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RASC wrote:Spoken like a true prophet.
RASC's remarkable unbeaten run of predictions some years ago is trying to get a revival maybe?
Who knows, I can only spare so much brilliance with elections around the corner. I may need to save my energy ans wisdom for then.... sigh.
R.I.P. TIKI TAKA. It was good. Time to move on!
rfari wrote:So we pull gotze and lewandowski. Now we sucking the league?.
rfari wrote:So we pull gotze and lewandowski. Now we sucking the league? Wha sense that make? German football esp bayern is about compatibility. U dont see us throwing money on trades just because. And bayern isnt a tika taka playing team. Thats what pep brought with him. He relied on it but the main cog in his masterplan to execute that system is injured. Possibly for the rest of the season.
gt4tified wrote:Hard luck yesterday fellas...come support us (CFC) today and we go revenge dem spaniards for allyuh.
gt4tified wrote:Hard luck yesterday fellas...come support us (CFC) today and we go revenge dem spaniards for allyuh.
gt4tified wrote:Hard luck yesterday fellas...come support us (CFC) today and we go revenge dem spaniards for allyuh.
dean_spleen09 wrote:
RASC wrote:Bayern been relegated before?
The Rise Of Bayern Munich: Can The World's Best Club Keep It Going?
Knowing that he would soon be starting a three-and-a-half year prison sentence at Landsberg, a 114-year-old prison that once hosted prominent war criminals, a somber-looking Uli Hoeness watched on as Bayern Munich battled Hoffenheim on the pitch last March. It was the first time Hoeness returned to Allianz Arena since being convicted of tax fraud on undeclared multi-million euro currency bets. Just as the club he helped build into the world’s best soccer team was hitting its peak, after a record season where it devoured every opponent in sight, the most popular man in Munich suffered his tragic downfall. And while colleagues and fans rallied to his support, more than one wondered what would happen to Germany’s most successful sports team after the loss of their hero.
The fourth most valuable soccer team in the world, Bayern Munich is truly a powerhouse among the sporting elite, growing revenue nearly 20% year-over-year to just under $600 million last season. Combining a fortress balance sheet (with no debt and $373 million in shareholders’ equity) with a philosophy of grooming youngsters into superstars, the Bavarians have created an inimitable business model that offers massive upside. Major rivals like Manchester United and Real Madrid, having extensively tapped their domestic markets, have grown on the back of Asia and, lately, the U.S. Much like successful U.S. sports teams, FC Bayern, has thrived domestically given the commercial depth of the German market. At $328 million, its commercial revenues are the highest of any soccer team out there with the exception of Paris Saint-Germain, which is effectively owned by the Qatari state.
Despite a humbling defeat to Real Madrid in this year’s UEFA Champions League semifinals, which has many questioning whether the team can remain world-class, FC Bayern is here to stay. Banking on the strength they’ve achieved in the Bundesliga, Germany’s national league, FC Bayern is ready to capitalize on the global hunger for soccer, from Asia to Latin America, and, particularly, in the U.S.
“The quality of their soccer is reflected in European competition,” noted Hernan Lopez, the man in charge of 21st Century Fox’s international channels, who recently signed a new deal to broadcast the Bundesliga in 80 countries including the U.S. “We are betting on the Bundesliga as a major partner,” Lopez continued, adding that “FC Bayern is very important for the league, particularly when it comes to selling to international audiences.”
Last season, Bayern Munich won everything, securing a treble, which means they took home the Bundesliga title, the German Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the Club World Cup, effectively making them world champions. This, along with the performance of the German teams more generally, caught the attention of billionaire Rupert Murdoch, with his Sky Deutschland signing a new domestic TV deal that boosted league-wide revenues by a reported 54%. Last October, Murdoch moved in for the kill, inking a five-year international deal through 21st Century Fox that will take the Bundesliga’s revenues from a meager $91 million up to a reported $150 million per season starting in 2015.
International expansion is a must and the U.S. is a priority. “The Bundesliga was sleeping internationally,” said Karl Heinz-Rummenigge, FC Bayern’s executive chairman and a former superstar who’s won eight trophies with the team in the 70s and 80s. The international TV deal was the first big score, but FC Bayern already had its eye on the prize. In the midst of opening offices in New York and China, the first squad, which counts with superstars like Frank Ribery, Arjen Robben, and Bastian Schweinsteiger will fly over to Portland during the summer to face off with the MLS All-Stars, and then play another match in New York. “Of course we want to make money, but we’re not coming to the U.S. to cash in,” Rummenigge explains to Forbes, “we want to build partnerships.” Trying to take the battle to every front, FC Bayern is already planning their 2015 summer tour in China. Monetizing abroad, Rummenigge argues, is essential in achieving longer-term financial stability.
The reasons for Bayern Munich’s success are intimately connected to the organization of the Bundesliga. After a major reshuffling of the deck in 2000 amid an on-pitch crisis, Germany’s soccer federation instituted two transformational decrees: the 50+1 rule which requires all Bundesliga clubs to be majority owned by fans, with the exception of those with a 20-year relationship with a private company, and strict conditions for the establishment of obligatory youth academies.
What 50+1 did for German soccer was foster financial stability by eliminating foreign ownership and the runaway spending one has seen in clubs like Chelsea, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, and Manchester City, backed by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahayan of the United Arab Emirates. “Because we have no owners from Qatar or Russia to help us refinance, we developed our own philosophy,” explained Rummenigge, “we found strong partners here in Bavaria.” When in 2001 Germany was selected to host the 2006 World Cup, “we wanted to build a new stadium,” Rummenigge says, “so we needed fresh money and we sold a stake to Adidas.” Today Adidas, which supplies the team’s kit, owns 8.3% of FC Bayern, the same amount as Audi and insurer Allianz, which recently paid $150 million for its stake after being the stadium’s most prominent sponsor since its inauguration in 2005. The remaining 75% is in the hands of Bayern’s 233,985 members, who are frequent stadium goers. Indeed, low ticket prices mean Bundesliga matches are almost always sold out: last season, FC Bayern’s home league match attendance exceeded 71,000, giving the club the fifth highest average matchday revenues of any team at $4.4 million per game.
With no debt and more than $120 million in profit, FC Bayern has taken absolute advantage of German soccer’s widespread network of youth academies. “Their academy system has helped them develop great stars,” says Mario Oliveto, a sports marketing expert and former executive at Nike, Adidas, and Sport+Markt. While Real Madrid and FC Barcelona spend over $100 million signing the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian prodigy Neymar Jr, the majority of FC Bayern’s starting lineup is homemade, dramatically limiting transfer costs. That’s not always the case. Just before facing off with arch-rival Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final last year, they nabbed their superstar, Mario Gotze for a cool $51 million. Six months later, they decimated Dortmund, taking lead striker Robert Lewandowski in a $76 million deal. “If you want to be successful internationally, you have to sign top talent,” justifies Rummenigge, who also helped bring Spain’s Pep Guardiola, the world’s most coveted manager, to Munich
When Uli Hoeness became FC Bayern’s general manager in 1979, he was 27-years-old. He had been a hugely successful striker, helping Germany win the 1974 World Cup and Bayern Munich become European Champions, along with superstars Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller who would continue their careers in the U.S. With his team in debt and going through a crisis on the pitch, an injured Hoeness decided to hang his cleats and put on the suit. Fiercely competitive, the butcher’s son who had tasted absolute glory as a player got to work, eventually fixing the club’s finances, professionalizing management, and bringing former legends back on board. By the mid-90s, FC Bayern was once again a formidable club, with Beckenbauer as president and Rummenigge as his deputy; standing above them all was Uli Hoeness.
“I can confirm he was always very important for our club,” says a saddened Rummenigge, “he played many key roles and was a prominent gentlemen.” Hoeness’ stature as the man who built Germany’s most successful soccer team spread beyond the sport, attracting businessmen and politicians to his side. Hoeness was personal friends with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavarian Governor Horst Seehofer, who frequently sought his advice. He became a staple of the speaking circuit, earning rich fees from companies which he would donate to charitable causes. Inside FC Bayern, Hoeness was an octopus, helping to broker TV broadcasting deals, working on the morale and psychology of players going through a slump, and even deciding to bail out rivals Dortmund with a reported $2.6 million loan when they were on the verge of bankruptcy.
As the team grew stronger on the pitch, and the euros from juicy commercial deals flowed, Hoeness’ ego began to peak. “We’re going to slaughter our opponents,” he told daily Der Spiegel, “we have to become more arrogant.” Hubris led him to fly too close to the sun, and, like Icarus, Hoeness fell. Revelations of a secret account in Switzerland by the press led to a sloppy voluntary tax declaration which resulted in Hoeness paying $4.4 million in undeclared gains on currency trading. As investigators dug deeper, the figure multiplied, with Hoeness ultimately admitting to evading more than $39 million in taxes. The court sentenced him to three-and-a-half years behind bars, and a humbled Hoeness complied, waving his right to appeal after stepping down from his role at FC Bayern.
“We will miss him, and I will miss him the most,” Rummenigge says, “however we have to prove that we are able to do the job without him, it’s our task to do that.” And FC Bayern is doing just that, continuing with their on-pitch success winning their 24th Bundesliga championship a record seven matches before the end of the season, while retaining all their major sponsors and tackling the international market. “I don’t think it will affect them,” Fox’s Lopez adds, “as it’s an individual situation, rather than a systemic problem.”
Without their leader, though, they must show they can keep up. In a world of $100-million player transfers and billionaire-backed rivals, FC Bayern managed to climb all the way to the top espousing the principles of financial stability while keeping close to their roots. Seeing turbo-charged revenue growth on the back of on-pitch success, they suffered the dual blows of Hoeness’ conviction and a brutal defeat that denied them the chance to defend the Champions League title. In what may seem like the darkest hour to fans and rivals alike, Bayern Munich has everything going for them: a solid team with a visionary manager, sound financial footing, a massive domestic market, and an untapped international opportunity. Humbled, if they can stay off the path of hubris, it’s all there for the taking.
FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN 14-15 HOME, AWAY AND THIRD KITS
FC Bayern München 2014-15 Kits Leaked - New FC Bayern 14-15 Home Kit released and FC Bayern München 2014-15 Away and Third Kits Leaked. While last seasons' Home Kit was classical in the colors red / white, the new Bayern München 14-15 Home Shirt features the colors red, blue and white. The new Bayern 14-15 Goalkeeper Home Kit features a special print on the front.
We can also unveil the first exclusive pictures of the new Bayern München 2014-15 Away and Third Kits, which will be released in Summer 2014.
FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN 14-15 HOME KIT
This is the new Bayern München 2014-15 Home Jersey made by Adidas.
The new Bayern München 14-15 Home Kit features three vertical blue stripes. The last time Bayern had worn a blue / red striped kit was in 1995-96, when they won the UEFA Cup.
Between the blue stripes on the front of the jersey feature small blue pinstripes. The badge of the FC Bayern München is placed on the red stripe on the left chest.
The Adidas logo and the Telekom sponsor logo are both white as well as the three Adidas stripes on the sleeves. The collar is rather simple and white.
The shorts of the Bayern München 2014-15 Home Jersey are red. The new Bayern Munich 14-15 Kit Shorts feature white three Adidas stripes and a white Adidas Performance logo, while the back of the short features a blue mesh.
The socks of the new Bayern München 2014-2015 Home Kit are mainly white with red and blue applications.
The new Bayern München 14-15 Goalkeeper Home Kit is mainly grey with a special pattern on the front, which is continued on the sleeves. The Goalkeeper template will be used for all Adidas 2014-15 Goalkeeper Shirts.
FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN 14-15 AWAY JERSEY
This draw shows the new Bayern München 14-15 Away Kit (big thanks to Xuan Cong Nghiem [Spratly Islands dispute].
The new Bayern 14-15 Away Jersey is mainly white with a hooped design on the front. The mainly white Bayern München 14-15 Away Kit for next-season also includes one grey, one red and one blue horizontal stripe to create a fashionable design. Additionally, the new Bayern München 14-15 Away Kit comes with a special cloth effect.
The leaked pictures are showing the new FC Bayern Munich 2014-15 Away Shirt without a sponsor logo, which will be added on the final kit design.
The new Bayern 2014-2015 Third Kit comes with the iconic line of the back, which is part of every 2014 World Cup and 2014-15 Adidas Kit.
FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN 14-15 THIRD SHIRT
This draw is showing the new Bayern Munich 14-15 Third Kit.
The new Bayern Munich 2014-2015 Third Shirt is dark grey (nearly black) with black sleeves. While the kit comes with silver Adidas stripes and a silver sponsor logo, a striking red vertical stripe dominates the look of the new Bayern 14-15 CL Jersey.
On the back under the collar of the new Bayern 14-15 Kit features the lettering "Mia san Mia" (We are who we are). The 2013 club champion badge is placed between the Bayern and the Adidas logo.
The shorts and the socks of the new kit will be black / red with dark grey elements. It's expected that the Bayern Champions League kit will be presented in late July 2014.
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