FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

FC Bayern Munich Basketball
FC Bayern Munich Basketball logo
Leagues	German BBL Eurocup
Founded	1946
History	FC Bayern Munich Basketball (1946–Present)
Arena	Audi Dome
Arena Capacity	6,700
Location	Munich, Germany
Team colors	Red, White, Navy
President	Karl Hopfner
Head coach	Svetislav Pešić
Championships	3 German Championships 1 German Cup
Retired numbers	2 (6, 24)
Website	www.fcb-basketball.de
Uniforms
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FC Bayern Munich Basketball is a professional basketball club, part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club based in Munich, Germany. The club play their national domestic league games in the BBL league and internationally in the Euroleague.

History

Bayern Munich has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 1950s and 1960s (German Championships in 1954, 1955, and German Cup in 1968), the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956, when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against Lancia Bozen, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the German League.

In the following years, the club slowly, but surely, faded into obscurity, and in 1974, was even relegated to the German 2nd Division. For a long time after that, the club never completely recovered, and only had a few successful years (Bayern moved up to the German First Division in 1987, and stayed there until 1989).

In 2008, the declared goal of the team was to return to the club’s former glory, and return to the top German League, which it eventually did. In the near future, the club seeks to become a major force in European basketball, so that Bayern Munich will not only be well known for its football (soccer) operations, but also for its basketball operations as well. In the 2012–13 season the club reached the semi-finals of the Basketball Bundesliga, where it lost 3–2 against the reigning champions Brose Baskets.

Thanks to a wild card, Bayern Munich played the Euroleague in the 2013–14 season. This was its first appearance in the top European championship, and it reached the Top 16 stage. On June 18, 2014, Bayern won its third national title when it beat Alba Berlin 3–1 in the Finals. It was the first title for the team since 1955; 59 years before. Star player of the team was Malcolm Delaney, who won both the MVP and Finals MVP.

In the 2014–2015 season, Bayern failed to win a title; in the BBL Finals they were defeated by Brose Baskets 2–3.

Arena

File:AudiDomeFCB.jpg

Audi Dome during a Bayern Munich home game

The team's home arena is called, Audi Dome, which seats 6,700 spectators.

Titles & honours

• German Championship

Winners (3): 1953–54, 1954–55, 2013–14

Runners-up (1): 2014–15

• German Cup

Winners (1): 1968

• ProA

Winners (1): 2010–11

Players

Retired numbers

FC Bayern Munich retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
6		Steffen Hamann	PG	2010–2014
24		Demond Greene	SG	2010–2014

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

FC Bayern Munich roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 9 Thompson, Deon 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 PG 10 Cobbs, Justin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) – (1991-03-16)16 March 1991 PG 12 Renfroe, Alex 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 SF 14 Đedović, Nihad 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 G/F 16 Zipser, Paul 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 PF 20 Savanović, Duško 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) – (1983-09-05)5 September 1983 PF 23 Chikoko, Vitalis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1991-02-11)11 February 1991 G 25 Gavel, Anton 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) – (1984-10-24)24 October 1984 C 41 Mayr, Daniel 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 106 kg (234 lb) – (1995-07-28)28 July 1995 PF 42 Kleber, Maximilian 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) – (1992-01-29)29 January 1992 SG 44 Taylor, Bryce (C) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1986-09-27)27 September 1986 C 54 Bryant, John 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 127 kg (280 lb) – (1987-06-13)13 June 1987	Head coach Svetislav Pešić Assistant coach(es) Emir Mutapčić Philipp Köchling Athletic trainer(s) Jovan Buha Team manager Florian Högerl Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster – Transactions Updated: May 7, 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	John Bryant	Daniel Mayr
PF	Duško Savanović	Deon Thompson	Maximilian Kleber
SF	Nihad Đedović	Paul Zipser
SG	Bryce Taylor	Anton Gavel
PG	Alex Renfroe	Justin Cobbs

Out on loan

• 13 Vasilije Micić - 1.95 - (PG) - (loan until May 2016 to KK Crvena zvezda and contract until May 2017 with Bayern Munich)

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	German Cup	European competitions
2002–03	3	Regionalliga	2	–	–	–
2003–04	3	Regionalliga	1	Promoted	–	–
2004–05	2	2. Bundesliga	15	Relegated	–	–
2005–06	3	Regionalliga	1	Promoted	–	–
2006–07	3	Regionalliga	2	–	–	–
2007–08	3	Regionalliga	1	Promoted	–	–
2008–09	2	ProA	8	–	–	–
2009–10	2	ProA	8	–	–	–
2010–11	2	ProA	1	Promoted	–	–
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	5	Quarterfinalist	–	2 Eurocup Regular season
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	4	Semifinalist	Third place	–
2013–14	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Fourth place	1 Euroleague Top 16
2014–15	1	Bundesliga	3	Finalist	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague Regular season 2 Eurocup Eighthfinals

Individual awards

BBL Most Valuable Player

• Malcolm Delaney – 2014

BBL Finals MVP

• Malcolm Delaney – 2014

All-BBL First Team

• Malcolm Delaney – 2014
• John Bryant – 2015

All-BBL Second Team

• Chevon Troutman – 2012, 2013
• Tyrese Rice – 2013
• Bryce Taylor – 2014
• Deon Thompson – 2014
• Nihad Đedović – 2015

ProA Young Player of the Year

• Bastian Doreth – 2011

50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
Nominated:

• Svetislav Pešić

Euroleague Weekly MVPs

• Malcolm Delaney - Season 2013-14, Top 16, Week 10
• Duško Savanović - Season 2014-15, Regular Season, Week 9

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least one season for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
• To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Robin Benzing Markus Bernhard Bastian Doreth Robert Garrett Anton Gavel Demond Greene Steffen Hamann Yassin Idbihi Jan Jagla Maximilian Kleber Hansjörg Krüger Robert Maras Olaf Radatz Heiko Schaffartzik Dieter Schneider Klaus Schulz Philipp Schwethelm Andreas Seiferth Lucca Staiger Helmut Uhlig Paul Zipser

John Bryant Malcolm Delaney George Devone Je'Kel Foster Darius Hall Ben Hansbrough Jared Homan Jamar Howard Rashad Jones-Jennings Bo McCalebb Chad Prewitt Alex Renfroe Lawrence Roberts Tyrese Rice K.C. Rivers Bryce Taylor Brandon Thomas Tony Thomason Deon Thompson Chevon Troutman Jonathan Wallace Tarvis Williams

Nihad Đedović Yotam Halperin Artur Kolodziejski Vasilije Micić Aleksandar Nađfeji Nedu Onyeuku Stuart Robbins Duško Savanović Boris Savović Vladimir Štimac Mirko Virijević

Notable coaches

• Dirk Bauermann
• Franz Kronberger
• Svetislav Pešić

External links

• Official website (German)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page