TSV 1860 München

Origins of the club

The roots of the TSV's founding as a physical fitness and gymnastics association go back to a meeting held 15 July 1848 in a local pub, Buttlesche Brauerei zum Bayerischen Löwen. It was a time of revolutionary foment due to the 1848 Revolutions, and the club was banned in 1849 by the Bavarian monarchy for "republican activities". The club was formally reestablished on 17 May 1860 and after mergers with a number of other local associations in 1862 was known as Turnverein München. A football department was created on 6 March 1899 and played its first matches against other squads three years later. On 13 March 1880 the club officially adopted the lion on their crest and the nickname Die Löwen (the Lions).

1900–1945

In 1919 was renamed TSV München 1860. By the mid-1920s, they were playing football in the country's upper leagues, like the Bezirksliga Bayern, making a national semi-final appearance in 1927. Die Löwen challenged for the championship in 1931, but lost a 3–2 decider to Hertha BSC. Two years later, they made another semi-final appearance which they lost to Schalke 04. After Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, German football was re-organized under the Third Reich into 16 top-flight divisions known as Gauligen. In opposition to their rivals Bayern Munich, TSV had affinities to Nazism even before 1933 and Nazi personnel took most high ranking positions at the club.TSV joined the Gauliga Bayern where they earned second-place finishes in…

League

German Championship/Bundesliga Champions: 1965–66 Runners-up: 1931, 1966–67 Oberliga Süd (I) Champions: 1962–63 Gauliga Bayern (I) Champions: 1940–41, 1942–43 2. Bundesliga (II) Champions: 1978–79 Runners-up: 1976–77 2. Oberliga Süd (II) Champions: 1954–55, 1956–57 Bayernliga (III) Champions: 1983–84, 1990–91, 1992–93 Runners-up: 1985–86, 1989–90 Regionalliga Bayern (IV) Champions: 2017–18

Cup

German Cup/DFB-Pokal Winner: 1942, 1963–64 Bavarian Cup Winner: 2019–20

International

European Cup Winners' Cup Runners-up: 1964–65 Coppa delle Alpi Runners-up: 1967 Tournoi de Pentecôte du Red Star Winners: 1927

Youth

German Under 19 championship Runners-up: 1996–97 German Under 17 championship Champions: 2005–06 Runners-up: 1983–84 German Under 19 cup Winners: 2000, 2007 Bavarian Under 19 championship Winners: 1950–51, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1997–98‡ Runners-up: 1957–58, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1976–77, 1983–84, 1985–86 Bavarian Under 19 cup Winners: 2006, 2007, 2014 Runners-up: 2016 Bavarian Under 17 championship Winners: 1974–75, 1979–80, 1983–84 Runners-up: 1978–79, 1980–81, 1998–99, 2017–18, 2018–19 Bavarian Under 15 championship Winners: 1978–79, 1979–80, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2011–12

Reserve team

Regionalliga Bayern (IV) Champions: 2012–13 Bayernliga (IV) Champions: 1996–97, 2003–04 Runners-up: 2001–02, 2002–03 Bayernliga-South (III) Champions: 1960–61 Runners-up: 1959–60 Landesliga Bayern-Süd…