The Marketing Concept of FC Bayern Munich. Emotionality as Driver of Success

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie und Management gemeinnützige GmbH, Hochschulstudienzentrum Freiburg, language: English, abstract: The football club FC Bayern Munich is one of the “global players” in the business of football. The FC Bayern Munich AG is the leading football company in Germany, that is dominating the German football league not only sportive but also economical. The club could win in the season 2012/13 the historical treble. As the first club in German history they could celebrate the winning of the German championship, the DFB-cup and the UEFA champions league cup in one season. It was the greatest success of the club ever. The effects of the success are the rising interest on Bayern Munich in the country and all over the world. Revenues through staying in and winning the competitions (including matchday and broadcast) increased and the attractiveness especially of merchandising articles boosted in unknown heights. Furthermore the number of membership, the image and the brand value of FC Bayern Munich and of the German Bundesliga raised worldwide. In 2012/13 FC Bayern Munich could present for the first time sales over 400 millions of Euro. Especially to create financial benefit out of sportive success is one of the objectives Bayern Munich could transform in the business. The financial success is an important objective of all companies and also each sportive business. One essential part to reach this goal is the marketing concept. In this assignment the marketing concept of Bayern Munich with the emotionality as a driver of success, especially in football market, is shown. Within that not only the success of FC Bayern Munich and its impacts on the national and international football market are presented but also the marketing concept of the most successful football club in Germany is analysed. This includes the analysis of the current situation, the marketing objectives and the strategy of the club. In particular the football division of FC Bayern Munich is focused in this seminar paper.