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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Franz Beckenbauer was described as a “role model for many generations” as Bayern Munich paid an emotional final farewell to their club great in a memorial service at the Allianz Arena on Friday.

“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 ...

German football legend Franz Beckenbauer (second right) is pictured with wife Heidi (middle) and son Joel (left) as well as staff from the Hotel Kitzhof in Kitzbühel, Austria last January ...