- Bayern Munich Junior Team
Infobox Football club
clubname = Bayern Munich Junior Team
fullname = FC Bayern Munich Junior Team
founded = 1902
1995 (Restructured)
nickname =
ground = FC Bayern Munich Headquarters
capacity = None | chairman = flagicon|GermanyFranz Beckenbauer
manager = flagicon|GermanyWerner Kern
league =
season =
position =
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFBayern Munich Junior Team is the youth academy for
Bayern Munich .The Junior Team
Overview
The Junior Team was created in 1902 cite news
url=http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/en/teams/jugend/index.php?fcb_sid=3a84548c895c23d495bd8384441a0524
title = Junior Team 2004-5
publisher = Bayern Munich
date = Unknown
accessdate = 2006-11-01 ] and restructured in 1995 cite news
url=http://www.yptusa.com/bm1.html
title = THE BOYS of BAYERN: A look at the FC Bayern Munich Junior Team
publisher =
date = Unknown
accessdate = 2006-11-04 ] has created some of Germany's top football talent, such asAndreas Ottl ,Philipp Lahm ,Thomas Hitzlsperger andBastian Schweinsteiger . 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 1 or 2 positions. cite news
url=http://www.yptusa.com/bm3.html
title = THE BOYS of BAYERN: A look at the FC Bayern Munich Junior Team
publisher =
date = Unknown
accessdate = 2006-11-01 ]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 it's mission is "to have the best youth development in club football." cite news
url=http://www.yptusa.com/bm2.html
title = THE BOYS of BAYERN: A look at the FC Bayern Munich Junior Team
publisher =
date = Unknown
accessdate = 2006-11-01 ]couting
Due to the competitive nature of sport, Bayern Munich has scouts all over the world. However, most of the scouting happens within a few hours from Munich.
Talent Days
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 last an entire weekend. The key points that are looked for at the event are heart and soul along with movement and coordination. The format that is used is
Street football which is able to show how the players conduct themselves during a game. Players who are chosen are players who meet the requirements above along with where the family lives. Bayern Munich don't accept players who don't live nearMunich . Every kid gets a report from the club. An average of seven kids will make it to the Bayern Munich Junior Team during Talent days.FC Bayern II
The penultimate stage for youngsters at Bayern is
Bayern Munich II , who currently play in the Bundesliga 3, of German football.Youth squad
Under 19
As of|2008|8 [cite web | title = FC Bayern München U 19 | publisher = transfermarkt.de | accessdate = 2008-08-04 | date =
August 4 2008 | url = http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/verein/1462/fcbayernmuenchenu19/uebersicht/startseite.html | language = German]Noted graduates
Trivia
*Bayern Munich Junior Team uses a 4-3-3 formation system from D Juniors and upwards.
*Talented young players from overseas are offered accommodation in a youth apartment block with 13 single rooms inside the club grounds on Säbener Straße.
*The ll youth teams wear the same Adidas uniforms as the professional team with the only difference being a Junior Team logo, designed by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge himself, on the sleeve where the first team bears the Bundesliga logo.
*The facility arrangement at FCB is unique as compared to some other high profile clubs, such as atManchester United and Ajax of Amsterdam, in that both the first team and the youth teams train at the same location.External links
* [http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/en/teams/jugend/index.php?fcb_sid=3a84548c895c23d495bd8384441a0524 Bayern Munich Junior Team website]
References
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