German club "Munich 1860"

"Munich 1860" - a German club, which is clearly inferior in popularity to another Munich team - "Bavaria". However, the "lions" are still known in narrow circles. Also, "Munich 1860" is famous for its age-old rivalry with "Bavaria", however, in recent years, the teams almost do not play against each other, since the Bavarians are leading in the First Bundesliga, and the "lions" have long played in the Second.

Successes

Do not look at how the "Munich 1860" stands now, in the history of this club there were glorious times. He even won some trophies and achieved impressive results. As can easily be understood from the title, the club was founded in 1860 in Munich. Given the fact that Germany was always in different geopolitical conditions, the general German league was formed only in the second half of the twentieth century. Before that, "Munich 1860" had once won the South Oberlig in 1963, as well as the Bavarian Gaulig in 1941 and 1943.

Won the club in the lower divisions. For example, three times "lions" became winners of the Bavarian league (third in level), twice won the Second Southern Oberlig and once - the Second Southern Bundesliga. However, the most striking achievement in considering the championships is that in 1966 the club won in the Bundesliga - the combined championship of the whole of Germany. This was the only team championship title in history, since then the "lions" have never been able to climb so high. Also in 1860, twice managed to win the German Cup: in 1942 and 1964. And of course, do not forget that in 1965 the club stopped a step from the greatest achievement - the victory in the European Champions Cup (which is now called the Champions League). In the finals, the Munich side lost to West Ham.

History of recent years

But how long has the football club "Munich 1860" not played at the highest level? In fact, not so long ago. The fact is that in 1994 the "lions" took the third place in the Second Bundesliga and through the play-offs went to the First Bundesliga. There they managed to hold out exactly ten years, the best year was 2000, when they took the fourth place in the Bundesliga. But in 2004 the club took 17th place and flew to the Second Bundesliga, from which it still could not rise. And in the last two years, "lions" in general border on the zone of departure to the Third Bundesliga.

Records

The club's record-holder for the number of matches held in a blue T-shirt is the Austrian Harald Cerny, who played 300 matches for the "Munich 1860". Of the currently active players, Michael Hofmann and Gabor Kirali are closest to him - 179 and 178 matches, respectively. By the number of goals scored, Benjamin Louth and Bernhard Winkler are leading, each of them scored 93 times.