no they arent. Look at house much they sack managers

​@@kukunase1686 bayern still wins and have a great management then other clubs

I think it's Real Madrid, followed by Bayern. The fact that they're both fan-owned clubs that can spend the revenue they generate is what makes them great. In that sense, I think Man United, if they come under the ownership of that Sheikh and his company, would actually see good results and costly players, but trophies might stay away.

​@@kukunase1686 Barka fan spotted

​@@kukunase1686 you just named another reason they're well run. Cause they're ruthless and need results immediately. Would you not want that from a club?

Me too. I live in Australia and am a 23 year old girl but I have supported Bayern for a decade (in a country where football isn't popular, spoken about or easy to watch/access) because of Thomas Müller. I'm now just as engrossed in the club of course and think it is maybe the best-run sporting team in the world but most of my initial interest was because of him.

@@jessicakiss5066 Same I was a little kid during 2010 wc everyone was rooting for messi but muller caught my eyes ever since I'm a die hard fan of Germany, Bayern and Muller

Yeah, that plays a huge part. Muller is like a local legend. Unlike Messi, who goes where the money is, Muller is loyal to his hometown. He is extremely funny on social media.

​@@praveenm5723 There is a reason why we call him ,,Lederhosenmessi''

@@sivaramlord9151 I wouldn't even recognize Messis voice somewhere.. He's the best to ever play the game, but he keeps to himself and there isn't really much of a personality associated with him. He gives a very PR interview once every few months and it's only in Spanish. It's a easier for people to relate to a guy like Müller cause he's extrovert and you actually get to know him.

i see

Not so stylish compared with Dortmund, Real, Juve. They are not as 😮ugly as Baca kits🤮

@@retiredrebel ahh come on even as a Real Madrid fan i can say that barca has some good looking kits

if you buy a football kit for 50 or 100 or 150 euro and you dont earn more than 100k a year, you are just a dumb consumer getting milked by those big """clubs""" (rather corperations)

Yes but they are mostly not real jerseys sold in Africa and Asia they are just made to look realistic but they are counterfeit

Imo if make urself a geopolitical playball for money, like bayern did with the quatar sponshorship, u sold ur soul. But it's not as bad as overseas for sure.

@@ight6269 no they dont you dont even know the difference between sponsorship, investor or owner.

@@ight6269 it is a sponsor not a owner. The Owner can do everything what he wants with the club for example give them 3 billion (man city,psg) sponsor just means that they for example wear at at their trikots

@@Champion2710 and get money also ? Die bekommen geld und dafür machen Sie Werbung für den Sponsor. Aber der Besitzer hat deutlich mehr Mitspracherecht bei der Planung und bei der Struktur des Vereins

Bro Bayern basically just looks on money, they don't have a soul

Owen Hargreaves also played for Bayern as a Canadian for 7 years! But Alphonso is certainly a superstar.

@@emilyo.3431 Owne Hargreaves played for the english national team. So he is not really a true canadian.

Thats cool ! Greetings from Munich Mia san Mia

​@@Nasengold bryan Cristante is canadian

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@@praddumnvats6759 Kids?

How do you become a part of this fan club? I've been a fan for 13 years now but have no idea about this sadly ..

Weird thing to be proud of

If you know you know 🇦🇷

That's not so surprising. Vidal, Demichelis, Lucio, Ze Roberto, Roque Santa Cruz, Giovane Elber, Paulo Sergio, Jose Ernesto Sosa and a few others all played for Bayern.

YES SIR. BAYERN INTERNATIONAL ❤🤍

South Americans love Germany

@@sssn2833 didn’t know people in Argentina support Bayern I thought it was mainly dourtment supporters

I have heard that in Indonesia, Italian Serie A also has a culture type of following. Is that true?

​@@akshadchavan5528 Yep. Though mostly they are relatively old right now (late 20s, 30s, or 40s). I'm not sure on the younger generation (Gen Z) though.

I'm Jamaican and in my country Arsenal is probably the #1 football club out here followed by Liverpool

I read somewhere Man United are the biggest team in Indonesia, and media runs on it?

@@NotBedTundy30 here in Indonesia it depends on the generation. Older people support Italian clubs because they start watching during it's golden age whereas younger people support Madrid, Barca and PL clubs(and whatever club ronaldo and messi is playing for)

Tbh I would expect that considering the price of around 90€

Isn't that just Adidas policy? I mean, it's the same at Ajax.

Bought my warm up hoodie, came in absolute pristine condition

German perfection

@@markusz4447 I would too but sadly I’ve bought jersey way more expensive 90€ that come in a bag and come with terrible creasing

Furthermore, Adidas has supplied Bayern's kit since the mid-1960s. It is the longest kit-club partnership in Association Football history. The only club in Europe that has gotten close to this is PSG, which has been supplied by Nike since 1989.

​@dr3d180 In comparison to every other big club, they've done a good job of avoiding controversy.

@@toastedt140 Bayern is not immune to controversy, there was the Kirch Media collapse of 2002 which was Germany's answer to the ITV Digital collapse of the same year, which nearly bankrupted the entire Bundesliga, and Bayern was at the centre of it because they claimed the deal was a good idea. Spoilers, it led to Bayern loaning 2 Million Euros to Borussia Dortmund to prevent Borussia from collapsing into administration. Then there was the time when Uli Holliness was arrested for dodgy accounting practices, and the time when they worked with the Qatari government on numerous occasions. And the insurance scandal during the construction of the Allianz Arena. Being an overseas Bayern Fan isn't all sunshine and rainbows my comrade.

For me, a Bayern fan in Munich, this is extremely surprising.

The DFB Germany shirts are also the most sold ones amongst the national teams. The market for these jersey are extremely profitable. Some years ago Nike approached the DFB to be their kit provider laying a huge sum on the table. As far as I can remember they outbid Adidas by quite a margin. In the end the DFB still opted for Adidas since they have a really close relationship. Of course many raised the question how the DFB even could have considered Nike since Adidas is a huge sportswear brand from Germany. The story about Adidas and their sports marketing in general is pretty fascinating. Just look up some documentaries about them.

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You must be daft. If that was the case your numbers would not triple in less than a decade. The only reason they did is because of recent success which means the "occasional glory hunter, superstar player-following plastic fanboys" are to credit for that 🤭

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Really? Tax cheat executives, sponsorship shadyness, etc...

@@russellward4624 you live on andromeda or something? What sponsorship shadyness?! besides Hoeness who is mentaly ill what else was wrong? compare bayern to all major big clubs in europe and you have a spotless example how to run the business. Prove me wrong

@@russellward4624 Hoeneß was a gambling addict, hence the tax evasion and he’s not an executive anymore. The sponsorship isn’t great but for a club like arsenal or Milan it would be an average sponsorship, it’s a big deal for Bayern because Bayerns fans care about the moral aspect of their club a lot. Meanwhile man United fans will celebrate if their club gets bought by Qatar…

@Alexander it's not average at all. It's higher than every other club. There was a Twitter thread about it last week. It's a league with almost no international viewership yet has sponserhsips that are higher than clubs with 5xs the viewership.

@Simon Cohen well let's start with the audi sponsorship deal being the highest in football despite the German keague having almost no international tv ratings. Went from 35m to 60m. Boy that doesn't sound shady at all.

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This guy only got 3 likes on his comment 😳

Long live the King.

Hey man get it straight, Thomas Mullet plays for Bayern Mississippi

@The Dreaded Droop damn it lol didn't realize I misspelled his name 😅

Thought Thomas Muller played for Bayern Mohawk

They are definetly top 3...arguably 2nd best Club in the history

Bavaria being the first thing that pops into mind when talking about Germany is an exaggeration. Plenty of people will think of Berlin and old Prussia more generally, lots will think of the financial districts in Frankfurt, plenty will think of the old industrial Ruhrland. Fairy tale castles aren't particularly associated with Bavaria; Hohenzollern castle is up near Berlin, Heidelberg is in Baden-Wuerttemberg and so on. It's a similar case for cars; Volkswagen is headquartered in Niedersachsen and both Mercedes and Porsche in Baden-Wuerttemberg

​@@epicmarschmallow5049 Sure, Germany is way more than Bavaria, but that is besides the point here. Ask anyone outside of Europe what they associate with Germany and in 9 out of 10 cases the first answer will be an image closely linked to Bavaria. It'll always be Neuschwanstein castle and not Hohenzollern because of Disney. Bavaria made it into popular culture, is very distinct and marketed itself the best.

They're literally co-owned by Adidas. That's the reason for their shirt sales, and every Adidas shop sells them.

@@epicmarschmallow5049 I don't think so. People outside of Germany generally don't know about things like Prussia, financial Districts of Frankfurt or the Ruhr area. Bavaria is the most culturally rich region of Germany

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The other factors do play a role as well though like keeping the same players for a long time and having a clear and unique identity and culture. I think a lot of football clubs have no real identity.

​@@bingobongo674 agree we always have atleast 3-4 career long serving players in our squad Footballing culture like ours is almost unparalleled

@@bingobongo674 that is so not true

@@carlosmedrano6868 care to elaborate?

Or the league colluding with them helps too

Nah dude look at the controversy they had surrounding seasoned players like Lewandowski and Alaba. Very well run yes but not the best run.

@@alexsch5583 The club did what it had to do. And if Bayern is not the best run club, which club is?

@@willteksoftwares1 Real Madrid IMO. Bayern would come second.

​@@shahriartanvir977 i would disagree...Madrid is definetly the best Club in history but they are not better run than Bayern...Madrid literally has 100 milions of debt whilst Bayern absolutely has zero debts with a lot of options

@@shahriartanvir977 Nope, Real Madrid has a lot of financial issues.. Why do you think their president Perez is pushing for a super league so much? Bayern is completely debt free.

Thanks to the Board for working since 2000 and a special shoot out to the Indian lady working for Bayern in NYC

I was lucky enough seeing Bundesliga matches when I got home from college classes before streaming bundles became more widespread. And I am still unable to see New England Revolutions matches.

It's pretty surprising from the standpoint that United is definitely more popular in terms of fans at least in the US. Liverpool very likely as well. Their matches are even on major network TV for free each weekend.

I went to LA(Hollywood), the Bayern fan club is huge there( Bayern's nickname is FC Hollywood). If they put up for sale like the EPL clubs, plenty of billionaires will be bidding to buy Bayern due to their US Fanbase alone.

​@@sivaramlord9151 they won't though

@@sivaramlord9151 whaaat ....most of the us fans don't know a third name outside Messi Ronaldo

@Kaur Shaijal You will be surprised. Bayern is huge in USA. They are known as FC Hollywood. They are missing out a good chance to be owned by billionaires

@@sivaramlord9151 "Missing out" lmao. On what are they missing out? Selling their soul? There are more important things than money. Giving members the right to vote for example. That's huge in Germany. Also, they are already one of the richest clubs in the world, without being owned by a billionaire. They are pretty much the only Club without debts

Yeah me too. I remember in one movie about a USA soldier killing a terrorist in Paris wearing that Jersey.

The English League will always appear to be dominant because of the lack of worldwide viewership in the other leagues....

A club not kneeling to players, and for the most part doing the right thing. A Hometown Club

I thought Mexico hates Bayern 😂

@@chaardoMusic haha yes, some do because of 2014 WC. But Robben is my fave player ever! I don’t care about the national team

Bayern also owns arsenal in Europe

I can tell I’m dealing with a real football scholar, such an incisive viewpoint. U even got ur mum & Nan to like the comment.

Bayern youth team also toured back in 2007, which was the first time a big club played in India I believe

​@@laxman90210Santos played in Kolkata or was it Cosmos. Pele played in it. My father watched it live, I think. That was at least five decades ago.

Even Dortmund sells more than any Serie A Club, except Juventus and more than the most Prem teams or Spanish teams... and Dortmund has only won 2 DFB Cups in the last 11 Years...

I would actually like to see more on this

Yeah I really doubt Bayern to be on top. Their fanbase is very local so they barely sale shirts abroad.

@@soso-V12 Sounds like someone didn't watch the video!

I take this seriously as long as I don't have other numbers. The numbers don't have to be accurate but the order of the ranking is acceptable 😊

@@andrasszabo1570 Why would I be here ?

Which isn't a good reason. Dortmund sells more tickets than bayern munich every single game because their stadium is simply bigger. Even so, they only have about 1/3 as many sales as bayern

Jerseys that don't meet the quality standards are sold in developing countries by the kilo,often they don't have any substantial defects,that is what u probably saw

Me too

yeah but bayern needs the money more, if they want to be competetive, because they are not owned. So they have to make as much money as possible and kits are most efficel

Well, but addidas also produces all the jerseys. So they get more money anyway if more is sold.

When I younger I never knew what there home shirt colour was because sometimes I saw white, blue or red

@@aqx1545 yeah, they play with those 3 colors as they feel (those are the colors of their crest), but red is like the most popular, probably because it was their main color back in the days of Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller, Sepp Maier and that fantastic team of the 1970s that won 3 champions cup (currently champions league) titles in a row.

Well they got the best out of the club, the money.

Willing to bet it's due to availability. NB shirts were hard to find in my country. Only place to get one was the NB store and those were only on a few select shopping centers. Nike came along and at first you couldn't get one the pandemic then the flood gates opened.

Not really. They were in 3 out of the 4 last UCL Finals, won the UCL in 2019 and won the Premier League in 2020. But look at Dortmund, they rushed on to this list out of nothing. They are the only Team on that List, that has not won their league in the past 10 years. And they still sell more than City, PSG and nearly as much, as the UCL winner of 2021

In Germany every region beyond Bavaria has their own clubs. So it's not even common to be Bayern Fan there. (Of course you would find FEW Bayern Fans EVERYWHERE). But the shops wouldn't sell anything. In Rheinland-Pfalz more present probably are Mainz 05 and Kaiserslautern

But you also have to consider that in Germany friendship or enmity between clubs plays a major role. And since the clubs also represent their city, you won't find Bayern jerseys in most big cities. Who in Dortmund, Stuttgart, Schalke, Mainz, Frankfurt should want a Bayern shirt. There are Bayern fans everywhere in Germany, but they just order it online. It just wouldn't be worth opening stores because there aren't enough in other cities.

No. Brazzo had ruined the club

@@papamuller can you explain why? not to argue or anything but I still see Bayern a top team they don’t spend a lot of money on big players like psg and still wins

They are factually the biggest club, yes

Real Madrid is the biggest and most dominant club in the world. If they sign Mbappe or Haaland it’s game over, their shirt sales alone will eclipse Bayern.

​@@Sony4330 Bayern is literally the biggest club in the world, as they have the most members of any club in the world

Shut up

Not greater than Real Madrid’s Global influence 😂

@@kolaade1275 Nah Bayern is bigger economically and statistically ❤🤍

@@kolaade1275 RM have just fans. Bayern have partners and loyal members.

@@BAVARIAN2004 so Real Madrid don’t have partners and loyal members? Is Real Madrid not owned by its members? (Socios) Why do you people type with no sense In your heads?

As a Liverpool fan, I agree. It's not fair to compare any player to Ronaldo or Messi.

Agreed. The only players who can be mentioned alongside them are Suárez and Neymar.

Maybe his popularity in Muslim countries exceeds that of Messi and Ronaldo? Not at their level, but maybe in the short term popularity contest at the height of his powers he was probably greater at one point and reached the levels of mania of Ronaldo and Messi in those respective countries.

Yeah but in the context of the video he is a club icon

​@@liverbot4854 not really Ronaldo and Messi could only be compared to all time great players, they're on the same stratosphere as Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Cruyff etc

*reaches European final...*

Kane would be absolutely terrible business and if they know what's good for them they will not even look at him.

@@MrReese agree 100 mil on 30 year old is stupid

Way better than the oil fans attach to man city and psg

@@escape2nirvana good thing that Bayern has not a Qatar sponsoring and holds the winter training camp there for years.

@@escape2nirvana Or American-owned clubs like Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal.

@@lebronjohnson6735 oh shut up, Qatar doesn’t have any say in Bayern

Bayern Munich has been a huge team since the 70s

By your logic, every single successful club can't have real fans because all of their fans are "fair weather fans" as you call them.

@@Noah-ji1yi Not at all. I just don’t know a single person who likes a small team that doesn’t win. 15 years ago every clown liked Lyon, now those same jokers like PSG and claim they’ve been a fan since they were cream pies. It is disingenuous. I’ve suffered for years as a Spurs fan. It’s easy to be a Munich, Madrid, PSG, City, Porto, Ajax, Juventus, Inter, AC, Chelsea, United fan. Much more difficult to be a dortmund, arsenal, sporting Lisbon, Bilbao fan. I’ve only ever met one of those and he has been wearing arsenal kits and supported them since we were kids and they were just making top4.

@@AutopilotAndChill You say you suffer as a spurs fan and try to laugh about bayern barca and other big teams fans. Look at your stadium, your perspective to become one of those big clubs. You think you are so different from them supporting a team playing in the richest league? Bayern for example is run by their fans scince they will hold 51 % at the club. And the majority of bayern fans have been loyal. They are different because people identify with the family philosophy. When you visit the club, the training ground you feel part of it and the video explains the connections to the fanclubs. That applies to all germany clubs as well. I am cologne supporter changing constantly between 1. and 2. division. There is almost no chance of seeing us against even your tottenham? So i could say its much more difficult to support cologne then tottenham, but i am not going to say that. We all see it from our perspectives. Fans come with success but also from a philosophy. Of course there will be plastic fans everywhere but you truly cant compare big Real, Barca, Bayern, Manu, Liverpool, AC, Inter with ManCity, they bought success and i give you that! Dont get me wrong i agree with you that we need same conditions for everyone, but it should be possible for teams to work with their success money. Fun fact: Bayern spends less money then half of the premier league clubs. the developed regional talents, like Lahm, Müller, Kimmich, Alaba and saw that robben wasnt really enjoyed by Real, They bought Ribery and Mandzukic and had a solid team since 2010. and Everytime Ribery wanted to leave Hoeneß and his wife invited him and his wife to their home. they also care for all the others if there is an issue with something. Its really not something impossible for teams like tottenham .You just need a good board, and there is no need to pay hundreds of millions of money for that. What Mancity did for success was hiring pep, Liverpool hired Klopp and Manunited was sleeping. Thats why things are as they are. Believe me tottenham can do that too.

Most foreign fans pick their favourite team if it’s good atm. You won’t pick a poor club, especially if you’re a child. You touched the real problem a bit tho and that is jumping on a bandwagon every few years. I started to like Bayern in 2009, haven’t changed my mind since. What’s the problem with that?

Nah that would be city or psg cuz they cant conquer the world

@@slappeslang890 they have conquered the Bundesliga and that's bad enough. 10 Titles in a row. C'mon guys.

@@lebronjohnson6735 oh shut up clown, they earned every penny probably don’t even support a good team and you’re salty

@@lebronjohnson6735 The advantage Bayern has from being fan owned vs a capitalist vulture billionaire or the various petrostate regimes is substantial. Absolutely no way they can be the bad guys when compared to those options!

Tbh I root for them when I watch German football because of Davies (I’m Canadian). Before he was there I preferred others like Dortmund lol