Bayern Munich Junior Team
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Full nameFootball Club Bayern Munich Junior Team
Founded1902
1995 (restructured)
GroundFC Bayern Campus
Capacity2,500
DirectorJochen Sauer

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.[1] 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[2] and restructured in 1995.[3]

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 is scheduled to open in the 2017–18 season.[4]

Overview

The FC Bayern Academy at the campus in Munich

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."[5]

There are 165 players, 16 instructors and managers, 1 physiotherapist and 1 masseur.[2] 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.[6]

Bayern Munich Junior Team uses a 4–3–3 formation system from D Juniors and upwards.[2] Players from overseas are offered accommodation in a youth apartment block with 13 single rooms inside the club grounds on Säbener Straße.[2] 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.[3]

Bayern Munich has a residence building for players who are between 15 and 18 and live too far away from the training ground.[7] Up to 14 youth team players can live there.[7] 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.[7] There are up to eight part-time teachers are available to support the youth players to compensate for the educational gaps.[7] The ground floor of the youth center is also the office of the junior team and a meeting room for the coaches.[7]

Scouting

Bayern Munich has scouts all over the world, though most of the scouting happens within a few hours drive of Munich.[6] 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.[8] The format used is 3 twenty-minute 5-a-side matches on reduced-sized football fields.[8] The scouts are looking for how well the participants "cope with the ball" "particular skill", "excellent dribbling" and "good vision".[8] An average of seven children will make it to the Bayern Munich Junior Team during Talent days.[6] Talent Days has drawn "worldwide attention".[8] The event has drawn participants from all over Germany along with participants from Austria, France, Italy, Egypt, Slovenia, Slovakia and Australia.[8][9]

In 2003, Bayern Munich started partnering with other football clubs.[10] The partner clubs are SpVgg Unterhaching, Ingolstadt 04, Kickers Offenbach and Ulm 1846, 1860 Rosenheim, SpVgg Landshut, TSV Milbertshofen and SC Fürstenfeldbruck.[10] SpVgg Unterhaching, Ingolstadt 04, Kickers Offenbach and Ulm 1846 are the elite partners.[10] 1860 Rosenheim and SpVgg Landshut are regional partners.[10] TSV Milbertshofen and SC Fürstenfeldbruck are local partners.[10] Udo Bassemir is responsible for club partnerships.[10] Players they are interested in are not transferred immediately.[10] 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".[10]

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.

Current youth squads

Under-19

As of 17 September 2023[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Germany GER Benjamin Ballis
— GK Germany GER Leon Markert
— GK Australia AUS Anthony Pavlešić
— GK Germany GER Max Schmitt
— DF Morocco MAR Adam Aznou
— DF Germany GER Maher Darwich
— DF United States USA Grayson Dettoni
— DF Germany GER Maximilian Hennig
— DF Germany GER Vincent Manuba
— DF Sweden SWE Matteo Pérez Vinlöf
— DF Germany GER Paul Scholl
— DF Germany GER Maximilian Schuhbauer
— DF Germany GER Iwinosa Uhuns
— MF Germany GER Liul Bruke Alemu
— MF Denmark DEN Jonathan Asp-Jensen
— MF Germany GER Lennard Becker
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Turkey TUR Emirhan Demircan
— MF Spain ESP Javier Fernández
— MF Switzerland SUI Gabriel Gonzalez
— MF Belgium BEL Christian Kouam
— MF Germany GER Adin Licina
— MF Germany GER Max Mergner
— MF Germany GER Louis Richter
— MF Germany GER Kurt Rüger
— MF Germany GER Mudaser Sadat
— MF Turkey TUR Salih Şen
— MF Germany GER Michael Scott
— MF Turkey TUR Veis Yildiz
— FW Italy ITA Manuel Pisano
— FW Germany GER Robert Ramsak
— FW Germany GER Samuel Unsöld
— FW Bulgaria BUL Valentin Yotov

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Germany GER Erion Rexhepi (at Germany SpVgg Unterhaching U19 until 30 June 2024)
— MF Germany GER Yousef Qashi (at Germany VSG Altglienicke until 30 June 2024)
— MF Germany GER Arijon Ibrahimović (at Italy Frosinone until 30 June 2024)
— MF United States USA Robert Deziel Jr. (at Germany VSG Altglienicke until 30 June 2024)

Under-17

As of 31 August 2023[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Germany GER Leon Klanac
— GK Turkey TUR Luca Stancic
— DF Austria AUT Magnus Dalpiaz
— DF Germany GER Tim Hoffmann
— DF Croatia CRO Roko Mijatovic
— DF Turkey TUR Deniz Ofli
— DF Germany GER Luis Schäfer
— DF Croatia CRO Ljubo Puljić
— DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Strilchuk
— MF Germany GER Tim Binder
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Peru PER Felipe Chávez
— MF Germany GER David Daiber Santos
— MF Germany GER Fabio Dill
— MF Germany GER Sejdo Durakov
— MF Germany GER Jussef Nasrawe
— MF Ukraine UKR Bogdan Olychenko
— MF Turkey TUR Can Paylan
— MF Germany GER Oluwaseyi Wilson
— FW Germany GER Jason Eckl
— FW Germany GER Yll Gashi
— FW Germany GER Simon Zöls

Technical staff

The director of the youth setup at Bayern Munich is Jochen Sauer.[13] The following staff are in charge of the various age groups:

Role Under-19[11] Under-17[12]
Head coach Michael Hartmann Peter Gaydarov
Assistant coach Stefan Meissner
Goalkeeping coach Tom Starke Simon Jentzsch
Athletic coaches Björn Rosemeier Felix Bachmaier

Noted graduates

The following players played either first team football for Bayern or in the Bundesliga for another club:

Player Year joined club Years played
for 1st team		 National team Years played
for National Team		 Major Accomplishments
Franz Beckenbauer 1959 1964–1977  Germany 1965–1977 WC74(c), EC72(c), EC runner-up 76, Euro Cup 74, 75, 76
Sepp Maier 1959 1962–1979  Germany 1966–1979 WC74, EC72, EC runner-up 76 Euro Cup 74, 75, 76
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck 1962 1966–1981  Germany 1971–1978 WC74, EC72, EC runner-up 76 Euro Cup 74, 75, 76
Klaus Augenthaler 1975 1976–1991  Germany 1983–1990 WC90, EC80, Euro Cup runner-up 82, 87
Hans Pflügler 1975 1981–1992, 1995  Germany 1987–1990 WC90
Manfred Schwabl 1977 1985–1986, 1989–1993  Germany 1987–1988 —
Max Eberl 1979 1991–1994 — — —
Raimond Aumann 1980 1982–1994  Germany 1989–1990 WC90, Euro Cup Runner-up 1987
Markus Babbel 1981 1991–2000  Germany 1995–2000 EC96, UCL runner-up 99, UEFA Cup 96, 01
Christian Nerlinger 1986 1992–1998  Germany 1998–1999 UEFA Cup 96
Dietmar Hamann 1989 1993–1998  Germany 1998–2005 WC runner-up 02, UCL 06, UEFA Cup 96, 01
Thomas Hitzlsperger 1989 —  Germany 2004–2010 EC runner-up 08
Uwe Gospodarek 1989 1991–1995 — — —
Christian Lell 1993[14] 2003–2010 — — —
David Jarolím 1995 1997–2000  Czech Republic 2005–2009 UCL runner-up 99
Philipp Lahm 1995[15] 2002–2017  Germany 2004–2014 WC14(c), EC runner-up 08, UCL 13, UCL runner-up 10, 12
Mats Hummels 1995 2007–2009; 2016–2019  Germany 2010–2018 WC14, UCL runner-up 13
Diego Contento 1995[16] 2010–2014 — — UCL runner-up 10
Georg Niedermeier 1995 — — — —
Stephan Fürstner 1995 2006–2009 — — —
Sandro Wagner 1995 2007–2018  Germany 2017–2018 2 goals in UEFA U-21 Final win over England
Andreas Ottl 1996 2005–2011 — — —
Philipp Heerwagen 1997 — — — —
Markus Feulner 1997 2001–2003 — — —
Owen Hargreaves 1997 2001–2007  England 2001–2008 UCL 01, 08
Mehmet Ekici 1997 2010–2011  Turkey 2010 – present —
Bastian Schweinsteiger 1998[17] 2003–2015  Germany 2004–2016 WC14, EC Runner-up 08, UCL 13, UCL runner-up 10, 12
Piotr Trochowski 1999 2002–2005  Germany 2006–2010 EC Runner-up 08, Europa League 13, Intertoto Cup 05, 07
Thomas Müller 2000[18] 2008 – present  Germany 2010 – 2016 WC14, UCL 13, 20, UCL runner-up 10, 12
Zvjezdan Misimović 2000 2003–2004  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004–2014 2nd in caps and goals for Bosnia and Herzogovina
Michael Rensing 2000 2003–2010 — — —
Holger Badstuber 2002[19] 2009–2017  Germany[20] 2010[20] – present UCL 13, CWC 13
José Paolo Guerrero 2002 2004–2006  Peru 2005 – present CWC 12, Intertoto Cup 07, Peru's all-time leading scorer
Thomas Kraft 2004 2008–2011 — — —
Gianluca Gaudino 2004 2014–2017 — — —
Toni Kroos 2006 2007–2014  Germany 2010 – present WC14, UCL 13, 16,17,18 UCL runner-up 12
David Alaba 2008 2010 – 2021  Austria 2009 – present UCL 13, UCL runner-up 10, 12
Emre Can 2009 2012–2013  Germany 2015 – present UCL 13, Europa League runner-up 16
Alessandro Schöpf 2009 —  Austria 2016 – present —
Julian Green 2010 2013–2016  United States 2014 – present Scored 1 goal in 10 minutes at WC14

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, 2017
  • Under 17 Bundesliga
    • Winners: 1989, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2017
    • Runners-up: 2000, 2009, 2018
  • South/Southwest German Under 19 championship
    • Winners: 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2017
  • South/Southwest German Under 17 championship
    • Winners: 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Southern German Under 19 championship
    • Winners: 1950, 1954
  • Southern German Under 15 championship
    • Winners: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991
  • Bavarian 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:[21]

Heads of the Junior team

HeadStart dateEnd dateSource
Werner Kern199830 June 2012[3][22]
Hans-Jörg Butt1 July 20127 August 2012[22][23]
Wolfgang Dremmler9 August 201230 June 2017[24]
Jochen Sauer1 July 2017Present[25]

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

2001:[26][27] FC Bayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen 3–2
Philipp Heerwagen – Leonhard Haas (1) – Markus Husterer – Peter Endres – Martin Rietzler – Enzo Contento – Paul Thomik – Barbaros Barut – Markus Feulner – Philipp Lahm – Zvjezdan Misimović (1) – Piotr Trochowski (1) – Florian Heller – Yunus Karayün
2002:[28][29] 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 (1) – Piotr Trochowski (2) – Erdal Kilicaslan (1) – Borut Semler – Serkan Atak – Peter Endres
2004:[30] FC Bayern Munich – VfL Bochum 3–0
Johannes Höcker – Philipp Rehm – Jan Mauersberger – Georg Niedermeier – Michael Stegmayer – Paul Thomik (1) – Andreas Ottl (1) – Rainer Storhas – Timo Heinze – José Luis Ortíz – Fabian Müller – Borut Semler (1) – Sebastian Heidinger – Markus Steinhöfer – Marijan Holjevac

Under-17

1989:[31] FC Bayern Munich – Hertha Zehlendorf 1–1 (5–4 pen)
Andreas Schöttl – Markus Babbel – Daniel Punzelt – Mate Karaula – Dieter Schönberger – Alexander Roth – Schmidt – Christian Nerlinger – Max Eberl – Gehann – Wolfgang Tripp – Bauer – Papachristous
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:[26] FC Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund 4–0
Michael Rensing – Markus Grünberger – Andy Balck – Daniel Brode – Christian Lell – Florian Stegmann – Andreas Ottl – Bastian Schweinsteiger (1) – Ada Oğuz – Thorsten Schulz – Paul Thomik – Domenico Contento – Erdal Kilicaslan (2) – Serkan Atak (1) – Robert Rakaric
2007:[32] 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 (1) – Florian Elender
2017:[33] 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 (1) – Can Karatas – Benedict Hollerbach (1) – Franck Evina – Progon Maloku – Oliver Batista Meier – Yannick Brugger

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