FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

Bayern Munich
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga EuroLeague
Founded	1946; 75 years ago (1946)
History	FC Bayern Munich Basketball (1946–present)
Arena	Audi Dome
Capacity	6,700
Location	Munich, Germany
Team colors	Red, white
President	Herbert Hainer
Head coach	Andrea Trinchieri
Team captain	Nihad Đedović
Ownership	FC Bayern Munich
Championships	5 German Championships 3 German Cups
Retired numbers	2 (6, 24)
Website	fcb-basketball.de
Home Away Third

Active departments of FC Bayern Munich
Football (men's)	Football II (men's)	Football JT (men's)
Football (women's)	Football (seniors)	Basketball
Handball	Chess	Bowling
Table tennis	Referees

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 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 , 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[]

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

New arena[]

SAP Garden is a planned 11,500-capacity indoor arena, to be built in Oympiapark, Munich. It is expected to be completed in 2022 at the earliest.

Players[]

Retired numbers[]

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

Current roster[]

FC Bayern Munich roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G/F 0 Weiler-Babb, Nick 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1995-12-12)12 December 1995 F 1 Thomas, Deshaun 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 G 2 Walden, Corey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 C 8 Hunter, Othello 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1986-05-28)28 May 1986 SF 9 Obiesie, Joshua 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2000-05-23)23 May 2000 GV 10 Jaramaz, Ognjen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1995-09-01)1 September 1995 F 11 Lučić, Vladimir 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1989-06-17)17 June 1989 SG 12 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2001-05-21)21 May 2001 SG 13 Obst, Andreas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 G/F 14 Đedović, Nihad (C) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 F 16 Zipser, Paul  2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 PF 21 Rubit, Augustine 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 F/C 26 Ogunsipe, Marvin 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 PG 31 Šiško, Žan Mark 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 SG 32 Hilliard, Darrun 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1993-04-13)13 April 1993 PF 34 Schilling, Gavin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1995-11-10)10 November 1995 C 43 Radošević, Leon 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 31 – (1990-02-26)26 February 1990	Head coach Andrea Trinchieri Assistant coach(es) Demond Greene Đorđe Adžić Slaven Rimac Team manager Lena Rogenhofer Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 24, 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Othello Hunter	Leon Radošević	Marvin Ogunsipe
PF	Deshaun Thomas	Augustine Rubit	Gavin Schilling
SF	Vladimir Lučić	Nick Weiler-Babb	Joshua Obiesie	Paul Zipser
SG	Darrun Hilliard	Nihad Đedović	Andreas Obst
PG	Corey Walden	Ognjen Jaramaz	Žan Mark Šiško

Notable players[]

showCriteria
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.

Players at the NBA draft[]

*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
#	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game
~	Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
SG/SF	Paul Zipser	2016	2nd round	48th	Chicago Bulls

Head coaches[]

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

• German Championship

Winners (5): 1953–54, 1954–55, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19

Runners-up (2): 2014–15, 2020–21

• German Cup

Winners (3): 1968, 2018, 2021

Runners-up (2): 2016, 2017

• German Super Cup

Runners-up (1): 2014

• German 2nd League

Winners (1): 2010–11

European competitions[]

• EuroLeague:
  • Quarterfinals (1): 2020–21
  • Top 16 (1): 2013–14
• EuroCup
  • Semifinals (1): 2017–18

Worldwide competitions[]

• NBA G League International Challenge

Winners (1): 2019

Other competitions[]

• Zadar Basketball Tournament

Runners-up (1): 2015

Individual awards[]

Season by season[]

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	German Cup	European competitions
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
2018–19	1	Bundesliga	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 EuroLeague	11th
2019–20	1	Bundesliga	5th	Round of 16	1 EuroLeague	—
2020–21	1	Bundesliga	2nd	Champion	1 EuroLeague	QF

International record[]

Season	Achievement	Notes
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
2020–21	Quarterfinals	eliminated 3–2 by AX Armani Exchange Milan, 79-78 (L) & 80-69 (L) in Milan, 85-79 (W) & 85-82 (W) in Munich, 92-89 (L) in Milan
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 72–59 (L) in Istanbul
2016–17	Quarterfinals	eliminated 2–1 by Unicaja, 91–82 (W) in Munich, 82–67 (L) in Málaga and 69–74 (L) in Munich
2017–18	Semifinals	eliminated 2–0 by Darüşşafaka, 76–74 (L) in Istanbul and 83–87 (L) in Munich
FIBA Saporta Cup
1968–69	Second round	eliminated by AŠK Olimpija, 81–101 (L) in Munich and 94–46 (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.^[4][5][6]

The official FC Bayern Basketball NBA 2K19 esports team "Bayern Ballers Gaming" was founded in April 2018. The Ballers quickly became one of the best virtual basketball teams in the world: together with their coach Swen Müller, the team continued to climb the NBA 2K ProAM world ranking, making them one of the Top 5 European teams.^[7]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Bayern Munich at easycredit-bbl.de (in German)
• Bayern Munich at Euroleague.net