Germany great Franz Beckenbauer has weighed in on the debate over the national team’s failure at the World Cup, suggesting ...

Franz Beckenbauer is an icon of German football, with his decades-spanning career cementing him as one of the nation's greatest-ever players. Beckenbauer made 584 appearances in total for Bavarian ...

Franz Beckenbauer became a team-mate of Pele (R) in New York In 1977, having retired from international football with a then-record 104 caps, Beckenbauer took up an offer to play alongside Pele at ...

Beckenbauer was born in 1945 post-war Munich to postal-worker Franz Beckenbauer Sr. and his wife Antonie. He joined Bayern Munich in 1964 and would go on to make more than 400 appearances ...

Lothar Matthaus, Beckenbauer's World Cup captain in 1990, told SPORT BILD: 'The shock is deep, even though I knew that Franz wasn't feeling well. His death is a loss for football and for Germany ...

Franz Beckenbauer won the World Cup with West Germany as a captain in 1974 and a manager in 1990; Beckenbauer, nicknamed Der Kaiser, is a Bayern Munich legend; a Beckenbauer family statement read ...

Stuttgart – German champions Bayern Munich have won the 2025 Franz-Beckenbauer-Supercup thanks to a 2-1 win over DFB Pokal ...

Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka played 90+ minutes for Bayern in their 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart in the Franz ...

FOOTBALL icon Franz Beckenbauer, one of the game's greatest players and managers, has died aged 78. A family statement confirmed that the legend passed away in his sleep with loved ones by his side.

Harry Kane netted a hat-trick as Bayern Munich strolled to a 6-0 win over RB Leipzig, keeping their 14-year unbeaten streak ...

“For me,” Helmut Schön said of Franz Beckenbauer in February 1965 after calling him up to the West Germany team for the first time, “he is the player of the future. Maybe not in midfield ...

Bayern Munich won the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup last weekend, but their main focus is the start of the Bundesliga season. Vincent Kompany’s men are the defending champions and they will not give ...