Fußball-Club Bayern Munich e. V. (German enunciation: [ˈfuːsbalˌklʊp ban ˈmʏnçn̩], typically called FC Bayern Munich (German pronunciation: [FTSE ban ˈmʏnçn̩], FCB, Bayern Munich, or FC Bayern, is a German expert sporting activities club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best recognized for its expert football group, which plays in the Bundesliga, the leading tier of the German football organization system. Bayern is one of the most successful club in German football history, having actually won a record 31 nationwide titles, including 9 consecutively because 2013, and also 20 nationwide mugs, together with many European honors. FC Bayern Munich was started in 1900 by 11 football gamers, led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national champion in 1932, the club was not picked for the Bundesliga at its beginning in 1963. The club had its period of the best success in the mid-1970s when, under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, it won the European Mug three consecutive times (1...