BAYERN GAME
February 2025
The golden axis : Maier , Beckenbauer and Müller .
1962 — FC Bayern play in Europe for the first time . In the Fairs Cup , a precursor to the Europa League , the Bavarians make it to the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Dinamo Zagreb .
1963 — The Bundesliga is founded , but FC Bayern are not selected as founder members . The club protests : the selection is based on performances stretching back over the previous 12 years , meaning there is a place for a team like VfB Stuttgart , who in recent years consistently finished behind FCB but who had earlier been successful . Protesting does no good . FCB go on to play in the second tier , the Regionalliga Süd .
1964 — FC Bayern sign a young striker from TSV Nördlingen who has scored 45 goals in 28 games . FCB pay a transfer fee of DM4,400 for Gerd Müller and a further DM5,000 to the Müller family , snapping him up ahead of TSV 1860 , who are also interested .
1965 — With the new axis of Sepp Maier , Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller , the team achieve promotion to the Bundesliga with ease . The final goal difference of 146 goals scored and only 32 conceded is quite simply outstanding .
1966 — Robert Schwan is named the first professional general manager in German football . A groundbreaking decision for the league and for the club , who win the DFB Cup again .
1967 — In the 109th minute of the European Cup Winners ‘ Cup final , “ Bulle “ Roth lobs the ball over the Glasgow Rangers keeper and Bayern win 1-0 . The men from Munich lift their first European silverware , as well as the DFB Cup again .
1968 — Branko Zebec succeeds Tschik Čajkovski as coach . Unlike his predecessor , he is a hard taskmaster and the players are made to suffer in training , which ultimately pays off . With Zebec , FC Bayern ‘ s game becomes more athletic , controlled and systematic .
1969 — FC BAYERN DOMINATE THE LEAGUE AND ARE CHAMPIONS WITH AN EIGHT-POINT LEAD . THEY ALSO BEAT SCHALKE 2-1 IN THE DFB CUP FINAL , SECURING THEIR FIRST DOUBLE .
1970 — Udo Lattek starts his first tenure as FC Bayern head coach . Two 18-year-olds , Uli Hoeneß and Paul Breitner , are also brought in . In the same year , the women ‘ s football section is founded .
1971 — FC Bayern beat Borussia Dortmund 11-1 on 27 November . It is the club ‘ s biggest Bundesliga victory to date . Gerd Müller scores four of the 11 goals .
1972 — FC Bayern play their first match at the Olympiastadion on 28 June , beating Schalke 5-1 in front of 80,000 spectators to clinch the title ahead of the team from Gelsenkirchen .
1973 — The first East vs . West German clash in the European Cup takes place on 24 October . FC Bayern narrowly beat Dynamo Dresden 4-3 in the first leg of the round of 16 . Uli Hoeneß is the man of the moment in the second leg in Dresden , scoring two goals and setting up Gerd Müller for another in the 3-3 draw .
1974 — WITH SECONDS TO GO , ATLÉTICO MADRID ARE 1-0 UP AND THE EUROPEAN CUP FINAL APPEARS TO BE LOST FOR FC BAYERN – UNTIL GEORG SCHWARZENBECK TAKES AIM FROM 25 METRES OUT AND EQUALISES . TWO DAYS LATER BAYERN WIN THE REPLAY 4-0 AND ARE CROWNED KINGS OF EUROPE .
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