Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈʔantoːn ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ] ; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football...

The Franz Beckenbauer Cup was an annual friendly association football match named in honour of Franz Beckenbauer. It was organised by Bayern Munich before...

and going on to work with the club as a scout and youth coach. Beckenbauer's father, Franz, was also a footballer. He represented Bayern and the West German...

of greatest success in the mid-1970s when, under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, they won the European Cup three consecutive times (1974–1976). Overall...

include: Franz Beckenbauer (1945–2024), German footballer Stephan Beckenbauer (1968–2015), German footballer, son of Franz Beckenbauer Franz Beckenbauer Cup...

Cruyff and Marco van Basten each won the award three times, while Franz Beckenbauer, Ronaldo, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Kevin Keegan and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge...

was now the previous generation 3000GT, branded as "Beckenbauer Edition." Honoring Franz Beckenbauer. All were painted Lamborghini yellow and were equipped...

club has six honorary presidents, Franz John, Siegfried Herrmann, Kurt Landauer, Wilhelm Neudecker, Franz Beckenbauer, and Uli Hoeneß, the only living...

from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the West German defender Franz Beckenbauer on 28 December 1976. There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium,...

beating the hosts 4–2. On 5 August, Bayern hosted Internazionale in the Franz Beckenbauer Cup for the final test before the regular season, losing 1–0. On 8...

from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the West German defender Franz Beckenbauer on 26 December 1972. There were 25 voters, from Austria, Belgium,...

runners-up once; both Helmut Schön (winner in 1974, runner-up in 1966) and Franz Beckenbauer (winner in 1990, runner-up in 1986) for West Germany, Carlos Bilardo...

26 appearances. Brazil's Djalma Santos (1954–1962), West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer (1966–1974), and Germany's Philipp Lahm (2006–2014) are the only players...

Müller finished as the tournament's top scorer with 10 goals. In 1971, Franz Beckenbauer became captain of the national team, and he led West Germany to victory...

16 goals, while Gerd Müller is third with 14. Former team captain Franz Beckenbauer is one of only three men to win the World Cup as a player and as a...

Germany's second FIFA World Cup. Five German players (Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Jürgen Grabowski and Horst-Dieter Höttges) became...

final with Valencia in 2001, before retiring later that season. After Franz Beckenbauer and followed by Iker Casillas, he was only the second captain in the...

they do not succeed in Munich. Former German captain and head coach Franz Beckenbauer on Reus and Götze partnership, December 2012 Götze provided an assist...

German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author. 7 January – Franz Beckenbauer, 78, footballer (Bayern Munich, national team). 11 January – Sigi...

joined Bayern Munich in 1964, where he teamed up with future stars Franz Beckenbauer and Sepp Maier. The club, which would go on to become the most successful...

Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (d. 2022) 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (d. 2024) 1945 – Gianluigi Gelmetti...

agency, he has represented the former football player and executive Franz Beckenbauer since 2003. Höfl is the son of former German speed skater and trainer...

Rank Player Points 1st Alfredo Di Stéfano 11 2nd Johan Cruyff 9 3rd Michel Platini 5 4th Franz Beckenbauer 2 5th Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 0 Kevin Keegan...

iconic EURO moment Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon Defenders Paolo Maldini Franz Beckenbauer Carles Puyol Philipp Lahm Midfielders Andrés Iniesta Andrea Pirlo...

Sepp Piontek Manager: Azeglio Vicini Manager: Miguel Muñoz Manager: Franz Beckenbauer Manager: Bobby Robson Manager: Rinus Michels Manager: Jack Charlton...

Pelé, Italian striker Giorgio Chinaglia, the West German sweeper Franz Beckenbauer, and famous late Brazilian rightback Carlos Alberto Torres. The acquisition...

1970s, the Cosmos signed a number of the world's best players —Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto— and the Cosmos averaged over 28,000 fans per game...

Charlton on the goal line. The other semi-final also finished 2–1: Franz Beckenbauer scoring the winning goal with a left foot shot from the edge of the...

skill and success, he was later known as "Kaiser Franz", a reference to fellow sweeper Franz Beckenbauer. In 1999, he was voted Milan's Player of the Century...

worth around €100 million, Johan [Cruyff] would go in the billions! —Franz Beckenbauer, in an interview with Bild.de (September 2014) about Cruyff's transfer...