FC Bayern Munich II

Bayern München II

Full name	FC Bayern München II
Nickname(s)	Kleine Bayern (little Bayern)
Founded	1900
Ground	Grünwalder Stadion (Capacity: 28,000)
Chairman	Uli Hoeneß
Manager	Andries Jonker
League	Regionalliga Süd (IV)
2010–11	3rd Liga, 19th
Home colours Away colours

Bayern Munich II (Bayern Munich Amateure until 2005) are the second team of German association football club Bayern Munich. In 2010–11 they played in the 3rd Liga, having qualified for its inaugural season in 2008, and have consistently played at the third level of German football (the highest permissible level for reserve teams) — they played in the Regionalliga Süd from its formation in 1994 to 2008, when it was usurped by the 3rd Liga. They have generally achieved at least mid-table finishes at this level, and won the Regionalliga Süd title in 2004. In 2010–11 Bayern II finished last in the 3rd Liga and is thus relegated to the Regionalliga.

Overview

The team is intended to be the final step between Bayern's youth setup and the first team, and is usually made up of promising youngsters between the age of 18 and 23, with a few veteran players drafted in to provide experience.

Bayern II has made several appearances in the DFB-Pokal, even facing the senior Bayern side in a fourth round tie in 1977 losing 5–3. Their last appearance in the cup was the 2004–05 season, when they reached the quarter final, but as of 2008, reserve teams are no longer permitted to play in the cup. In 1983 and 1987, Bayern II advanced to the national amateur cup final where they lost 0–2 to FC Homburg and 1–4 to MSV Duisburg.

History

The team's first appearance in the top-league of Bavarian football, the southern group of the Amateurliga Bayern, came in 1956, when it won the tier-four 2nd Amateurliga Oberbayern A and advanced to the next level through the promotion round. After finishing its first season in this league in mid-table, it ended 1957–58 as runners-up, two points behind local rival FC Wacker München. It repeated this achievement in 1960–61, this time coming second to TSV 1860 Munich II. Both reserve sides then descended in the league table and, in 1963, when the German football league system was severely altered, they both missed the cut-off for the new single-tier Amateurliga Bayern. Bayern Amateure had to finish seventh to qualify but came only 14th and found itself grouped in the new tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Süd.

Bayern Munich II celebrate a victory at the Grünwalder Stadion in 2008.

It took the team four seasons in this league to work its way back up, improving year by year and, in 1966–67, it finished first and earned promotion back to the Bayernliga. Bayern started well in the league, coming fourth in the first year, but then declined and was relegated again in 1971. It only took two seasons this time for the team to return to the third division and another league win in 1973 moved the team back up.

For the next 21 season, the team was to be a member of the Bayernliga without interruption. However, in all the 21 seasons there, the team could never win the league either, being ineligible for promotion from there to professional football anyway.

The team had few bad seasons in this time, coming relatively close to relegation only once, in 1982. It managed three runners-up finishes in the league, in 1983, 1984 and 1987 and generally existed as an upper-table side.

In 1994, with the introduction of the new tier-three Regionalliga Süd, the team qualified comfortably. It was to be a long-term member of this league, too, belonging to it until 2008, when the 3rd Liga was formed. After mostly finishing in mid-table in the league, Bayern earned its first league title in over 30 years when it won the Regionalliga in 2004. Being already a member of the highest league in which reserve teams are permitted, the side could not take up promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and had to stay at this level. In 2005, all reserve sides of clubs in the first and second Bundesliga changed their name from Amateure to II, meaning FC Bayern Munich Amateure became FC Bayern Munich II.

In 2008, the team earned promotion to the new 3rd Liga, finishing eighth when a top-ten finish was needed. The club played at this level for three seasons before suffering relegation to the Regionalliga in 2010-11. It was the first time since 1973 that the team would not play in the third division and also meant the end of Hermann Gerland as the teams coach.

Stadium

Bayern II play at the Grünwalder Stadion, which was the first team's venue until the opening of the Olympiastadion in 1972.

Current squad

As of 26 January 2012 (2012 -01-26)

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Rouven Sattelmaier 2 DF Cüneyt Köz 3 DF Emre Can 4 DF Timothy van der Meulen 5 DF David Vržogić 6 MF Sebastian Dreier 8 MF Anduele Pryor 9 FW Manuel Fischer 10 MF Bastian Müller 11 FW Dale Jennings 12 MF Nicolas Jüllich 13 DF Max Dombrowka 14 DF Antonio Pangallo 15 MF Dennis Chessa

No. Position Player 16 MF Rico Strieder 17 FW Korey Altinay 18 MF Boy Deul 19 FW Pascal Reinhardt 20 MF Niklas Horn 21 FW Toni Vastić 22 MF Daniel Steimel 24 GK Maximilian Riedmüller 25 GK Daniel Müller 26 MF Danny Schwarz 28 MF Takashi Usami (on loan from Gamba Osaka) 34 MF Fabian Hürzeler 39 DF Maximilian Eberlein 46 DF Benno Schmitz

Coaching staff

Andries Jonker	Head coach
Gerd Müller	Assistant coach
Rainer Ulrich	Assistant coach
Walter Junghans	Goalkeeping coach
Andreas Kornmayer	Fitness coach
Klaus Maierstein	Physiotherapist

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

Hermann Gerland has had three spells as coach of Bayern Munich II.

• Werner Kern (1970–1977)
• Hans-Joachim Greben
• Fritz Bischoff (?–1988)
• Hans-Dieter Schmidt (1988–1990)
• Hermann Gerland (1990–1995)
• Rainer Ulrich (1995–1998)
• Udo Bassemir (1998–2001)
• Hermann Gerland (2001–2009)
• Mehmet Scholl (2009–2010)
• Hermann Gerland (2010–2011)
• Rainer Ulrich (10 April 2011–30 June 2011)
• Andries Jonker (1 July 2011–present)

Honours

The club's honours:

League

• German amateur football championship
  • Runners-up: (2) 1983, 1987
• Regionalliga Süd (III)
  • Champions: 2004
• Amateurliga Südbayern (III)
  • Runners-up: (2) 1958, 1961
• Amateur Oberliga Bayern (III)
  • Runners-up: (3) 1983, 1984, 1987
• 2nd Amateurliga Oberbayern A (IV)
  • Champions: 1956
• Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV)
  • Champions: (2) 1967, 1973

Cup

• Bavarian Cup
  • Winners: 2002
• Oberbayern Cup
  • Winners: (3) 1995, 2001, 2002
• IFA Shield
  • Winners: 2005

Recent record

Main article: List of FC Bayern Munich II seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Season	Division	Tier	Position	Cup
1994–95	Regionalliga Süd	III	7	Quarter-final
1995–96	Regionalliga Süd		13	Round 1
1997–97	Regionalliga Süd		8	DNQ
1997–98	Regionalliga Süd		6	DNQ
1998–99	Regionalliga Süd		8	DNQ
1999–00	Regionalliga Süd		5	DNQ
2000–01	Regionalliga Süd		9	DNQ
2001–02	Regionalliga Süd		10	DNQ
2002–03	Regionalliga Süd		4	Round 1
2003–04	Regionalliga Süd		1	DNQ
2004–05	Regionalliga Süd		6	Quarter-final
2005–06	Regionalliga Süd		11	DNQ
2006–07	Regionalliga Süd		8	DNQ
2007–08	Regionalliga Süd		8	DNQ
2008–09	3rd Liga		5	—
2009–10	3rd Liga		8	—
2010–11	3rd Liga		20	—
2011–12	Regionalliga Süd	IV		—

DNQ = Bayern II did not qualify for the cup in that season;
— = Since 2008–09 season reserve teams of professional clubs are no longer allowed to compete in the cup

Past players

The following players have gone on from Bayern Munich II to play for the Bayern Munich first-team.

Nat Player FCB II career First-team career Aigner, RainerRainer Aigner 1989–1991 1994–1997 1990–1991 Alaba, DavidDavid Alaba 2009–2011 2010– Badstuber, HolgerHolger Badstuber 2007–2009 2009– Bugera, AlexanderAlexander Bugera 1996–1999 2002–2003 1997–1999 Cerny, HaraldHarald Cerny 1990–1992 1992–1993 Contento, DiegoDiego Contento 2008–2011 2010– Di Salvo, AntonioAntonio Di Salvo 2000–2001 2000–2001 Eberl, MaxMax Eberl 1991–1993 1991–1993 Feulner, MarkusMarkus Feulner 2000–2003 2001–2003 Fürstner, StephanStephan Fürstner 2005–2009 2006–2009 Gerster, FrankFrank Gerster 1994–1998 1996–1998 Göktan, BerkantBerkant Göktan 1998–2001 1998–2001 Gospodarek, UweUwe Gospodarek 1991–1995 1991–1995 Grill, RomanRoman Grill 1988–1999 1995–1996 Grimm, MarcoMarco Grimm 1993–1995 1994–1995 Guerrero, José PaoloJosé Paolo Guerrero 2002–2004 2004–2006 Hamann, DietmarDietmar Hamann 1992–1994 1993–1998 Hargreaves, OwenOwen Hargreaves 2000–2001 2000–2007 Hofmann, SteffenSteffen Hofmann 2000–2002 2001–2002 Hummels, MatsMats Hummels 2005–2008 2007–2008 Jarolim, DavidDavid Jarolim 1997–2000 1997–2000 Johansson, Nils-EricNils-Eric Johansson 1998–2000 1999–2000 Kastenmaier, ThomasThomas Kastenmaier 1987–1989 1989–1990 Kliche, UlfUlf Kliche 1987–1992 1990–1991

Nat Player FCB II career First-team career Kraft, ThomasThomas Kraft 2006–2011 2008–2011 Kroos, ToniToni Kroos 2007–2008 2007– Lahm, PhilippPhilipp Lahm 2001–2003 2005– Lakies, CarstenCarsten Lakies 1996–1997 1996–1997 Lell, ChristianChristian Lell 2001–2010 2003–2010 Maierhofer, StefanStefan Maierhofer 2005–2007 2006–2007 Misimovic, ZvjezdanZvjezdan Misimovic 2000–2004 2002–2004 Müller, ThomasThomas Müller 2007–2009 2008– Nerlinger, ChristianChristian Nerlinger 1990–1993 1992–1998 Ngwat-Mahop, Louis ClémentLouis Clément Ngwat-Mahop 2006–2007 2006–2007 Ott, ThorstenThorsten Ott 1991–1993 1991–1992 Ottl, AndreasAndreas Ottl 2003–2007 2005–2011 Pflügler, HansHans Pflügler 1979–1982 1992–1997 2001–2002 1981–1992 1994–1995 Probst, MichaelMichael Probst 1995–1997 1995–1996 Rensing, MichaelMichael Rensing 2002–2007 2003–2010 Schwabl, ManfredManfred Schwabl 1984–1986 1985–1986 1989–1992 Schweinsteiger, BastianBastian Schweinsteiger 2002–2004 2002– Sinkala, AndrewAndrew Sinkala 1999–2001 1999–2001 Stegmayer, OliverOliver Stegmayer 1993–1995 1994–1995 Trochowski, PiotrPiotr Trochowski 2002–2003 2003–2005 Wagner, SandroSandro Wagner 2005–2008 2007–2008 Wessels, StefanStefan Wessels 1998–2002 1999–2003 Zickler, AlexanderAlexander Zickler 1993–1995 1993–2005

see also Category:FC Bayern Munich II players

External links

• Official site (English)
• Statistics at fussballdaten.de (German)
• FC Bayern Munich II profile at Weltfussball.de