Jallow21MHP Riesen LudwigsburgGermanyLoanUndisclosed25 July 2018[13]
10GBosnia and HerzegovinaAmar Gegić20Partizan NISSerbiaSackedUndisclosed30 July 2018[14]
25GGermanyAnton Gavel33RetirementFree29 August 2018[15]
9SGUnited StatesJared Cunningham27Free agentEnd of contractFree

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Head coaches

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (4): 1953–54, 1954–55, 2013–14, 2017–18
Runners-up (1): 2014–15
Winners (2): 1968, 2018
Runners-up (2): 2016, 2017
Runners-up (1): 2014
Winners (1): 2010–11

European competitions

Individual awards

BBL Most Valuable Player

BBL Finals MVP

BBL Best German Young Player

All-BBL First Team

All-BBL Second Team

BBL Most Effective Player

ProA Young Player of the Year

  • Bastian Doreth – 2011

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
Nominated:

EuroLeague MVP of the Round

All-EuroCup First Team

All-EuroCup Second Team

EuroCup Basketball MVP of the Week

NBA Draft Picks

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. German Cup European competitions
2008–09 2 ProA 8th
2009–10 2 ProA 8th
2010–11 2 ProA 1st
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 5th 2 EurocupRS
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 4th Third position
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 1st Fourth position 1 EuroleagueT16
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 2nd Quarterfinalist 1 EuroleagueRS
2 EurocupEF
2015–16 1 Bundesliga 4th Runner-up 1 EuroleagueRS
2 EurocupQF
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 4th Runner-up 2 EuroCupQF
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 1st Champion 2 EuroCupSF

    International record

    Season Achievement Notes
    EuroLeague
    2013–14 Top 16 6th place in a group with CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, Maccabi Electra, Galatasaray, Lokomotiv Kuban, Partizan and Žalgiris
    2014–15 Regular season 5th place in a group with FC Barcelona, Fenerbahçe Ülker, Panathinaikos, EA7 Milano and PGE Turów
    2015–16 Regular season 5th place in a group with Fenerbahçe, Khimki, Crvena zvezda Telekom, Real Madrid and Strasbourg
    EuroCup
    2011–12 Regular season 3rd place in a group with Spartak Saint Petersburg, Benetton Treviso and Cedevita
    2014–15 Eighthfinals eliminated by Valencia Basket, 80–58 (L) in Valencia and 60–94 (L) in Munich
    2015–16 Quarterfinals eliminated by Galatasaray Odeabank, 99-89 (W) in Munich and 59-72 (L) in Istanbul
    2016–17 Quarterfinals eliminated 2–1 by Unicaja, 91-82 (W) in Munich, 67-82 (L) in Málaga and 69-74 (L) in Munich
    2017–18 Semifinals eliminated 2–0 by Darüşşafaka, 74-76 (L) in Istanbul and 87-83 (L) in Munich
    FIBA Saporta Cup
    1968–69 Second round eliminated by AŠK Olimpija, 81–101 (L) in Munich and 46–94 (L) in Ljubljana

    Sponsorships

    Official Shirt Sponsor BayWa AG
    Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer Adidas AG

    eSports

    Bayern Munich was featured in the NBA 2K15, 2K16 & 2K17 video games.[16][17][18]

    Since June 6, 2018 Bayern has a NBA 2K eSports team called "Bayern Ballers Gaming". The team uses Pro-Am mode for its games like in the NBA 2K League. The players were selected at the "Audi Dome eCup".[19].

    Roster

    Bayern Ballers Gaming
    No. Player Position From
    1xlBeCreative (Felix Ellspermann)CMunich
    2julesay2k (Julian Hegescheidt)SGMunich
    9MGoCrzy (Marcel Stohl)PGCologne
    25zaeppooo (Eric Cepuran)PGAachen
    26Kuba09 (Jakob Trafczyk)CWattenscheid
    28TrashByCoachD (Dominik Tischler)SGJena
    33guardate_dj (Christoph Hübler)SGMunich
    51LIZanity (Patrick Lizius)PFOldenburg

    References

    1. 1 2 Reisner, Dino (2010). Sonderheft Basketball 2010/2011 - Das Projekt (in German). Kicker. p. 107.
    2. ↑ Interview of the Week – October 29: Bayern Munich basketball coach Michael Schwarz.
    3. ↑ Proposed team list for 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague; Euroleague.net, 26 June 2013
    4. ↑ "Bayern gets size experience with Radosevic". EuroLeague.net. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
    5. ↑ "Bayern gets promising guard Amaize for three years". EuroLeague.net. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
    6. ↑ "Bayern signs Lo for two seasons". EuroLeague.net. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
    7. ↑ "Bayern, Koponen agree to long-term deal". EuroLeague.net. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    8. ↑ "Bayern completes roster with high-flying Dangubic". EuroLeague.net. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
    9. ↑ "Bayern adds size, power with Williams". EuroLeague.net. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
    10. ↑ "Turk Telekom adds versatility with Redding". EuroCupBasketball.com. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
    11. ↑ "Georg Beyschlag verlaesst die Bayern-Basketballer". fcb-basketball.de. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
    12. ↑ "Crvena Zvezda brings back Zirbes". EuroCupBasketball.com. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
    13. ↑ "Karim Jallow fuer ein Jahr nach Ludwigsburg". fcb-basketball.de. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
    14. ↑ @FCBB_Jugend (30 July 2018). "Amar Gegic verlaesst den FCBB" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    15. ↑ "Gavel says goodbye to successful career". EuroLeague.net. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
    16. ↑ FC Bayern Baskets erstmals in NBA 2K15 von 2K Games spielbar (in German)
    17. ↑ NBA 2K16 mit komplettem Euroleague-Kader (in German)
    18. ↑ "NBA 2K17 European Team List Revealed". sportando.com. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
    19. ↑ "Bayern Ballers Gaming Uebersicht". fcb-basketball.de. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018. (in German)
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