The club was founded in 1900 by eleven football players led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932   In the middle of the 1970s, the club had its period of greatest success, when the famous team led by Franz Beckenbauer won the European Cup three times in a row In recent years they have been by far the most successful team in German football,  The club's last international title was the Intercontinental Cup in 2001, though they won their fourth European Cup the same year.

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