Bayern Munich Junior Team

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Full name

FC Bayern Munich Junior Team

Founded

1902
1995 (Restructured)

Ground

FC Bayern Munich Headquarters
(Capacity None)

Chairman

Franz Beckenbauer

Manager

Werner Kern





Home colours





Away colours

Bayern Munich Junior Team is the youth academy for Bayern Munich.

1 The Junior Team
2 FC Bayern II
3 Youth squad
- 3.1 Under 19
4 Noted graduates
5 Trivia
6 External links
7 References

[edit] The Junior Team

[edit] Overview

Andreas Ottl graduated from the Bayern Munich Junior Team

The Junior Team was created in 1902^[1] and restructured in 1995^[2] has created some of Germany's top football talent, such as Andreas Ottl, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Hitzlsperger and Bastian Schweinsteiger. There are 165 players, 16 instructors and managers, 1 physiotherapist and 1 masseur.^[1] 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.^[3]

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 it's mission is "to have the best youth development in club football."^[4]

[edit] Scouting

Due to the competitive nature of sport, Bayern Munich has scouts all over the world. However, most of the scouting happens within a few hours from Munich.^[3]

[edit] Talent Days

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 last an entire weekend. The key points that are looked for at the event are heart and soul along with movement and coordination. The format that is used is Street football which is able to show how the players conduct themselves during a game. Players who are chosen are players who meet the requirements above along with where the family lives. Bayern Munich don't accept players who don't live near Munich. Every kid gets a report from the club. An average of seven kids will make it to the Bayern Munich Junior Team during Talent days.^[3]

[edit] FC Bayern II

Main article: Bayern Munich II

The penultimate stage for youngsters at Bayern is Bayern Munich II, who currently play in the third tier, of German football.

[edit] Youth squad

[edit] Under 19

As of November 4

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Baris Basyaran
		GK	Franz Gemsjäger
		GK	Wolfgang Schober
		DF	Alexander Buch
		DF	Jakob Engelmann
		DF	Björn Kopplin
		DF	Sebastian Langkamp
		DF	Luka Odak
		DF	Stefan Schürf
		DF	Tom Schütz
		MF	Holger Badstuber
		MF	Alexander Benede

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Patrizio Carta
		MF	Toni Kroos
		MF	Thomas Müller
		MF	Stefan Rieß
		MF	Dominik Rohracker
		MF	Diego Pizarro
		FW	Viktor Bopp
		FW	Alexander Christensen
		FW	Fernando Ernesto
		FW	Steffen Schneider
		FW	Deniz Yilmaz

[edit] Noted graduates

Notable Graduates
Player	Years played for 1^st team	National Team	Years Played for National Team
Markus Babbel	1991 - 1992, 1994 - 2000	Germany	1995 - 2000
José Paolo Guerrero	2004 - 2006	Peru	2005 - Present
Dietmar Hamann	1993 - 1998	Germany	1998 - 2005
Owen Hargreaves	2001 - 2007	England	2001 - Present
Philipp Lahm	2005 - present	Germany	2004 - Present
Andreas Ottl	2005 - Present	-	-
Michael Rensing	2003 - Present	-	-
Bastian Schweinsteiger	2003 - Present	Germany	2004 - Present
Stefan Wessels	1999 - 2003	-	-
Toni Kroos	2007 - Present	-	-

[edit] Trivia

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Bayern Munich Junior Team uses a 4-3-3 formation system from D Juniors and upwards.^[1]
Talented young players from overseas are offered accommodation in a youth apartment block with 13 single rooms inside the club grounds on Säbener Straße.^[1]
The ll youth teams wear the same Adidas uniforms as the professional team with the only difference being a Junior Team logo, designed by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge himself, on the sleeve where the first team bears the Bundesliga logo. ^[3]
The facility arrangement at FCB is unique as compared to some other high profile clubs, such as at Manchester United and Ajax of Amsterdam, in that both the first team and the youth teams train at the same location.^[2]