FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

FC Bayern Munich Basketball
Leagues German BBL
Eurocup
Founded 1946
History FC Bayern Munich Basketball
(1946–Present)
Arena Audi Dome
Arena Capacity 6,700
Location Munich, Germany
Team colors Red, White, Navy
              
President Karl Hopfner
Head coach Svetislav Pešić
Championships 3 German Championships
1 German Cup
Retired numbers 2 (6, 24)
Website www.fcb-basketball.de
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FC Bayern Munich Basketball is a professional basketball club, part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club based in Munich, Germany. The club play their national domestic league games in the BBL league and internationally in the Euroleague.

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 Bozen, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the German League.[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 German First Division 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 semi-finals of the Basketball Bundesliga, where it lost 3–2 against the reigning champions Brose Baskets.

Thanks to a wild card,[3] Bayern Munich played 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 June 18, 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 2014–2015 season, Bayern failed to win a title; in the BBL Finals they were defeated by Brose Baskets 2–3.

Arena

Audi Dome during a Bayern Munich home game
Main article: Audi Dome

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

Titles & honours

Winners (3): 1953–54, 1954–55, 2013–14
Runners-up (1): 2014–15
Winners (1): 1968
Winners (1): 2010–11

Players

Retired numbers

FC Bayern Munich retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure
6 Germany Steffen Hamann PG 2010–2014
24 Germany Demond Greene SG 2010–2014

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
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 9 United States Thompson, Deon 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988
PG 10 United States Cobbs, Justin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 24 – (1991-03-16)16 March 1991
PG 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina Renfroe, Alex 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986
SF 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Đedović, Nihad 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1990-01-12)12 January 1990
G/F 16 Germany Zipser, Paul 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 22 – (1994-02-18)18 February 1994
PF 20 Serbia Savanović, Duško 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 32 – (1983-09-05)5 September 1983
G 25 Germany Gavel, Anton 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 31 – (1984-10-24)24 October 1984
C 41 Germany Mayr, Daniel 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 20 – (1995-07-28)28 July 1995
PF 42 Germany Kleber, Maximilian 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 24 – (1992-01-29)29 January 1992
SG 44 United States Taylor, Bryce (C) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1986-09-27)27 September 1986
C 54 United States Bryant, John 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 127 kg (280 lb) 28 – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Serbia Jovan Buha
Team manager
  • Germany Florian Högerl
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster – Transactions
Updated: January 8, 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C John Bryant Deon Thompson Daniel Mayr
PF Duško Savanović Maximilian Kleber
SF Nihad Đedović Paul Zipser
SG Bryce Taylor Anton Gavel
PG Alex Renfroe Justin Cobbs

Out on loan

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason German Cup European competitions
2002–03 3 Regionalliga 2 – – –
2003–04 3 Regionalliga 1 Promoted – –
2004–05 2 2. Bundesliga 15 Relegated – –
2005–06 3 Regionalliga 1 Promoted[lower-alpha 1] – –
2006–07 3 Regionalliga 2 – – –
2007–08 3 Regionalliga 1 Promoted – –
2008–09 2 ProA 8 – – –
2009–10 2 ProA 8 – – –
2010–11 2 ProA 1 Promoted – –
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 5 Quarterfinalist – 2 Eurocup Regular season
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 4 Semifinalist Third place –
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 1 Champion Fourth place 1 Euroleague Top 16
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 3 Finalist Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague Regular season
2 Eurocup Eighthfinals

Individual awards

BBL Most Valuable Player

BBL Finals MVP

All-BBL First Team

All-BBL Second Team

ProA Young Player of the Year

  • Germany Bastian Doreth – 2011

50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
Nominated:

Euroleague Weekly MVPs

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

Notable coaches

Notes

  1. ↑ Resigned to promote

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

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