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Bayern Munich Junior Team
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Full name FC Bayern Munich Junior Team
Founded 1902
1995 (Restructured)
Ground FC Bayern Campus
Capacity 2,500
Director Jochen Sauer


















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Football (men's)

Football II (men's)

Football JT (men's)

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Football (women's)

Football (seniors)

Basketball

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Table tennis

Referees


The FC Bayern Munich Junior Team is the youth academy for German football club 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. Bayern Munich have to test before the school will accept and you can study free until you graduate if you have a talent."




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Overview


  • 3 Scouting


  • 4 Reserve team


  • 5 Current youth squads


    • 5.1 Under 19


    • 5.2 Under 17




  • 6 Technical staff


  • 7 Noted graduates


  • 8 Honours


    • 8.1 Youth




  • 9 Recent seasons


    • 9.1 Under 19


    • 9.2 Under 17




  • 10 Heads of the Junior Team


  • 11 German championship winning teams


    • 11.1 Under 19


    • 11.2 Under 17




  • 12 References


  • 13 External links





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 to 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 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 at different to 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, current first team player 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.



Current youth squads



Under 19


As of 22 July 2018[11]

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




































































































No.

Position
Player


Germany

GK

Jakob Mayer
18

Germany

GK

Michael Wagner


Germany

GK

Lukas Schneller



Germany

DF

Dennis Waidner


Germany

DF

Jonas Kehl


Austria

DF

Flavius Daniliuc


Germany

DF

Louis Poznansky
12

Germany

DF

Thomas Rausch
13

Germany

DF

Alexander Lungwitz
15

Croatia

DF

Josip Stanišić


Croatia

DF

Ivan Mihaljevic


United States

DF

Chris Richards



Germany

MF

Angelo Stiller


Germany

MF

Jahn Herrmann































































































No.

Position
Player
8

Poland

MF

Marcel Zylla


Germany

MF

Benedict Hollerbach


Germany

MF

Marvin Cuni
16

Croatia

MF

Marin Pudić
19

Germany

MF

Oliver Batista Meier
20

Latvia

MF

Daniels Ontužāns
21

Turkey

MF

Can Karatas


Germany

MF

Ronald Lombaya
24

Bosnia and Herzegovina

MF

Daniel Jelisić


Republic of Ireland

MF

Ryan Johansson


United States

MF

Taylor Booth



United States

FW

Justin Butler


Netherlands

FW

Joshua Zirkzee


Sweden

FW

Alex Timossi Andersson



Under 17


As of 22 July 2018[12]

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


















































































No.

Position
Player


Germany

GK

Manuel Kainz


Germany

GK

Moritz Knauf



Germany

DF

Micha Bareis


Germany

DF

Angelo Brückner


Greece

DF

Christos Evangelou


Germany

DF

Leon Fust


Germany

DF

Roman Reinelt


Germany

DF

Benjamin Hofmann


Serbia

DF

Dejan Ignjatic


Jamaica

DF

Jamie Lawrence


Germany

DF

Yannick Oberleitner














































































No.

Position
Player


Germany

MF

Luca Denk


Germany

MF

Lasse Günther


Germany

MF

Torben Rhein


United States

MF

Malik Tillman


Germany

MF

Moritz Mosandl


Germany

MF

Tiziano Mulas


Italy

MF

Sandro Porta


Germany

MF

Philipp Skodic



Germany

FW

David Halbich


Germany

FW

Marcel Sieghart


Greece

FW

Alexander Bazdrigiannis



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
Sebastian Hoeneß

Miroslav Klose
Assistant coach
David Krecidlo

Slaven Skeledzic
Goalkeeper coach

Tom Starke

Uwe Gospodarek
Athletic coach
Tobias Dippert
Stephan Kerth
Fitness coach
Florian Brandner
Max Harzmann


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 – present

 Germany
2010 – present

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
2007-2008


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 – present

WC14, UCL 13, 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, UCL runner-up 12

David Alaba
2008
2010 – present

 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;




  • FIFA World Cup

    • 2 World Cup winning captains

    • 11 World Cup winners




  • UEFA European Championships
    • 5 European Championship winners



  • UEFA Champions League
    • 13 European Cup/ Champions League winners



  • UEFA Europa League
    • 5 UEFA Cup/Europa League winners




Honours



Youth




  • Under 19 Bundesliga


    • Winners: 2001, 2002, 2004


    • Runners-up: 1998, 2006, 2007, 2012




  • Under 17 Bundesliga


    • Winners: 1989, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2017


    • Runners-up: 2000, 2009




  • South/Southwest German Under 19 championship

    • Winners: 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013



  • South/Southwest German Under 17 championship

    • Winners: 2009



  • 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

































Head Start date End date Source
Werner Kern 1998 30 June 2012
[3][22]
Hans-Jörg Butt 1 July 2012 7 August 2012
[22][23]
Wolfgang Dremmler 9 August 2012 30 June 2017 [24]
Jochen Sauer 1 July 2017 Present [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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External links



  • Bayern Munich U19 Team website


  • The Bayern Munich academy way – These Football Times (2015)














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