FC Bayern München
FC Bayern München is Germany's record champion, majority-owned by its 432,500 members; its company earns close to €1 billion a year from matches at the Allianz Arena, sponsors, merchandise, media rights and player sales.
Members own three quarters of the club.
The members' association holds 75% of the company; adidas, Audi and Allianz hold the rest.
How big is FC Bayern München?
Matches, sponsors and shirts.
- Match operations28%€260.7M
- Sponsorship and marketing26%€240.4M
- Merchandising16%€150.5M
- Transfers13%€117.7M
- Other17%
Members own. Titles pay for themselves.
- 1German titles
- 2Allianz Arena, sponsors
- 3Debt-free, members' control
Long-term sponsor-shareholders give stable income without outside owners.
- FC Bayern München eV75%
- adidas AG8.33%
- AUDI AG8.33%
CEO: Jan-Christian Dreesen
- 1900FC Bayern founded at Café Gisela
- 1976Three straight European Cups
- 2005Allianz Arena opens
- 2006Bayern takes sole ownership of the arena
- 2013First treble
Every number on this page comes from FC Bayern München's own reports.
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