Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (German enunciation: [ˈfuːsbalˌklʊp ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩], commonly referred to as FC Bayern München (German pronunciation: [ˌɛftseː ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩], FCB, Bayern Munich, or FC Bayern, is a German expert sporting activities club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best recognized for its professional football group, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Bayern is the most successful club in German football background, having won a record 31 nationwide titles, including 9 consecutively considering that 2013, as well as 20 national cups, in addition to numerous European honours. FC Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by 11 football gamers, led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its initial championship game in 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its creation in 1963. The club had its duration of biggest success in the mid-1970s when, under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, it won the European Mug 3 suc...