Franz Beckenbauer

Bayern to rename stadium street after Beckenbauer

A street next to Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena stadium will be renamed to honour German football great Franz Beckenbauer who died earlier this year, the city council announced Thursday.

Beckenbauer honoured in Euro 2024 opening ceremony

Beckenbauer, who died in January aged 78, captained West Germany to European Championship victory in 1972 and a World Cup success in 1974 before winning the World Cup as national team manager in 1990.

Bayern to honour Beckenbauer with statue outside stadium

Bayern Munich are to honour the late German football legend Franz Beckenbauer with a statue outside their Allianz Arena home ground, a club supporters foundation announced on Sunday.

Munich's Allianz Arena prepares for final Beckenbauer farewell

Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena will bid a final farewell to Franz Beckenbauer on Friday as tens of thousands of people pay their respects to the German football legend.

Musiala, Kane on target as Bayern remember Beckenbauer

Jamal Musiala scored twice and Harry Kane added a late goal as Bayern Munich won 3-0 at home over Hoffenheim on Friday as the club celebrated the life of Franz Beckenbauer.

Franz Beckenbauer laid to rest in Munich

Franz Beckenbauer, one of only three men to win the World Cup as player and a coach, was laid to rest in Munich in a small private ceremony on Friday with the country mourning the loss of "a great footballer, athlete and person".

'So humble': Tuchel toasts 'extraordinary' Beckenbauer

In an interview with the Bundesliga website, Tuchel said it was "very striking to me that he's so, so humble".

My world will not be the same without Beckenbauer: Klopp

"I don't want to sound like a broken record but the world will be really a different place without him, at least for me," Klopp told the club website

Beckenbauer: An icon of German sporting success

Franz Beckenbauer, who has died at the age of 78, helped modernise football and came to personify Germany's post-war sporting success, captaining his country to the 1974 World Cup title on home soil to anchor his legacy.

January 9, 2024
January 9, 2024

German football mourns 'sublime' Beckenbauer

Beckenbauer, a World Cup winner as both a player and a coach, died on Sunday at the age of 78, with news of his death not announced until Monday evening.

January 8, 2024
January 8, 2024

Death of Beckenbauer, 'a true icon': Who is saying what

"One of the absolute greats of our game," said former England striker and television pundit Gary Lineker

January 8, 2024
January 8, 2024

Beckenbauer the legend who revolutionised football

Known as the Kaiser, a title that fitted both Beckenbauer's stylish and assured playing style and his natural leadership.

January 8, 2024
January 8, 2024

German World Cup-winning captain and coach Beckenbauer dies at 78

Beckenbauer was a classy, dominant presence on the pitch for West Germany and Bayern Munich, with whom he won three successive European Cups, and had the nickname Der Kaiser, or "The Emperor".

September 22, 2016
September 22, 2016

Germans angry at Beckenbauer

A majority of Germans believe football legend Franz Beckenbauer no longer deserves the nickname 'Kaiser Franz', given the latest

September 5, 2016
September 5, 2016

German football icon Beckenbauer has bypass surgery

German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer undergoes open heart bypass surgery in an operation scheduled long before Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings against him last week.

September 2, 2016
September 2, 2016

Swiss launch probe on Kaiser

Authorities in Zurich open criminal proceedings against German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer.

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