Not to be confused with FC Bayern München

FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

FC Bavaria München was a short-lived German association football club

Football in Germany

Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...

 from Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Bavaria. Alongside FC Nordstern 1896 München

FC Nordstern 1896 München

FC Nordstern 1896 München was a short-lived German association football club in Munich, Bavaria. Both Nordstern and 1. Münchner FC 1896 laid claim to being the oldest football clubs in the city...

and 1. Münchner FC 1896

1. Münchner FC 1896

1. Münchner FC 1896 was a German association football club in Munich, Bavaria whose origins were in the formation on 5 September 1896 of the club Terra Pila by a group of students playing football on the city's Theresienwiese, which is today the official ground of the Munich Oktoberfest. Both 1...

, Bavaria was notable as one of the founding members of the German Football Association

Founding Clubs of the DFB

The DFB was formed January 28, 1900 in Leipzig. The commonly accepted number of founding clubs represented at the inaugural meeting is 86, but this number is uncertain. The vote held to establish the association was 62:22 in favour . Some delegates present represented more than one club, but may...

 (Deutscher Fußball Bund) at Leipzig in 1900.

Established on 1 November 1899, in addition to its football side, the association had departments for athletics

Athletics (track and field)

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, croquet

Croquet

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, and ladies' hockey

Hockey

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. Bavaria was an independent side until 1907 when they joined the gymnastics club Turngemeinde Munich AV.

The footballers of Bavaria played at the Sportplatz Loco-Kaiserstraße in a kit of blue-and-white jerseys and black shorts.