The FC Bayern Munich Junior Team is the youth academy for the German football club Bayern Munich. The Junior Team was created in 1902 and restructured in 1995. It has educated many players who have become regulars in the Bundesliga and Germany. 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 its mission is "to have the best youth development in club football."

History The Junior Team was created in 1902 and restructured in 1995.

In 2006, Bayern purchased land near the Allianz Arena with the purpose of building a new youth academy. In 2015, the project, which was estimated to cost €70 million, was started, after overcoming internal resistance. The main reasons for the project were that the existing facilities were too small and that the club, while very successful at senior level, lacked competitiveness with other German and European clubs at youth level. The new facility was scheduled to open in the 2017–18 season.

On 21 April 2026, Michael Wiesinger was appointed as head of sport and youth development at the FC Bayern Campus.

Overview

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 its mission is "to have the best youth development in club football".

There are 165 players, 16 instructors and managers, 1 physiotherapist and 1 masseur. 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 one or two positions.

The Bayern Munich Junior Team uses a 4–3–3 formation system from D Juniors and upwards. Players from overseas are offered accommodation in a youth apartment block with 13 single rooms inside the club grounds on Säbener Straße. The facility arrangement is different from many other high-profile clubs, in that both the first team and the youth teams train at the same location.

Bayern Munich has a residence building for players who are between 15 and 18 and live too far away from the training ground. Up to 14 youth team players can live there. They have an employee in the residence building who, in the morning, wakes everyone up and prepares a breakfast buffet and also takes care of small and large problems of youth players. There are up to eight part-time teachers are available to support the youth players to compensate for the educational gaps. The ground floor of the youth center is also the office of the junior team and a meeting room for the coaches.

Scouting

Bayern Munich has scouts all over the world, though most of the scouting happens within a few hours drive of Munich. Thomas Hitzlsperger, Christian Lell, Andreas Ottl, former captain Philipp Lahm and most recent graduates Holger Badstuber, Diego Contento and Thomas Müller are all from either Munich or within a 70 km radius of the city.

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 are done over Saturday and Sunday. The format used is three 20-minute 5-a-side matches on reduced-sized football fields. The scouts are looking for how well the participants "cope with the ball" with "particular skill", "excellent dribbling" and "good vision". An average of seven children will make it to the Bayern Munich Junior Team during Talent days. Talent Days has drawn "worldwide attention". The event has drawn participants from all over Germany along with participants from Austria, France, Italy, Egypt, Slovenia, Slovakia and Australia.

In 2003, Bayern Munich started partnering with other football clubs. The partner clubs are SpVgg Unterhaching, Ingolstadt 04, Kickers Offenbach and Ulm 1846, 1860 Rosenheim, SpVgg Landshut, TSV Milbertshofen and SC Fürstenfeldbruck. SpVgg Unterhaching, Ingolstadt 04, Kickers Offenbach and Ulm 1846 are the elite partners. 1860 Rosenheim and SpVgg Landshut are regional partners. TSV Milbertshofen and SC Fürstenfeldbruck are local partners. Udo Bassemir is responsible for club partnerships. Players they are interested in are not transferred immediately. They allow the player to train at their own club and at Bayern Munich's training fields and the transfer happens at the "right time".

Reserve team

The penultimate stage for youngsters at Bayern is Bayern Munich II, which currently plays in the Regionalliga Bayern, the fourth tier of German football.

Current youth squads

Under-19 (U19)

Out on loan

Under-17 (U17)

Technical staff

The director of the youth setup at Bayern Munich is Jochen Sauer. The following staff are in charge of the various age groups:

RoleUnder-19Under-17Head coach Leonhard Haas Lars BenderAssistant coaches Stefan Meissner Benjamin Kauffmann Florian Mayer Philipp Deppner Goalkeeping coach Tom Starke Simon JentzschAthletic coach Felix Bachmaier Dennis Göller

Noted graduates The following players played either first team football for Bayern or in the Bundesliga for another club:

PlayerYear joined clubYears playedfor 1st teamNational teamYears playedfor National TeamMajor AccomplishmentsFranz Beckenbauer1959 1964–19771965–1977WC74(c); EC72(c); EC runner-up 76; Euro Cup 74, 75, 76Sepp Maier1959 1962–19791966–1979WC74, EC72, EC runner-up 76; Euro Cup 74, 75, 76Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck1962 1966–19811971–1978WC74; EC72; EC runner-up 76; Euro Cup 74, 75, 76Klaus Augenthaler1975 1976–19911983–1990WC90; EC80; Euro Cup runner-up 82, 87Hans Pflügler19751981–1992, 19951987–1990WC90Manfred Schwabl19771985–1986, 1989–19931987–1988—Max Eberl19791991–1994———Raimond Aumann19801982–19941989–1990 WC90; Euro Cup Runner-up 1987Markus Babbel19811991–2000 1995–2000EC96; UCL runner-up 99; UEFA Cup 96, 01Christian Nerlinger19861992–19981998–1999UEFA Cup 96Dietmar Hamann19891993–19981998–2005WC runner-up 02; UCL 06; UEFA Cup 96, 01Thomas Hitzlsperger1989—2004–2010EC runner-up 08Uwe Gospodarek19891991–1995———Christian Lell19932003–2010———David Jarolím1995 1997–20002005–2009UCL runner-up 99Philipp Lahm1995 2002–20172004–2014WC14(c); EC runner-up 08; UCL 13; UCL runner-up 10, 12Mats Hummels1995 2007–2009; 2016–20192010–2018WC14; UCL runner-up 13, 24Diego Contento1995 2010–2014——UCL runner-up 10Georg Niedermeier1995 ————Stephan Fürstner1995 2006–2009———Sandro Wagner1995 2007–20182017–20182 goals in UEFA U-21 Final win over EnglandAndreas Ottl19962005–2011———Philipp Heerwagen1997————Markus Feulner19972001–2003———Owen Hargreaves19972001–20072001–2008UCL 01, 08Mehmet Ekici19972010–20112010 – present—Bastian Schweinsteiger19982003–20152004–2016WC14; EC Runner-up 08, UCL 13; UCL runner-up 10, 12Piotr Trochowski19992002–20052006–2010EC Runner-up 08; Europa League 13; Intertoto Cup 05, 07Thomas Müller20002008 – 20252010 – 2024WC14; UCL 13, 20; UCL runner-up 10, 12Zvjezdan Misimović20002003–20042004–20142nd in caps and goals for Bosnia and HerzegovinaMichael Rensing20002003–2010———Holger Badstuber20022009–20172010 – presentUCL 13; CWC 13José Paolo Guerrero20022004–20062005 – presentCWC 12; Intertoto Cup 07; Peru's all-time leading scorerThomas Kraft20042008–2011———Gianluca Gaudino20042014–2017———Toni Kroos20062007–20142010 – presentWC14; UCL 13, 16, 17, 18, 22; UCL runner-up 12David Alaba20082010 – 20212009 – presentUCL 13, 20, 22; UCL runner-up 10, 12Emre Can2009 2012–20132015 – presentUCL 13; Europa League runner-up 16Alessandro Schöpf2009 —2016 – present—Julian Green20102013–20162014 – presentScored 1 goal in 10 minutes at WC14Kenan Yıldız2012—2023 – presentEuro Cup 24

Note: So far, that means the Bayern München Junior Academy has produced;

FIFA World Cup 2 World Cup winning captains 11 World Cup winners UEFA European Championships 5 European Championship winners UEFA Champions League 13 European Cup/ Champions League winners UEFA Europa League 5 UEFA Cup/Europa League winners

Honours

Youth Under 19 Bundesliga Winners: 2001, 2002, 2004 Runners-up: 1998, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2017 Under 17 Bundesliga Winners: 1989, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2017 Runners-up: 2000, 2009, 2018 South/Southwest German Under 19 championship Winners: 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2017 South/Southwest German Under 17 championship Winners: 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019 Southern German Under 19 championship Winners: 1950, 1954 Southern German Under 15 championship Winners: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991 Bavarian Under 19 championship Winners: 1950, 1954, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 Runners-up: 1946, 1960, 1964, 1980, 1999‡ Bavarian Under 17 championship Winners: 1976, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2010‡, 2014‡ Runners-up: 1982, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2012‡, 2015‡ Bavarian Under 15 championship Winners: 1975, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009 Runners-up: 1976, 1977, 1988, 1992, 2008 ‡ Reserve team

Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club's under 19 and under 17 sides since 2003–04:Fussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues

Under-19 Year Divisionnsjzj Tier LeaguePosition NationalChampionship 2003–04 Bundesliga – South/Southwest I 1st Champions 2004–05 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2005–06 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 2nd Runners-up 2006–07 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2007–08 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 3rd — 2008–09 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 3rd — 2009–10 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 9th — 2010–11 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 7th — 2011–12 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2012–13 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Semi-finals 2013–14 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2014–15 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 5th — 2015–16 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 8th — 2016–17 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2017–18 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 2nd — 2018–19 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 4th —

Under-17 Year Division Tier LeaguePosition NationalChampionship 2003–04 Regionalliga – South I 6th — 2004–05 Regionalliga – South 5th — 2005–06 Regionalliga – South 3rd — 2006–07 Regionalliga – South 1st Champions 2007–08 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2008–09 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2009–10 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2010–11 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 4th — 2011–12 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 4th — 2012–13 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 8th — 2013–14 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 6th — 2014–15 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 5th — 2015–16 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 2nd — 2016–17 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Champions 2017–18 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Runners-up 2018–19 Bundesliga – South/Southwest 1st Semi-finals

Heads of the Junior team

HeadStart dateEnd dateSourceWerner Kern199830 June 2012Hans-Jörg Butt1 July 20127 August 2012Wolfgang Dremmler9 August 201230 June 2017Jochen Sauer1 July 2017Present

German championship winning teams Bayern Munich has won the German under 19 championship three times and the under 17 championship five times. Here are the championship winning teams with goals in the final in brackets:

Under-19 2001:Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen – Die Saison 2000–01 publisher: DSFS, published: 2001, page: 287, accessed: 1 December 2008Meisterschaft 2000/2001 .:. Finale Weltfussball.de, accessed 20 June 2013 FC Bayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 Philipp Heerwagen – Leonhard Haas (1) – Markus Husterer – Peter Endres – Martin Rietzler – Enzo Contento – Paul Thomik – Barbaros Barut – Markus Feulner – Philipp Lahm – Zvjezdan Misimović (1) – Piotr Trochowski (1) – Florian Heller – Yunus Karayün