The FC Bayern Campus is a

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located in the north of Munich. It was built between 2015 and 2017 on the northern part of the Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne by football club

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

to create a central location for the clubs' youth teams. The construction costs amounted to €70 million. The campus has facilities for

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and

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, spread over an area of 30

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. The campus has 8 football pitches for youth teams from the U-9s to the U-19s and the women's and girls' teams. The Allianz FC Bayern Akademie is located on the campus site and the academy has 35 apartments for young talents who don't live in the Greater Munich area. The academy building also has offices for youth coaches and staff. It includes a stadium with a capacity of 2,500 for matches in

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, DFB Youth Cup and the

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. Jochen Sauer is the director of the academy and

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is the athletic director. The first sold-out match took place on 17 June 2018 in the final of the Under 17 Bundesliga between the Under-17 teams of

and

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. On 5 November 2023, a test match against

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with increased capacity was run successfully.

References

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