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Bayern Munich is one of the best soccer clubs in the German League, the Bundesliga. They are the most successful German team with 23 national titles and 16 national cups in Germany. They have won five European cups/ UEFA champions league. Bayern Munich was founded 1900 by 11 soccer players led by Franz John. The club wasn’t selected to the Bundesliga when it first started in 1963 because another team from Munich won the championship that year in the other league. The other team TSV 1860 Munchen got in and the league didn’t want two teams from the same city so Bayern had to wait. They got selected for the Bundesliga two years later in 1965. In 1901, Bayern made it to the semifinals of the South German championship after not being accepted into the German Football Association. After that they won local local trophies. In 1910, they joined Kreisliga, the first Bavarian league in the area. They won the league Championship their first year. They had to wait four years until they won they league again. They won the league again in 1914. After they won, all soccer was stopped for World War I. After the war, Bayern won the South German championship in 1926 and 1928. Then later they won their first national title in 1932. When Hitler took power the club’s development of the club stopped. The President and Coach had flee the country because they were Jews. Many of the players were also purged. Because of this the club was called the Jew’s club. After World War II, Bayern joined Oberliga Sud, a German soccer league. They struggled from 1945 to 1955, but in 1956, they won the DFB-Pokal. Today that is the second most important trophy to win in Germany. In 1963, the two Oberligas were formed into the Bundesliga. The Bundesliga chose the top five teams from the remaining Oberliga South. Bayern finished 3rd in 1963 but didn’t get into the Bundesliga. So they had to wait two years to get in the Bundesliga. As soon as they got in the Bundesliga, Bayern started their “Golden Age.” That spanned from 1965 to 1979. During that time Bayern was led by Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller, and Sepp Maier. During this era Bayern finished first in the league twice and third once. They won the DFB-Pokal four times. Their real success was in Europe. They won four European cup finals and won European winners cup. The last cup win in the era was the International Cup. In the 1980’s the club had financial issues. They still had success though. The team hasn’t dominated like the team from golden age, until recently. This team that is playing now is like the team from the golden age. They have world class talent and have had talent in Europe. Bayern Munich is a big part of the community around them. First off, they give the community a sense of pride. People in Europe take soccer very seriously so when the people live by one of the best teams in the world you have a sense of pride because that is the team you like. You want the team you like is doing well then you feel good about your team. They also have charities that supported the tsunami in Thailand in 2004, than they used it to help the needy around the area. They also help other teams in financial need by giving them loans or doing transfers at a valuable price.