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In 1900, some members of a Munich gymnastics club decided to form a football club. Bayern Munich won its first title in 1909, as champions of the Bavarian league. A few years later, in 1926, they won the South German Championship. In 1932, they won the German championship by defeating Frankfurt 2-0. However, the advent of Hitler and World War II stopped Bayern's development. At that time, the President of the club and the coach were Jewish, and they left the country to survive. After World War II, Bayern played in Oberliga Süd, one of five upper league conferences, until the creation of the professional league in 1963, the Bundesliga. Meanwhile, they suffered relegation in 1955, the first and only time this has happened! However, the following season, they won the German Cup (1956). In 1966, with players such as Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller and Sepp Maier, Bayern finished third in their first season in the top flight. Moreover, they also won the German cup, qualifying for the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup: they went on to win the competition in a memorable final against Rangers, thanks to Beckenbauer who scored the only goal of the game in extra-time!More |
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