Bayern Munich (basketball)

Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga; EuroLeague
Founded	1946; 78 years ago
History	FC Bayern Munich Basketball; (1946–present)
Arena	BMW Park
Capacity	6,700
Location	Munich, Germany
Team colors	Red, white;
Main sponsor	Siegmund
President	Herbert Hainer
Head coach	Pablo Laso
Team captain	Vladimir Lučić
Championships	5 German Championships; 5 German Cups
Retired numbers	2 (6, 24)
Website	fcb-basketball.de

FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH, commonly referred to as Bayern Munich, is a professional basketball club, a 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 BMW Park, 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 BMW Park, which seats 6,700 spectators.

New arena

SAP Garden is a planned 12,500-seat indoor arena, to be built in Olympiapark, Munich. It will not be completed until spring 2024 at the earliest.^[4]

Players

Retired numbers

No	Player	Position	Tenure
FC Bayern Munich retired numbers
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 nationality not displayed.

FC Bayern Munich roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Weiler-Babb, Nick	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	28 – (1995-12-12)12 December 1995
PG	1	Francisco, Sylvain	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	26 – (1997-10-10)10 October 1997
G	3	Edwards, Carsen	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	26 – (1998-03-12)12 March 1998
G	5	Weidemann, Nelson	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	25 – (1999-03-25)25 March 1999
SF	7	Giffey, Niels	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	32 – (1991-07-08)8 July 1991
F	8	Radončić, Dino	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	25 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999
PG	9	Bonga, Isaac	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	24 – (1999-11-08)8 November 1999
SG	10	Bolmaro, Leandro	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	23 – (2000-09-11)11 September 2000
F	11	Lučić, Vladimir (C)	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	34 – (1989-06-17)17 June 1989
SG	13	Obst, Andreas	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	27 – (1996-07-13)13 July 1996
F/C	14	Ibaka, Serge	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	34 – (1989-09-18)18 September 1989
F	17	Wimberg, Jan Niklas	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	28 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996
PF	20	Harris, Elias	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	34 – (1989-07-06)6 July 1989
C	22	Branković, Danko	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	23 – (2000-11-05)5 November 2000
G	23	Kalu, Martin	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	19 – (2005-01-28)28 January 2005
SG	30	Kharchenkov, Ivan	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	17 – (2006-09-20)20 September 2006
F/C	31	Booker, Devin	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	33 – (1991-02-28)28 February 1991

Head coach

Pablo Laso

Assistant coach(es)

Nacho Juan
Demond Greene
Đorđe Adžić

Athletic trainer(s)

Ivan Pijanec

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 18, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Serge Ibaka	Danko Branković		Elias Harris
PF	Devin Booker	Dino Radončić		Jan Niklas Wimberg
SF	Vladimir Lučić	Isaac Bonga	Niels Giffey	Ivan Kharchenkov
SG	Carsen Edwards	Nick Weiler-Babb	Andreas Obst	Martin Kalu
PG	Leandro Bolmaro	Sylvain Francisco		Nelson Weidemann

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.