FC Bayern Munich (basketball)
Bayern Munich | ||||
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Bayern Munich logo | ||||
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 | Anton Gavel | |||
Ownership | FC Bayern Munich | |||
Championships | 4 German Championships 2 German Cups | |||
Retired numbers | 2 (6, 24) | |||
Website | fcb-basketball.de | |||
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FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH 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 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 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 semifinals, 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 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, 2–3. The team had to wait until 2018 for its next title, as they beat Alba Berlin 3–2 in the finals that year. By winning the BBL, Bayern also qualified for the following EuroLeague season. For the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, Bayern was given a wild card by EuroLeague Basketball.
Home arena
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 | |
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6 | Steffen Hamann | PG | 2010–2014 | ||
24 | Demond Greene | SG | 2010–2014 |
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Updated: July 17, 2018 |
Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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C | Devin Booker | |||
PF | Milan Mačvan | Danilo Barthel | Alex King | Marvin Ogunsipe |
SF | Vladimir Lučić | Nihad Đedović | Karim Jallow | Robin Amaize |
SG | Jared Cunningham | Anton Gavel | Nelson Weidemann | |
PG | Stefan Jović | Braydon Hobbs | Maodo Lô | Amar Gegić |
Squad changes for the 2018–19 season
In
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date | Source | |
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C | Leon Radošević | 28 | Brose Bamberg | Transfer | 2021 | €150,000 | 4 July 2018 | [4] | |||
G/F | Robin Amaize | 24 | Medi Bayreuth | Transfer | 2021 | Free | 6 July 2018 | [5] | |||
G | Maodo Lô | 25 | Brose Bamberg | Transfer | 2020 | Undisclosed | 13 July 2018 | [6] |
Out
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source | |
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15 | G/F | Reggie Redding | 29 | Türk Telekom | End of contract | Free | 28 June 2018 | [7] | ||
33 | C | Maik Zirbes | 28 | Crvena zvezda mts | End of contract | Free | 17 July 2018 | [8] |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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- Danilo Barthel
- Robin Benzing
- Markus Bernhard
- Bastian Doreth
- Robert Garrett
- Anton Gavel
- Demond Greene
- Steffen Hamann
- Yassin Idbihi
- Jan Jagla
- Karim Jallow
- Alex King
- Maxi Kleber
- Artur Kolodziejski
- Hans-Jörg Krüger
- Robert Maras
- Olaf Radatz
- Bogdan Radosavljević
- Heiko Schaffartzik
- Dieter Schneider
- Klaus Schulz
- Philipp Schwethelm
- Andreas Seiferth
- Lucca Staiger
- Helmut Uhlig
- Paul Zipser
- Maik Zirbes
- Devin Booker
- John Bryant
- Justin Cobbs
- Jared Cunningham
- Malcolm Delaney
- George Devone
- Je'Kel Foster
- Darius Hall
- Ben Hansbrough
- Braydon Hobbs
- Jamar Howard
- Nick Johnson
- Rashad Jones-Jennings
- Dru Joyce
- Chad Prewitt
- Reggie Redding
- Lawrence Roberts
- K.C. Rivers
- Bryce Taylor
- Brandon Thomas
- Tony Thomason
- Deon Thompson
- Chevon Troutman
- Jonathan Wallace
- Tarvis Williams
- Ondřej Balvín
- Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
- Vitalis Chikoko
- Nihad Đedović
- Yotam Halperin
- Jared Homan
- Stefan Jović
- Vladimir Lučić
- Milan Mačvan
- Bo McCalebb
- Vasilije Micić
- Aleksandar Nađfeji
- Nedu Onyeuku
- Alex Renfroe
- Tyrese Rice
- Stuart Robbins
- Duško Savanović
- Boris Savović
- Vladimir Štimac
- Mirko Virijević
Head coaches
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Runners-up (1): 2014
- Winners (1): 2010–11
European competitions
- EuroLeague:
- EuroCup
- 1/2 Finals (1): 2017–18
Individual awards
- Malcolm Delaney – 2014
- Malcolm Delaney – 2014
- Danilo Barthel - 2018
- Paul Zipser – 2016
- Malcolm Delaney – 2014
- John Bryant – 2015
- Bryce Taylor – 2016
- Chevon Troutman – 2012, 2013
- Tyrese Rice – 2013
- Bryce Taylor – 2014
- Deon Thompson – 2014
- Nihad Đedović – 2015
- Maxi Kleber - 2017
- Danilo Barthel - 2018
- Devin Booker - 2018
- Maxi Kleber - 2017
- Bastian Doreth – 2011
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
Nominated:
- Malcolm Delaney - Season 2013-14, Top 16, Week 10
- Duško Savanović - Season 2014-15, Regular Season, Week 9
EuroCup Basketball MVP of the Week
- Deon Thompson - Season 2015-16, Quarterfinals, Game 1
- Danilo Barthel - Season 2017-18, Regular Season, Round 8
- Devin Booker - Season 2017-18, Top 16, Round 3
- Danilo Barthel - Season 2017-18, Top 16, Round 5
- Paul Zipser - 2nd round 48th pick overall with Chicago Bulls in 2016 NBA Draft
Season by season
Season | Tier | League | Pos. | German Cup | European competitions | ||
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2008–09 | 2 | ProA | 8th | ||||
2009–10 | 2 | ProA | 8th | ||||
2010–11 | 2 | ProA | 1st | ||||
2011–12 | 1 | Bundesliga | 5th | 2 Eurocup | RS | ||
2012–13 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | Third position | |||
2013–14 | 1 | Bundesliga | 1st | Fourth position | 1 Euroleague | T16 | |
2014–15 | 1 | Bundesliga | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague | RS | |
2 Eurocup | EF | ||||||
2015–16 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | Runner-up | 1 Euroleague | RS | |
2 Eurocup | QF | ||||||
2016–17 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | Runner-up | 2 EuroCup | QF | |
2017–18 | 1 | Bundesliga | 1st | Champion | 2 EuroCup | SF |
International record
Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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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.[9][10][11]
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".[12].
Roster
Bayern Ballers Gaming | |||||
No. | Player | Position | From | ||
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1 | xlBeCreative (Felix Ellspermann) | C | Munich | ||
2 | julesay2k (Julian Hegescheidt) | SG | Munich | ||
9 | MGoCrzy (Marcel Stohl) | PG | Cologne | ||
25 | zaeppooo (Eric Cepuran) | PG | Aachen | ||
26 | Kuba09 (Jakob Trafczyk) | C | Wattenscheid | ||
28 | TrashByCoachD (Dominik Tischler) | SG | Jena | ||
33 | guardate_dj (Christoph Hübler) | SG | Munich | ||
51 | LIZanity (Patrick Lizius) | PF | Oldenburg |
References
- ^ a b Reisner, Dino (2010). Sonderheft Basketball 2010/2011 - Das Projekt (in German). Kicker. p. 107.
- ^ Interview of the Week – October 29: Bayern Munich basketball coach Michael Schwarz.
- ^ Proposed team list for 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague; Euroleague.net, 26 June 2013
- ^ "Bayern gets size experience with Radosevic". EuroLeague.net. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Bayern gets promising guard Amaize for three years". EuroLeague.net. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Bayern signs Lo for two seasons". EuroLeague.net. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Turk Telekom adds versatility with Redding". EuroCupBasketball.com. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ "Crvena Zvezda brings back Zirbes". EuroCupBasketball.com. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ FC Bayern Baskets erstmals in NBA 2K15 von 2K Games spielbar Template:De icon
- ^ NBA 2K16 mit komplettem Euroleague-Kader Template:De icon
- ^ "NBA 2K17 European Team List Revealed". sportando.com. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Bayern Ballers Gaming Uebersicht". fcb-basketball.de. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018. Template:De icon