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By Roger Gonzalez. May 15, at pm ET 4 min read. History The golden years for the club began in , right around the birth of the Bundesliga, with the club finishing in third place.
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The incident changed his mind about going to and he ended up on the Bayern books instead. The rest, as they say, is history. Bayern might never have become the global giants they are today without the pioneering successes of the s. Beckenbauer emerged as the team's natural leader, trading his dreams of goalscoring glory to star as an elegant, ball-playing centre-back.
Winner of the Ballon d'Or in , he was honoured again in as Bayern extended their dominance to the continent, claiming three consecutive European Cups between and While Beckenbauer laid the foundations for Bayern's future sporting success, it was another member of the all-conquering s generation who continued to take the club forward on and off the pitch.
Crucially, though, he stayed on at Bayern and became the Bundesliga's youngest ever general manager. He also brought in big-name coaches such as Jupp Heynckes , Giovanni Trapattoni and Ottmar Hitzfeld, and it was the latter who finally brought the Champions League back to Bavaria in after three heart-breaking final defeats , , Bayern has experienced more success than any other German team.
In European competitions, Bayern ranks among the elite, both historically and currently. With Guardiola—who won 14 trophies in four seasons with Barcelona—set to take over as manager, it is only logical to expect on-field success to continue, or even increase. And with Germany massive economy, the Bundesliga's overall strength and sensible approach, Bayern has the backdrop to build more financial might in the coming years.
It isn't all circumstance, though. Bayern turns a profit every year, and that is no accident. The club, which is owned mostly by fans, operates responsibly and sustainably. All together, this makes for a recipe few clubs—even at the elite level—can match. Real Madrid makes more money than any other club but spends it almost as lavishly. Barcelona, Manchester United and Chelsea have posted financial losses while Bayern has remained profitable and relatively debt-free.
Manchester United has a balanced revenue stream, according to the Deloitte analysis, with matchday, broadcasting and commercial revenues forming roughly equal percentages of the larger total.
But United operates with a debt-to-value ratio of 18 percent, according to Forbes. With a better television deal coming, Bayern should see increased broadcasting revenue soon. Low ticket prices will ensure Bayern can't compete equally in matchday revenue, but they also generate goodwill among the fans, who also serve as the club's owners in a distinctly German arrangement. In short, Bayern is a healthy football club both on and off the pitch, perhaps healthier than any other in the world.
Follow MikeCummings Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. Join Newsletter. Bayern's treble-winning campaign last season and their dominant run this year have raised German football's profile enormously, but it has also raised questions over whether that dominance actually benefits the league or is in fact detrimental.
The prevailing thought, or the most lingering on the surface, is that Bayern's imperious form has made a traditionally competitive league boring and predictable. Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voller has been one of the many voices reinforcing that sentiment.
It is so high," Voller said. A league-wide resignation over Bayern's dominance has set in with with the inevitable acceptance that Bayern will win the title before they have even made it official. The rest of the league very much remains competitive and as exciting as ever, but the gap at the top, now at 23 points from second-placed Dortmund, is simply too glaring. But predictability alone is not sufficient in justifying the belief that Bayern's dominance is in any way harmful to the league, not when one looks at other leagues in comparison.
In Spain, for example, Barcelona and Real Madrid have won nine of the last 10 league titles. Similarly, Italy's Serie A is contested between the same two or three clubs on an annual basis. Football is not immune to hierarchies established over the course of decades that simply keep the more successful clubs at the top. The Bundesliga is no different. Also speaking to the BBC, Stuttgart sporting director Jochen Schneider explained the cyclical nature of the league: "One team dominating in that way is something we can't like, but remember it happened also in the 70s and the 80s when Bayern Munich dominated for a certain period.
Throughout league history, Bayern's dominant spells have always been broken up, whether it was by Borussia Monchengladbach in the s, Hamburg in the s or Borussia Dortmund in the s and s.
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