- Address: Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25, Munich
- Country: Germany
- Capacity: 75,000
- Opened: 30 May 2005
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Bayern München (football)
Extra stadium info – Allianz Arena
The construction of the venue named Allianz Arena started in 2002. The construction costs of the stadium, which opened with a football match between TSV 1860 and 1. FC Nürnberg, were €340 million. TSV 1860, also known as Die Löwen, won the game 3-2. They played numerous home games at the Allianz Arena. TSV 1860 were crowned German football champions in 1966 for the first time in their history. They drew an average attendance of 29,000 during that domestic league season.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup
In 2006, the Allianz Arena was one of the FIFA World Cup venues. On 9 June 2006, the stadium hosted the opening match for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The match between the national football teams of Germany and Costa Rica ended 4-2. Philipp Lahm from Germany scored the first goal of the tournament in front of 66,000 fans. The venue hosted four 2006 FIFA World Cup group-stage matches. Germany won the first-ever FIFA World Cup knockout stage game at the stadium after beating Sweden 2-0. The French Republic defeated the Portuguese Republic in the second FIFA World Cup knockout stage game at the Allianz Arena.
FC Hollywood
FC Bayern München, nicknamed FC Hollywood, use the Allianz Arena for home games. The Bavarian football club became one of the most popular sports clubs in the world. In 2006, FC Bayern became the first German football club with 20 top-flight league titles. They drew an average attendance of 67,000 in 17 home games during that domestic league season. Bayern also became the first German football club with 20 German cup titles. In 2020, they won their 20th German cup title after beating Bayer Leverkusen. Two years later, FC Bayern became the first German football club with 10 domestic super cup titles. They won their 20th super cup title after defeating RB Leipzig in Leipzig in front of a crowd of 47,000.
European championship finals
FC Bayern München won the European championship for football clubs three consecutive times in the 1970s. In 1974, they were crowned European football champions for the first time in their history after beating Atlético de Madrid from Spain. One year later, Bayern won their second European championship title after defeating Leeds United from the United Kingdom. FC Bayern won their third European championship title after winning against the French club AS Saint-Étienne. In 2013, they won the UEFA Champions League final after defeating Borussia Dortmund. It became the first-ever European championship final between two German football clubs. 86,000 people showed up for the game, which took place in the English city of London.
World championship finals
Bayern won the competition which ended as the Toyota Cup, the former world championship for football clubs, in 1976 and in 2001. In 1976, they faced Cruzeiro Esporte Clube from Brazil in the former world championship. In 2001, FC Bayern played against the Argentine side Boca Juniors in the former world championship. The Bavarian football club won the FIFA Club World Cup, the world championship for football clubs, in 2013 for the first time in their history after defeating Raja from Morocco. 37,000 people attended the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup final in Africa. The world championship final took place in Morocco.
Bundesliga records
Bayern played various league games against Borussia Dortmund in the 2000s. 15 cards were shown by the referee in one of those games. 12 of those 15 cards were shown to Bayern players. It became a Bundesliga record. In 2013, FC Bayern München finished the Bundesliga season with 21 clean sheets. It became a Bundesliga record. Bayern scored in all top-flight league matches in that Bundesliga season. In 2014, Bayern München won 19 consecutive Bundesliga games. It became a record for the German top-flight football league.
UEFA Champions League records
On 7 March 2007, Rudolphus Antonius Makaay from the Netherlands scored the fastest goal in the history of the UEFA Champions League. He scored the goal for FC Bayern München after 10.12 seconds. Makaay scored the goal against the Spanish club Real Madrid, the first sports club with 100 million followers on its main social media page. In 2020, Bayern became the first club with 15 consecutive wins in the UEFA Champions League.
Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Anton Beckenbauer, a former defender of FC Bayern München, is generally regarded as one of the greatest football players ever. He is also known as Der Kaiser. Franz Beckenbauer won the 1974 FIFA World Cup final. The national football team of the Netherlands lost the final, which took place in Munich in front of a crowd of 75,000. In 1976, Beckenbauer won a world championship title with Bayern München after beating the Brazilian side Cruzeiro Esporte Clube in a two-legged final. Der Kaiser played 427 domestic league matches for Bayern München before he signed with the New York Cosmos from the United States in 1977. Franz Anton Beckenbauer also played 28 domestic top-flight football league matches for the German club HSV in the 1980s.
