The fan club Christmas visits: a living tradition since 1985!
The traditional fan club Christmas visits see FC Bayern players and officials visiting our official fan clubs in the period before Christmas. The Christmas visits are seen as an important unique selling point compared to other big clubs, with the 'Mia san mia' spirit at the heart of everything we do.
The event takes place at the fan clubs with the fan club members. Around 25 fan clubs from Germany, Austria and Italy/South Tyrol will spend an unforgettable advent afternoon with players and officials at several locations at the same time! There was also a first for the fan club visits when the first video conferences with international fan clubs were held as part of this popular tradition. Defender Matthijs de Ligt was the star of the show as he made three calls to around 150 fans from the USA, Mexico, Colombia, China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and India.
Since 2023, there has also been a Christmas visit in conjunction with the KIDSCLUB especially for children and young people. All fan clubs that have already introduced the special role of Youth Manager have the opportunity to apply for this with a suitable programme of activities. .
How to get involved with your fan club
At the appropriate time, we will communicate via all relevant channels (website, newsletter, social media) the period when it will be possible to apply for the Christmas visits.
The requirement for a Christmas visit is a convincing application with confirmation of an event location and an attractive event programme.
We ask for your understanding that we have to consider several factors (scheduling, logistical, regional etc.) when allocating the Christmas visits. For organisational reasons, we can only notify the fan clubs that have been chosen to receive a visit.
To kick off the new year, players and officials visited FC Bayern fan clubs:
