Football Manager 2022 Bayern Munchen tactic and team guide. Club culture and board requirements, key players, youth prospects & transfers in FM22.
Football Manager 2022 Bayern Munchen tactic and team guide. Club culture
and board requirements, tactics, key players, youth prospects and potential
transfers in FM22.
Here is a brief analysis of the Bayern Munich squad, their club structure, relationship any potential managers will have with the board, expectations and possible tactics any FM22 manager can use.
About the club
Bayern Munich are a professional football club that ply their trade in the Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1900 and is the most successful club in German football with a record of 31 national titles and 20 national cups.
Overall, Bayern has reached eleven European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals,
most recently winning their sixth title in 2020 as part of a continental
treble becoming only the second-ever club to do so.
Bayern has also won one UEFA Cup, one European Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA
Super Cup’s, one FIFA Club World Cup and two Intercontinental Cups, making
them one of the most successful European clubs internationally and the only
German club to have won both international titles. They have won the
Bundesliga title 9 times in a row since 2013 proving their dominance
domestically.
Bayern Munich are the defending Bundesliga champions. The board requirements once you take over are;
• Win the Bundesliga
• Make the Semi-Final of the UEFA Champion’s League
Additionally, you’ll be required to play possession-based attacking football, sign young players for the first team and promote young players who emerge from the club’s youth system, sign high reputation players based out of Germany and sign players from direct rivals.
Bayern Munich have a state of the art training facilities and an excellent youth system which will generate constant star players to meet the board’s requirement.
Bayern Munich are the defending Bundesliga champions. The board requirements once you take over are;
• Win the Bundesliga
• Make the Semi-Final of the UEFA Champion’s League
Additionally, you’ll be required to play possession-based attacking football, sign young players for the first team and promote young players who emerge from the club’s youth system, sign high reputation players based out of Germany and sign players from direct rivals.
Bayern Munich have a state of the art training facilities and an excellent youth system which will generate constant star players to meet the board’s requirement.
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Bayern are a team that love to high tempo attacking football. So a Gegenpress is a preferred tactic for their squad of players. In tough away games, you can opt for wing play or a fluid counterattack to make use of the pace out wide.
A 4-3-3 is probably the best-suited formation to the available squad of players. This also helps them in controlling possession by recycling it between midfielders.
A rough example of what your line-up would look like in a 4-3-3 formation is as follows;
Manuel Neuer as a sweeper keeper.
Dayot Upamecano & Niklas Sule as the 2 centre backs playing as Ball Playing Defenders.
Benjamin Pavard & Alphonso Davies as a full back and wing-back respectively. You can push Davies further forward and make use of his pace.
Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka & Marcel Sabitzer as the 3 central midfielders with Kimmich playing as a deep playmaker on defence duty, Goretzka as a Box to Box midfielder and Sabitzer as a Mezzala.
Leroy Sane & Thomas Muller as the 2 wide players with Sane operating as a winger and Muller playing as a Raumdeuter.
Robert Lewandowski as the lone forward in a deep-lying forward role.
The bench is also filled with stars with players like Tolisso, Musiala, Gnabry among the players on the bench. You can change the formation based on your liking as the players are really versatile.
Squad, Formation and Tactical Style
Bayern are a team that love to high tempo attacking football. So a Gegenpress is a preferred tactic for their squad of players. In tough away games, you can opt for wing play or a fluid counterattack to make use of the pace out wide.
A 4-3-3 is probably the best-suited formation to the available squad of players. This also helps them in controlling possession by recycling it between midfielders.
A rough example of what your line-up would look like in a 4-3-3 formation is as follows;
Manuel Neuer as a sweeper keeper.
Dayot Upamecano & Niklas Sule as the 2 centre backs playing as Ball Playing Defenders.
Benjamin Pavard & Alphonso Davies as a full back and wing-back respectively. You can push Davies further forward and make use of his pace.
Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka & Marcel Sabitzer as the 3 central midfielders with Kimmich playing as a deep playmaker on defence duty, Goretzka as a Box to Box midfielder and Sabitzer as a Mezzala.
Leroy Sane & Thomas Muller as the 2 wide players with Sane operating as a winger and Muller playing as a Raumdeuter.
Robert Lewandowski as the lone forward in a deep-lying forward role.
The bench is also filled with stars with players like Tolisso, Musiala, Gnabry among the players on the bench. You can change the formation based on your liking as the players are really versatile.
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There are a number of stars in the squad with Bayern comfortably being the strongest side in the league.
Lewandowski is one of the best strikers in the world. The polish
frontman has been remarkable for Bayern and is a goal machine having
scored 213 league goals in just 228 games.
Although the early part of Sane's Bayern career was marred by
injuries, he has now settled well in his role. His pace and trickery is a
concern for even the best defenders and will be a key player for Bayern
for many years.
Muller has consistently been one of the best players for club and
country. His versatility and ability to create goals make him a key
element in the Bayern team.
Kimmich is a very versatile full back/midfielder who can play in
multiple positions. His ability to pick crosses and his decision making
make him stand out from others and is one of the most complete players in
the game.
Key Players
There are a number of stars in the squad with Bayern comfortably being the strongest side in the league.
1. Robert Lewandowski
2. Leroy Sane
3. Thomas Muller
4. Joshua Kimmich
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Musiala is already an integral part of the Bayern first team and
is a regular presence in the German national team. He has the potential
to become an elite goalscoring winger/midfielder in the game and is
amongst the best wonderkids.
Considered by many as one of the crowns of the Bayern academy,
Zirkee has the potential to become a beastly striker in the game. As it
is he is an able backup and can fill in with goals if and when
necessary.
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1. The quality of backups for some positions is not the best.
2. The striker's department is relatively weak with no able backup for Lewandowski. If he is affected by injuries there could be a shortage of goals.
3. Key stars are ageing and might be impossible to replace them.
As with any squad, the Bayern team could do with bolstering especially as long term replacements for ageing players. Some potential transfers that can add value are.
⦁ Erling Haaland
⦁ Florian Wirtz
These players may be surplus to requirements at the club or may not be of the expected quality.
⦁ Eric Choupo-Moting
⦁ Bouna Sarr
Bayern are easily the best team in the Bundesliga and amongst the best clubs in the world. The challenge here is to maintain their reputation and go on to dominate European football for years, especially to compete with the richer clubs.
Youth Prospects
There are a few exciting young prospects in the ranks who have the
potential to be some of the best players in the league. A few examples
are;
Ever since Alphonso Davies made the switch from the MLS, he has
been a revelation. His ability to play on all positions on the left side
of the pitch and his pace make him an extremely dangerous player and a
nightmare for opponents to mark. Already amongst the game's elite,
Davies has the potential to be the best fullback in the game.
1. Alphonso Davies
2. Jamal Musiala
3. Joshua Zirkzee
Weaknesses
1. The quality of backups for some positions is not the best.
2. The striker's department is relatively weak with no able backup for Lewandowski. If he is affected by injuries there could be a shortage of goals.
3. Key stars are ageing and might be impossible to replace them.
Potential Transfers (in)
As with any squad, the Bayern team could do with bolstering especially as long term replacements for ageing players. Some potential transfers that can add value are.
⦁ Erling Haaland
⦁ Florian Wirtz
Potential Transfers (Out)
These players may be surplus to requirements at the club or may not be of the expected quality.
⦁ Eric Choupo-Moting
⦁ Bouna Sarr
Summary
Bayern are easily the best team in the Bundesliga and amongst the best clubs in the world. The challenge here is to maintain their reputation and go on to dominate European football for years, especially to compete with the richer clubs.
