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24 unusual facts about FC Bayern Munich


Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan

In England, he also spent time looking at coaching methods, techniques and tactics at English clubs Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur while in 1974, he traveled to Germany where he spent time with European giants FC Bayern Munich.

Alun Evans

He returned to the fray near the end, and bagged a hat-trick during this season in a European Fairs Cup 4th round 1st leg tie at home to German giants Bayern Munich in a 3–0 win that ultimately saw them through 4–1 on aggregate.

Ciro Ferrara

After winning all the initial four league games, Ferrara's fortunes changed after Juve failed to make the knockout stage of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League following a 4-1 defeat by Bayern Munich at home in a game where a draw would have awarded Juve the qualification to the following phase despite a promising start to the campaign.

Danny Guthrie

He was also in the starting XI for the Bolton team that drew 2–2 with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena during the UEFA Cup.

Danny Lennon

Lennon scored in their tie against Bayern Munich, briefly giving Raith a 1–0 lead in the second leg in the Munich Olympic Stadium.

Festival Cup

As Edinburgh's twin cities include Munich, Florence and Kiev, the local media speculated that a globally recognised team such as FC Bayern Munich, ACF Fiorentina or Dynamo Kiev may play in Scotland's capital.

Heinz Stuy

Thus, together with Bayern Munich player of the 1970s and 1980s Bernd Dürnberger, he holds the record for being the player having won the most major club titles without having ever played for the national team of his country.

Jaromír Paciorek

The championship were successful for him and consequently some famous clubs (e.g. Bayern Munich and Feyenoord Rotterdam) wanted to transfer Paciorek.

Jesper Blomqvist

He did, however, start against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.

John Hunting

His most senior European club game was the European Cup quarter-final second leg between Baník Ostrava and Bayern Munich in 1981.

Joleon Lescott

Lescott also made his Champions League début against S.S.C. Napoli, City however failed to progress past the group stages after away defeats to Napoli and Bayern Munich in Group A, finishing third and dropping into the Europa League as a result.

Joos Valgaeren

Before he left the club the media had linked him with big-money moves to Ajax and Bayern Munich.

Kevin Nolan

Nolan's long throw-in set up a goal, which helped Bolton achieve a 2–2 draw away against German champions Bayern Munich, who dominated the match.

Łukasz Fabiański

In March 2013, after Szczęsny was dropped, Fabiański started in goal in the second-leg of Arsenal's Champions League tie against Bayern Munich.

Maicon Sisenando

On 22 May 2010, Inter won the Champions League, thus obtaining the treble, with a 2–0 victory over Bayern Munich in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid, Spain.

Marcos Lopes

He scored two goals in the match up to give City a 4-1 win over FC Viktoria Plze%C5%88 away, and scored a Hat-Trick in the 6-0 home victory over youth team of FC Bayern Munich in the second fixture of the UEFA Youth League.

Michael Mols

However, during a UEFA Champions League clash against FC Bayern Munich, he collided with opposing goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, which resulted in a serious knee injury – in the same competition, he previously helped his club crush PSV Eindhoven 4–1 at home by scoring twice, whilst in the league, he put four past former Ranger Andy Goram's Motherwell.

Michael Svensson

Since then, he has flown to Germany to continue treatment with FC Bayern Munich doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt.

National Paralympic Committee Germany

To raise awareness, players from Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich along with players from the Football 5-a-side national team and students from the St. Anna Gymnasiums in Augsburg participated in an promotional training session.

Neil Simpson

In 1982–83, he played in every one of the matches of the Dons’ 1983 European Cup Winners Cup campaign, scoring a goal in the 3–2 victory over FC Bayern Munich in the second leg of the quarter-finals and becoming one of the “Gothenburg Greats” who lifted the trophy after beating Real Madrid in the 1983 Final.

Roberto Di Matteo

On 19 May 2012, Di Matteo guided Chelsea to victory in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, defeating Bayern Munich at their own Allianz Arena.

Rubén Baraja

In his first season he was a key element in the Ches Champions League campaign, as the club was beaten in the final for the second year running, this time losing in a penalty shootout to FC Bayern Munich, with the player scoring on his attempt.

Steve Lovell

Lovell also scored a consolation goal in the second leg of Aberdeen's UEFA Cup match against Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena.

Walter Mazzarri

They finished second in their Champions League group, behind Germany's Bayern Munich and ahead of Manchester City of England, to earn a last-16 tie against another English side, Chelsea which they beat 3–1 at home in the first leg.


1967–68 Bundesliga

It needed Italian club AC Milan to prevent a title hat-trick for Bundesliga sides, knocking out title holders Bayern Munich 2–0 on aggregate before beating Hamburger SV, who were the fourth West German team in the final in four consecutive years, at Rotterdam's Feijenoord Stadion by the same score.

1998–99 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

Kaiserlautern also enjoyed a good run in their Champions League debut – topping a group also containing Benfica, PSV Eindhoven and HJK Helsinki and reaching the quarter-finals before being knocked out 6–0 on aggregate by fellow Germans Bayern Munich.

2000–01 Bundesliga

Before the last round of matches, Bayern Munich lead Schalke 04 by three points, but with an inferior goal difference.

Armel Koulara

An agile and sprightly goalkeeper in addition to being a penalty specialist, Armel is Gazelle's first choice penalty taker, following in the footsteps of other goal-scoring 'keepers such as Brazilian Rogério Ceni, Vincent Enyeama of Hapoel Tel Aviv and Nigeria, Hans-Jörg Butt of FC Bayern Munich and José Luis Chilavert, formerly of Paraguay.

Bodo Illgner

Born in Koblenz, Illgner was a product of 1. FC Köln's youth system, and made his debut in the Bundesliga on 22 February 1986 at not yet 19, in a 1–3 away loss against FC Bayern Munich.

Daniel Carvajal

Carvajal was selected as one of the three best right-backs at the end of his first and only season, behind FC Bayern Munich's Phillip Lahm and FC Schalke 04's Atsuto Uchida.

Diego Contento

Contento played for Bayern's first-team in pre-season friendlies in 2009, appearing against the Austrian Bundesliga Champion Red Bull Salzburg as a second-half substitute for Edson Braafheid, and was named on the substitutes' bench for a Bundesliga match against FSV Mainz in August 2009.

Dupnitsa

Marek finished with a victory of 2:0 over the current UEFA Champions League holder - FC Bayern Munich at a football match at Marek's home stadium - Bonchuk Stadium as part of the 1977–78 UEFA Cup.

Giovane Élber

The following summer, he moved to fellow league team FC Bayern Munich where, save for one year, he was always crowned the club's top scorer (Carsten Jancker prevented that honour); additionally, he was instrumental in the conquest of four leagues, the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League and the 2001 Intercontinental Cup, whilst winning the Torjäger award for 2002–03 – 21 goals, the Bavarians won the double.

Javier Irureta

The Colchoneros also reached the European Cup final in 1974, but after the winners, FC Bayern Munich, declined to participate in the Intercontinental Cup, they were invited as runners-up: facing Club Atlético Independiente of Argentina the side won 2–1 on aggregate, with Irureta scoring one of the goals in the 2–0 second-leg home success.

Mário Figueira Fernandes

Bayern Munich, Manchester UnitedJuventus, Internazionale, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, F.C.Porto, CSKA Moscow, AFC Ajax and A.S. Roma have all been linked with him and he has been dubbed "the new Lúcio".

Mazinho

He is the father of Thiago Alcântara and Rafa "Rafinha" Alcântara who both played in the youth of FC Barcelona before joining Bayern Munich and Celta Vigo respectively.

UEFA Under-18 Challenge

The UEFA Under-18 Challenge was a competition contested between FC Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.

Wenn Ludwig ins Manöver zieht

Besides many well-known actors of the day, the film also features Zlatko Čajkovski, 1967's trainer of FC Bayern Munich, his goal-getter Gerd Müller and his goalkeeper Sepp Maier.

Zé Roberto

In May 2002, he joined Bayern Munich for a reported fee of €12 million, signing a three year deal, linking up with emerging German talent Sebastian Deisler and Leverkusen teammate Michael Ballack.