FC Bayern Munich Junior Team

Not to be confused with FC Bayern Munich II.

The FC Bayern Munich Junior Team is the youth academy for German football club FC 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 Junior Team

Full name	Football Club Bayern Munich Junior Team
Nickname(s)	FC Bayern Campus
Founded	1902 1995 (restructured)
Ground	FC Bayern Campus
Capacity	2,500
Director	Jochen Sauer
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 too 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 was scheduled to open in the 2017–18 season.^[4]

Overview

Main article: FC Bayern Campus

The FC Bayern Academy at the campus in Munich

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 is different from 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, former captain 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 three 20-minute 5-a-side matches on reduced-sized football fields.^[8] The scouts are looking for how well the participants "cope with the ball" with "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

Main article: FC Bayern Munich II

The penultimate stage for youngsters at Bayern is Bayern Munich II, which currently plays in the Regionalliga Bayern, the fourth tier of German football.

Current youth squads

Under-19 (U19)

As of 1 July 2025^[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GER Matthias Kösters — GK  GER Leonard Prescott — GK  GER Leonard Ruland — DF  COD Michel Ekodi — DF  GER Cassiano Kiala — DF  GER Rayan Moumouni — DF  TUR Deniz Ofli — DF  GER Raphael Pavlić — DF  GER Luis Schäfer — DF  NED Chivano Wijks — MF  BRA Maycon Cardozo — MF  GER Moritz Göttlicher — MF  GER Lennart Karl — MF  GER Allen Junior Lambé — MF  AUT Michael Matošević

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  UKR Bogdan Olychenko — MF  POR David Santos — MF  GER Leopold Schmid — MF  NED Roy Snip — FW  GER Chris Afanou — FW  GER Tim Binder — FW  GER Sadiki Chemwor — FW  FRA Noah Codjo-Evora — FW  GER Yll Gashi — FW  GER Aristide Hentcho — FW  GEO Jamal Kaishvili — FW  GER Wisdom Mike — FW  GER Olawuseyi Wilson — FW  GER Simon Zöls

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NGA David Emmanuel (at KSV Hessen Kassel until 30 June 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GER Jason Eckl (at SpVgg Unterhaching until 30 June 2026)

Under-17 (U17)

As of 16 August 2025^[12]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GER Luis Nadler — GK  GER David Podar-Stiube — DF  NGA Richard Ajayi — DF  GER Luca Babl — DF  GER Valentin Beckert — DF  MAR Jonas El Allali — DF  GER Adam El-Chaar — DF  ALB Afrim Gashi — DF  GER Jakob Horvath — DF  GER Filip Pavic — DF  GER Xaver Pucci — DF  GER Nderim Zogaj — MF  GER Aviel Hentcho

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Wisdom Imade — MF  GER Paul Kerschberger — MF  GER Erblin Osmani — MF  GER Simon Schaff — MF  GER Sanest Sindi — FW  GER Bastian Assomo — FW  GER Said Attalai — FW  GER Piet Burghardt — FW  GER Leeron Danioko — FW  NGA Frank Egwuatu — FW  POL Kuba Horoszczak — FW  GER Skender Nuraj — FW  GER Philipp von Taube

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	Peter Gaydarov	Leonhard Haas
Assistant coaches	Stefan Meissner	Philipp Deppner
	Christian Ströbel	Emanuel Jozić
Goalkeeping coach	Tom Starke	Simon Jentzsch
Athletic coach	Felix Bachmaier	Björn Rosemeier

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; 2016–2019	Germany	2010–2018	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	2007–2018	Germany	2017–2018	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 – 2016	WC14; UCL 13, 20; 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, 17, 18, 22; UCL runner-up 12
David Alaba	2008	2010 – 2021	Austria	2009 – present	UCL 13, 20, 22; 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
Kenan Yıldız	2012	—	Turkey	2023 – present	Euro Cup 24

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, 2017
• Under 17 Bundesliga
  • Winners: 1989, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2017
  • Runners-up: 2000, 2009, 2018
• South/Southwest German Under 19 championship
  • Winners: 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2017
• South/Southwest German Under 17 championship
  • Winners: 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019
• 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]

Under-19 Year Divisionnsjzj Tier League Position National Championship 2003–04 Bundesliga – South/Southwest I 1st Champions 2004–05 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2005–06 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 2nd Runners-up 2006–07 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2007–08 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 3rd — 2008–09 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 3rd — 2009–10 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 9th — 2010–11 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 7th — 2011–12 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2012–13 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Semi-finals 2013–14 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2014–15 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 5th — 2015–16 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 8th — 2016–17 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2017–18 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 2nd — 2018–19 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 4th —

Under-17 Year Division Tier League Position National Championship 2003–04 Regionalliga – South I 6th — 2004–05 Regionalliga – South 5th — 2005–06 Regionalliga – South 3rd — 2006–07 Regionalliga – South 1st Champions 2007–08 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2008–09 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2009–10 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2010–11 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 4th — 2011–12 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 4th — 2012–13 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 8th — 2013–14 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2014–15 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 5th — 2015–16 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 2nd — 2016–17 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Champions 2017–18 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2018–19 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Semi-finals

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