February 2025 BAYERN GAME
1943 — In March , Josef Bergmaier and Franz Krumm fall on the Eastern Front . Both were part of the 1932 championship-winning team . In October , the Grünwalder Stadion is severely damaged in an air raid and FCB start playing their matches at the Dantestadion .
1944 — FC Bayern ‘ s head offices are completely destroyed in an air raid in July . A large part of the club ‘ s archive is also wiped out . But the club survives .
1945 — FRANZ BECKENBAUER IS BORN ON 11 SEPTEMBER AND GERD MÜLLER ON 3 NOVEMBER .
1946 — FCB president Josef Bayer , who had been imprisoned by the Nazis in 1944 , is commissioned by the American occupation authorities to draw up new statutes for the club . The basketball and table tennis sections are founded in the same year .
White horses pulled the Red and Whites to the 1932 title celebrations .
1947 — Kurt Landauer returns to Munich from exile . On 19 August , he is elected president of FC Bayern for the fourth time . His deputy is Siegfried Herrmann , meaning the club is led by the same duo that won the championship in 1932 .
1948 — FC Bayern are much more successful than during the war and record the biggest Oberliga win in their history , 11-0 against Viktoria Aschaffenburg .
1949 — Kurt Landauer , through his persistence and negotiating skills with the US military administration , secures the training grounds at Säbener Straße for FCB .
1950 — FC Bayern start focusing on international football again and host UC Santiago de Chile , Hibernian , Fiorentina and Racing Club Paris in Munich for friendlies .
1951 — LEFT-BACK HANS BAUER RECEIVES HIS FIRST CALL-UP TO THE NATIONAL TEAM FROM SEPP HERBERGER .
1952 — Heinz Lettl is the newcomer of the season . The striker , who had only been promoted from the youth section to the senior team the previous season , scores 13 goals .
1953 — A team of Bayern and TSV 1860 players take on Burnley in front of 30,000 spectators at the Grünwalder Stadion . The top English team thrash the Munich side 5-1 .
1954 — Hans Bauer , the only Bayern player in the Germany squad at the World Cup , is crowned world champion .
1955 — FC Bayern are relegated for the first and only time in their history .
1956 — But FCB demonstrate their comeback qualities by going straight back up just one year later . The crucial factor in the team ‘ s return to the Oberliga was the attack , which racked up 89 goals , the most in the league .
1957 — On 29 December FCB beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-0 with a goal from Rudi Jobst and lift the DFB Cup for the first time .
1958 — Despite the triumph , FC Bayern has major financial worries . The entrepreneur and millionaire Roland Endler is elected president and saves the club from financial ruin with a cash injection .
1959 — IN A LEGENDARY DERBY IN FRONT OF 32,000 SPECTATORS AT THE GRÜNWALDER STADION , BAYERN TURN AROUND A 2-0 DEFICIT AND EVEN TAKE THE LEAD IN THE 34TH MINUTE . BUT TSV 1860 EQUALISE AGAIN . IN THE END , FCB RUN OUT 6-4 WINNERS .
1960 — In May , FC Bayern fly to New York for an international tournament . Our team are knocked out early , but that was a secondary matter . The men from Munich are now also known in the USA .
1961 — FC Bayern put their faith in young talents . Three young strikers , Rainer Ohlhauser , Joachim Thimm and Karl Schneider , join the club . The average age of the team is 23 . The season gets off to a sluggish start , and FCB finish third in the Oberliga Süd .
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