Bayern Munich Junior Team

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Bayern Munich Junior Team

Full name	FC Bayern Munich Junior Team
Founded	1902 1995 (Restructured)
Ground	FC Bayern Munich Headquarters (Capacity: None)
Chairman	Franz Beckenbauer
Manager	Werner Kern
Home colours Away colours

Bayern Munich Junior Team is the youth academy for Bayern Munich.

The Junior Team

Overview

Andreas Ottl graduated from the Bayern Munich Junior Team

The Junior Team was created in 1902^[1] and restructured in 1995^[2] has created some of Germany's top football talent, such as first team players Christian Lell and Andreas Ottl and national team regulars Philipp Lahm, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Piotr Trochowski and Bastian Schweinsteiger. There are 165 players, 16 instructors and managers, 1 physiotherapist and 1 masseur.^[1] 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.^[3]

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 it's mission is "to have the best youth development in club football."^[4]

Scouting

Due to the competitive nature of sport, Bayern Munich has scouts all over the world. However, most of the scouting happens within a few hours from Munich,^[3] evident by the fact that Hitzlsperger, current first team players Lell, Ottl, Lahm and Schweinsteiger and most recent graduates Holger Badstuber and Thomas Müller are all from either Munich or within a 70km radius of the city.

Talent Days

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 last an entire weekend. The key points that are looked for at the event are heart and soul along with movement and coordination. The format that is used is Street football which is able to show how the players conduct themselves during a game. Players who are chosen are players who meet the requirements above along with where the family lives. Bayern Munich don't accept players who don't live near Munich. Every kid gets a report from the club. An average of seven kids will make it to the Bayern Munich Junior Team during Talent days.^[3]

FC Bayern II

The penultimate stage for youngsters at Bayern is Bayern Munich II, who currently play in the 3rd Liga, of German football.

Youth squad

Under 19

No. Position Player GK Henning Bortel GK Michael Werner DF Mike Baier DF Max Dombrowka DF Mino Kayser DF Cüneyt Köz DF Oskar Lewicki DF Florian Pflügler DF Michael Schwangart DF Michael Vitzthum MF Dennis Chessa MF Sebastian Dreier

No. Position Player MF Valentin Hauswirth MF Fabian Hürzeler MF Dejan Janjatovic MF Christoph Knasmüllner MF Daniel Steimel MF Rico Strieder MF Dennis Vatany FW Kevin Feiersinger FW Sebastian Lehn FW Nicola Sansone FW Andreas Voglsammer

Under 17

No. Position Player GK Felix Ruml GK Tihomir Susilovic DF Valter Aguimar DF Lukas Grill DF Robert Köhler DF Altan Memetoglu DF Vladimir Rankovic DF Tim Rieder DF Marcel Thomas MF Markus Achatz MF Jannis Ackermann MF Florian Brachtel MF Emre Can MF Christian Derflinger MF Julius Doe Davies MF Fabien Hürzeler

No. Position Player MF Michael Knötzinger MF Sebastian Mrowca MF Leon Müller-Wiesen MF Lukas Rigilewski MF Maximilian Rothenbücher MF Alessandro Schöpf MF Alexander Sieghart MF Martin Stadler MF Felix Stemmer FW Dominik Burusic FW Marius Duhnke FW Dominik Goßner FW Haidar Hamid FW Dean Naxera FW Amadou Sow FW Daniel Wein

As of November 2009^[update][5]

Technical staff

The head of the junior team is Werner Kern. The following staff are in charge of the various age groups:

Noted graduates

Player	Years played for 1st team	National team	Years Played for National Team
Markus Babbel	1991 - 2000	Germany	1995 - 2000
Dietmar Hamann	1993 - 1998	Germany	1998 - 2005
Stefan Wessels	1999 - 2003	-	-
Owen Hargreaves	2001 - 2007	England	2001 - Present
Philipp Lahm	2002 - Present	Germany	2004 - Present
Piotr Trochowski	2002 - 2005	Germany	2006 - Present
Christian Lell	2003 - Present	-	-
Zvjezdan Misimović	2003 - 2004	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2004 - Present
Michael Rensing	2003 - Present	-	-
Thomas Hitzlsperger	-	Germany	2004 - Present
Bastian Schweinsteiger	2003 - Present	Germany	2004 - Present
José Paolo Guerrero	2004 - 2006	Peru	2005 - Present
Andreas Ottl	2005 - Present	-	-
Toni Kroos	2007 - Present	-	-
Thomas Müller	2008 - Present	Germany	-
Holger Badstuber	2009 - Present	-	-
David Alaba	-	Austria	2009 - Present

Honours

• German Under 19 championship
  • Champions: 2001, 2002, 2004
  • Runners-up: 1998, 2006, 2007
• German Under 17 championship
  • Champions: 1989, 1997, 2001, 2007
  • Runners-up: 2000, 2009
• Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest
  • Champions: 2004, 2007
• Southern German Under 19 championship
  • Winners: 1950, 1954
• Bavarian Under 19 championship
  • Winners: 1950, 1954, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994-96
  • Runners-up: 1946, 1960, 1964, 1980, 1999 (reserve team)
• Under 17 Bundesliga South/Southwest
  • Winners : 2009
• Bavarian Under 17 championship
  • Winners: 1976, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000
  • Runners-up: 1982, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996
• Bavarian Under 15 championship
  • Winners: 1975, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009
  • Runners-up: 1976, 1977, 1988, 1992, 2008

Leagues & places of the junior teams

2007-08

• Source: BFV website: FC Bayern Munich teams for 2007-08 accessed: 30 November 2008

2008-09

• Letters in brackets behind team names indicate level according to the letter system for age groups used by the DFB (A to G).
• Source: Fussball.de: FC Bayern Munich teams for 2008-09 accessed: 30 November 2008
• In the Under-9's, no final standings are determined.

Trivia

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• Bayern Munich Junior Team uses a 4-3-3 formation system from D Juniors and upwards.^[1]
• Talented young players from overseas are offered accommodation in a youth apartment block with 13 single rooms inside the club grounds on Säbener Straße.^[1]
• The ll youth teams wear the same Adidas uniforms as the professional team with the only difference being a Junior Team logo, designed by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge himself, on the sleeve where the first team bears the Bundesliga logo.^[3]
• The facility arrangement at FCB is unique as compared with some other high profile clubs, such as at Manchester United and Ajax of Amsterdam, in that both the first team and the youth teams train at the same location.^[2]

External links

• Bayern Munich U19 Team website

References