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{{Short description|German footballer (1945–2024)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Franz Beckenbauer
| image = Franz Beckenbauer (1975).jpg
| caption = Beckenbauer with [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] in 1975
| full_name = Franz Anton Beckenbauer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|09|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Munich]], Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|01|07|1945|09|11|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Salzburg]], Austria
| height = 1.81 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]], [[Sweeper (association football)|sweeper]]
| youthyears1 = 1951–1959
| youthclubs1 = SC 1906 München
| youthyears2 = 1959–1964
| youthclubs2 = [[Bayern Munich Junior Team|Bayern Munich]]
| years1 = 1964–1977
| clubs1 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| caps1 = 427
| goals1 = 60
| years2 = 1977–1980
| clubs2 = [[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]]
| caps2 = 80
| goals2 = 17
| years3 = 1980–1982
| clubs3 = [[Hamburger SV]]
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1983
| clubs4 = [[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]]
| caps4 = 25
| goals4 = 2
| totalcaps = 560
| totalgoals = 79
| nationalyears1 = 1964
| nationalteam1 = [[Germany national youth football team|West Germany Youth]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 1965
| nationalteam2 = [[Germany national football B team|West Germany B]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1965–1977
| nationalteam3 = [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
| nationalcaps3 = 103
| nationalgoals3 = 14
| manageryears1 = 1984–1990
| managerclubs1 = [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
| manageryears2 = 1990
| managerclubs2 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| manageryears3 = 1993–1994
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| manageryears4 = 1996
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|FRG}}}} (as player)
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]|}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|West Germany}}}} (as manager)
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]|}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]|}}
}}
'''Franz Anton Beckenbauer''' ({{IPA|de|fʁants ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ|-|De-Franz Beckenbauer.ogg}}; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional [[Association football|football]] player, [[Manager (association football)|manager]], and official. Nicknamed {{lang|de|der Kaiser}} ("the Emperor"),<ref name="FIFA profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/y=2007/m=4/news=der-kaiser-the-brains-behind-germany-503637.html|title=Der Kaiser, the brains behind Germany|access-date=24 July 2009|publisher=[[FIFA]]|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409234351/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/y=2007/m=4/news=der-kaiser-the-brains-behind-germany-503637.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/franz-beckenbauer-the-kaiser-480839.html|title=Franz Beckenbauer: The Kaiser|first=James|last=Lawton|work=The Independent|location=UK|date=3 June 2006|access-date=24 July 2009|archive-date=27 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227094958/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/franz-beckenbauer-the-kaiser-480839.html|url-status=live}}</ref> he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/franz-beckenbauer-dead-obituary-kaiser-b2475187.html|title =Farewell Franz Beckenbauer, the last of football’s immortals |work=The Independent |first = Miguel |last = Delaney |accessdate = 8 January 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108213028/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/franz-beckenbauer-dead-obituary-kaiser-b2475187.html |archivedate = 8 January 2024}}</ref> Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a [[midfielder]], but made his name as a [[centre-half|centre-back]]. He is often credited as having invented the role of the [[Sweeper (association football)#|modern sweeper]] ({{lang|it|libero}}).<ref name="libero">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifhof.com/hof/beckenbauer.asp|title=Franz Beckenbauer bio|publisher=ifhof.com – International Football Hall of Fame|access-date=29 March 2008|archive-date=20 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520002940/http://www.ifhof.com/hof/beckenbauer.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

Twice named [[European Footballer of the Year]], Beckenbauer appeared 103 times for [[Germany national football team|West Germany]], playing in three FIFA World Cups and two [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]]s. He is one of ten players to have won the [[FIFA World Cup]], the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], and the [[Ballon d'Or]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}} He is one of three men, along with Brazil's [[Mário Zagallo]] and France's [[Didier Deschamps]], to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager; he lifted the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy|World Cup trophy]] as [[Captain (association football)|captain]] in 1974, and repeated the feat as a manager in 1990.<ref name="SI2018">{{cite magazine |last1=West |first1=Jenna |title=Didier Deschamps Becomes Third to Win World Cup as Player and Manager |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/07/15/world-cup-wins-manager-player-zagallo-beckenbauer-deschamps |access-date=16 July 2018 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=15 July 2018 |archive-date=20 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520130631/https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/07/15/world-cup-wins-manager-player-zagallo-beckenbauer-deschamps |url-status=live }}</ref> He was the first captain to lift the World Cup and European Championship at the international level and the [[European Cup]] at the club level. He was named in the [[World Team of the 20th Century]] in 1998, the [[FIFA World Cup Dream Team]] in 2002, the [[Ballon d'Or Dream Team#First Team|Ballon d'Or Dream Team]] in 2020, the [[IFFHS World Team#All-time Men's Dream Team (2021)|IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team]] in 2021, and in 2004, was listed in the [[FIFA 100]] of the world's greatest living players.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm |title=Pele's list of the greatest |work=BBC Sport |date=4 March 2004 |access-date=16 November 2013 |archive-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019205959/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wrldallt" /> In August 2024, the {{ill|International Sports Press Association|fr|Association internationale de la presse sportive}} (AIPS) voted him as the third best footballer of the past 100 years after [[Pelé]] and [[Diego Maradona]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aipsmedia.com/aips/pages/articles/2024/35697.html |title=Serena Williams and Muhammad Ali crowned AIPS Best Champions of the Century: As voted by 913 journalists |publisher=AIPS |accessdate=6 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dzieje.pl/rozmaitosci-historyczne/plebiscyt-aips-serena-williams-i-muhammad-ali-najlepsi-na-stulecie |title=Plebiscyt AIPS: Serena Williams i Muhammad Ali najlepsi na stulecie organizacji |trans-title =AIPS Poll: Serena Williams and Muhammad Ali the best for the organization's centenary |date=8 August 2024 |language=pl |accessdate=14 August 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814053318/https://dzieje.pl/rozmaitosci-historyczne/plebiscyt-aips-serena-williams-i-muhammad-ali-najlepsi-na-stulecie |archivedate=14 August 2024}}</ref>

At club level with [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], Beckenbauer won the [[European Cup Winners' Cup]] in [[1967 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1967]] and three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976. The latter feat made him the first player to win three European Cups as captain of his club. He became team manager and later president of Bayern Munich. After two spells with the [[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]] he was inducted into the US [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franz Beckenbauer – 1998 Inductee {{!}} National Soccer Hall of Fame |url=http://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/players/franz-beckenbauer.html |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=Franz Beckenbauer – 1998 Inductee {{!}} National Soccer Hall of Fame |language=en}}</ref>

Beckenbauer led Germany's successful bid to host the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] and chaired the [[2006 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee|organizing committee]]. He worked as a pundit for [[Sky Germany]], and for 34 years as a columnist for the tabloid ''[[Bild]]'', both until 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/1-bundesliga/franz-sagt-servus-49414736.bild.html |title=Franz sagt Servus |newspaper=Bild |date=20 December 2016 |language=de |access-date=23 September 2018 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200611/https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/1-bundesliga/franz-sagt-servus-49414736.bild.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning August 2016, he was investigated for fraud and money laundering in connection with the 2006 World Cup.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37246543|title=Franz Beckenbauer investigated for corruption over 2006 World Cup|work=BBC News|date=September 2016|access-date=1 September 2016|archive-date=1 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901172533/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37246543|url-status=live}}</ref> The investigation was closed without a verdict in 2020 as the [[statute of limitations]] expired.<ref name="skyclosed">{{cite news |title=Franz Beckenbauer's trial for corruption charges ends without verdict |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11980034/franz-beckenbauers-trial-for-corruption-charges-ends-without-verdict |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=Sky Sports |date=28 April 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
Franz Anton Beckenbauer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/sport/franz-beckenbauer-der-libero-als-der-kaiser-das-spiel-neu-erfand,ToadWmY |title=Franz, der Libero: Als Beckenbauer das Spiel neu erfand |trans-title=Franz, the Libero: When Beckenbauer reinvented the game |website=BR24 |date=8 January 2024 |access-date=4 January 2025 |language=de}}</ref> was born on 11 September 1945 at a clinic in the [[Maxvorstadt]] borough of [[Munich]], the second son of postal-worker Franz Beckenbauer Sr. and his wife Antonie (née Hupfauf).<ref>{{cite book |first=Uli |last=Hesse |title=The Three Lives of the Kaiser: A Biography of Franz Beckenbauer |date=2024 |orig-date=First published 2023 |publisher=Simon & Schuster UK |location=London |isbn=978-1-4711-8912-8 |pages=14, 18–19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.merkur.de/boulevard/frau-seines-lebens-165274.html |title=Die Frau seines Lebens |trans-title=The woman of his life |newspaper=Münchner Merkur |date=11 January 2006 |access-date=4 January 2025 |language=de}}</ref> He was the youngest of two children, his older brother Walter having been born in 1941, and grew up in the working-class district of [[Giesing]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hesse |title=The Three Lives of the Kaiser: A Biography of Franz Beckenbauer |pages=14, 19}}</ref> Beckenbauer was raised as a Catholic, and was an [[Altar server|altar boy]] in the Munich-Obergiesing [[parish]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gänswein |first=Georg |title=Benedikt XVI. Prominente über den Papst. |publisher=Media Maria |year=2012 |isbn=978-3981444469 |pages=12 |language=de}}</ref> Despite his father's cynicism about the game, Beckenbauer started playing football at the age of nine with the youth team of SC Munich '06 in 1954.<ref name="giesing">Hesse-Lichtenberger, p. 205</ref>

Originally a [[centre-forward]], Beckenbauer idolised [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] winner [[Fritz Walter]] and supported local side [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]], then the pre-eminent team in the city, despite their relegation from the top league, the ''Oberliga Süd,'' in the 1950s. ''"It was always my dream to play for them"'' he would later confirm.<ref name="giesing"/> That he joined the [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] youth team in 1959, rather than that of his favourites' 1860 Munich, was the result of a contentious Under-14 youth tournament in nearby [[Neubiberg]]. Beckenbauer and his teammates were aware that their SC Munich '06 club lacked the finance to continue running its youth sides, and had determined to join 1860 Munich as a group upon the tournament's conclusion. Fortune decreed that SC Munich and 1860 would meet in the final and a series of niggles during the match eventually resulted in a physical confrontation between Beckenbauer and the opposing [[centre-half]]. The ill-feeling this engendered had a strong effect upon Beckenbauer and his teammates, who decided to join Bayern's youth side rather than the team they had recently come to blows with.<ref name="switch">Hesse-Lichtenberger, pp. 204–6</ref>

In 1963, at the age of 18, Beckenbauer was engulfed by controversy when it was revealed that his girlfriend was pregnant and that he had no intention of marrying her; he was banned from the West Germany national youth team by the [[German Football Association|DFB]] and only readmitted after the intervention of the side's coach [[Dettmar Cramer]].<ref name="controversy">Hesse-Lichtenberger, p. 216</ref>

==Club career==
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F025341-0010, Bonn, Landesvertretung Bayern, Fußballmanschaft.jpg|thumb|Beckenbauer (left) after Bayern Munich's [[1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|Cup Winners' Cup]] triumph in 1967]]

Beckenbauer made his debut with Bayern in a [[Bundesliga]] promotion play-off match on the left wing against [[FC St. Pauli]] on 6 June 1964. In his first season in the [[Regionalliga Süd (1963–74)|Regionalliga Süd]] ("Regional League South", then the second level in Germany), 1964–65, the team won the league and was eventually promoted to the Bundesliga.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Jonathan |date=9 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer was a player out of time who made football evolve with him |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2024/jan/09/franz-beckenbauer-was-a-player-out-of-time-who-made-football-evolve-with-him |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Bayern soon became a force in the new German league, winning the [[German Cup]] in 1966–67 and achieving European success in the [[Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1967. Beckenbauer became team captain for the 1968–69 season and led his club to their first league title. He began experimenting with the [[Sweeper (association football)|sweeper]] ''(libero)'' role around this time, refining the role into a new form and becoming perhaps the greatest exponent of the attacking sweeper game.<ref name="FIFA profile"/>

During Beckenbauer's tenure at Bayern Munich, the club won three league championships in a row from 1972 to 1974<ref name = hattricks>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/08/franz-beckenbauer-complete-footballer-coach-der-kaiser-bayern-west-germany-world-cup |title=Franz Beckenbauer was the complete footballer and a triumphant coach |newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 January 2024 |accessdate=10 January 2024 |first=Paul |last=Wilson}}</ref> and also a hat-trick of [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] wins (1974–76)<ref name = hattricks/> which earned the club the honour of [[UEFA badge of honour|keeping the trophy permanently]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Train |first=Rob |date=28 May 2022 |title=When do Champions League winners keep the trophy permanently? |url=https://en.as.com/soccer/when-do-champions-league-winners-keep-the-trophy-permanently-n/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=Diario AS |language=en-us}}</ref>

[[File:Beckenbauer and maradona 1978.jpg|thumb|left|Beckenbauer with [[Diego Maradona]] during a [[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]] friendly in Argentina, November 1978]]

Beginning in 1968, Beckenbauer was called "{{lang|de|der Kaiser}}" ({{gloss|the Emperor}}) by fans and the media.<ref name="FIFA profile"/> The following anecdote is told (even during his lifetime by Beckenbauer himself) to explain the origin: On the occasion of a friendly game of Bayern Munich in [[Vienna]], Austria, Beckenbauer posed for a photo session right beside a bust of the former Austrian emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph I]]. The media called him {{lang|de|Fußball-Kaiser}} ({{gloss|football-emperor}}) afterwards, and soon he was just called {{lang|de|der Kaiser}}. According to a report in the German newspaper {{lang|de|Welt am Sonntag}}, this explanation is untrue, though very popular. According to the report, Beckenbauer fouled his opposite number, [[Reinhard Libuda]] from [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]], in the cup final on 14 June 1969. Disregarding the fans' hooting, Beckenbauer took the ball into the opposite part of the field, where he balanced the ball in front of the upset fans for half a minute. Libuda was commonly called {{lang|de|König von Westfalen}} ({{gloss|king of [[Westphalia]]}}), so the press looked for an even more exalted moniker and invented {{lang|de|der Kaiser}}.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Patrick |last1=Krull |url=https://www.welt.de/print-wams/article132202/Des_Kaisers_falscher_Schluss.html |title=Des Kaisers falscher Schluß |work=[[Welt am Sonntag]] |date=11 September 2005 |access-date=29 March 2008 |language=de |archive-date=15 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615004851/http://www.welt.de/print-wams/article132202/Des_Kaisers_falscher_Schluss.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1977, Beckenbauer accepted a lucrative contract to play in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] (NASL) with the [[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]], playing alongside [[Pelé]] in his debut season. He played with the Cosmos for four seasons up to 1980, and the team won the [[Soccer Bowl]] on three occasions (1977, 1978, 1980).<ref name="FIFA profile"/>

Beckenbauer retired after a two-year spell with [[Hamburger SV]] in Germany (1980–82) with the win of the Bundesliga title that year and one final season with the New York Cosmos in 1983.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Franz Beckenbauer: Germany's World Cup-winning player, coach – DW – 01/08/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/franz-beckenbauer-germanys-world-cup-winning-player-coach/a-67921504 |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>

==International career==
Beckenbauer won 103 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] and scored 14 goals for West Germany.<ref name="FIFA profile"/> He made his debut in a World Cup qualification match against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] in [[Stockholm]] on 26 September 1965, with West Germany winning 2–1.<ref name="FIFA profile"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2022 |title=Beckenbauers Nationalmannschaftsdebüt: "Ich war das Baby" |trans-title=Beckenbauer's national team debut: "I was the baby" |url=http://www.dfb.de/maenner-nationalmannschaft/news-detail/beckenbauers-nationalmannschaftsdebuet-ich-war-das-baby-239429/ |access-date=9 January 2024 |publisher=German Football Association |language=de}}</ref> Beckenbauer scored his first goals for the West Germany national team against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] on 23 March 1966 at [[De Kuip]], Rotterdam; he scored twice as West Germany won 4–2. He was a member of the World Cup squads that finished runners-up in 1966, third place in 1970, and champions in 1974, while also being named to the tournament all-star team in all three editions. He also won the [[1972 European Football Championship]] and finished as runners-up in the [[1976 European Football Championship|1976 edition]]. Beckenbauer became the most [[Cap (sport)|capped]] player for the German national team in 1973, he beat [[Uwe Seeler]]'s record of 72 matches and was overtaken by [[Lothar Matthäus]] in 1993.

===1966 World Cup===
{{Quote box|width=28%|align=right|quote="The message he [Beckenbauer] sent out was: 'Don't even try it. Coming out to face me is a waste of your time.'
 |source =—England 1966 World Cup legend [[Bobby Charlton]].<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=25113/quotes.html | title = Franz Beckenbauer – I was there | publisher = FIFA.com | access-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522142538/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=25113/quotes.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>}}

Beckenbauer appeared in his first [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], playing every match. In his first World Cup match, against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], he scored twice in a 5–0 win.<ref name="FIFA stats"/> West Germany won their group, and then beat [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] 4–0 in quarter-finals, with Beckenbauer scoring the second goal in the 70th minute.<ref name="FIFA stats">{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=25113/ | title = Franz BECKENBAUER | publisher = FIFA.com | access-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522143317/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=25113/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In the semi-finals, the Germans faced the [[USSR national football team|USSR]]; [[Helmut Haller]] opened the scoring, while Beckenbauer netted the second goal of the match, his fourth goal of the tournament, thus contributing to a 2–1 win and helping West Germany advance to the [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] final against hosts [[England national football team|England]].<ref name="FIFA stats"/>

He and [[Bobby Charlton]] were instructed by their respective managers to [[man-mark]] each other, thus cancelling out each other's play.<ref>{{Citation |title=Sir Bobby Charlton: The First Gentleman of Football |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f81tnm |access-date=23 October 2023 |language=en-GB}}</ref> England went on to win [[1966 FIFA World Cup Final|the final]] and the [[Jules Rimet Trophy]] in extra time.<ref name="FIFA profile" /> Still, Beckenbauer was nominated the [[FIFA World Cup awards#FIFA Young Player Award|Best Young Player]] of the tournament,<ref name=":1" /> while also being awarded the [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|Bronze Boot]], together with [[Ferenc Bene]], [[Geoff Hurst]] and [[Valeriy Porkujan]].<ref name="worl_Worl" />

[[File:Franz Beckenbauer 22-6-74.png|thumb|upright|Beckenbauer [[Captain (association football)|captaining]] [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] against [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] at the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]]]

===1970 World Cup===
West Germany won their first three matches before facing England in the second round in a rematch of the 1966 final. The English were ahead 2–0 in the second half, but a spectacular goal by Beckenbauer in the 69th minute helped the Germans recover and equalise before the end of normal time and win the match in extra time.<ref name="FIFA stats"/> West Germany advanced to the semi-finals to face [[Italy national football team|Italy]], in what would be known as the [[Game of the Century (football)|Game of the Century]]. He dislocated his shoulder after being fouled, but he was not deterred from continuing in the match, as his side had already used their two permitted substitutions.<ref name="FIFA profile"/> He stayed on the field carrying his dislocated arm in a sling. The result of this match was 4–3 (after extra time) in favour of the Italians. Germany defeated [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] 1–0 for third place.<ref name="FIFA profile"/>

===1972 European championship===
Beckenbauer became captain of the national side in 1971.<ref name=":0" /> In [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]], West Germany won the [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Championship]], beating the [[USSR national football team|Soviet Union]] 3–0 in the final.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cox |first=Michael |title=How West Germany won Euro 1972: Total Football from one of the great forgotten teams |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5104887/2023/12/03/history-of-euros-west-germany-1972/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=The Athletic |date=22 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

===1974 World Cup===
The [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]] was hosted by [[West Germany]] and Beckenbauer led his side to victory, including a hard-fought 2–1 win over the hotly favoured [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands side]] featuring [[Johan Cruyff]]. Beckenbauer and his fellow defenders man-marked Cruyff so well that the Dutch were never quite able to put their "[[Total Football]]" into full use.<ref name="FIFA profile"/>

Beckenbauer became the first captain to lift the new [[FIFA World Cup Trophy#FIFA World Cup Trophy|FIFA World Cup Trophy]] after Brazil had retained the [[Jules Rimet Trophy]] in 1970.<ref name="FIFA profile"/> This also gave West Germany the distinction of being the first European national team to win the European Championship and World Cup consecutively (two other countries have done it since: [[France national football team|France]] in 2000, and [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] in 2010).<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 August 2023 |title=How many teams have won Euros and World Cup? Women's, men's teams to win tournament double in history {{!}} Sporting News |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/how-many-teams-have-won-euros-and-world-cup-women-men/scl2ic4i7gx6pr2sb2ic7rxc |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=www.sportingnews.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

===1976 European Championship===
In the [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]] competition, West Germany again reached the final, where they lost on penalties to [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]. Beckenbauer was selected in the Team of the Tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=1 January 2020 |title=EURO 1976 Team of the Tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d7d211169ee-d920fa67f6fc-1000--euro-1976-team-of-the-tournament/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref>

Beckenbauer retired from international football in 1977, at the age of 31, following his move to New York Cosmos.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/world-cup-2014/1978-world-cup-argentina-finally-wins/ | title = 1978 World Cup: Argentina finally wins | publisher = sportsnet.ca | date = 8 June 2014 | access-date = 18 June 2014 | first = John | last = Molinaro | archive-date = 14 June 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140614023150/http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/world-cup-2014/1978-world-cup-argentina-finally-wins/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Style of play==
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A complete player, Beckenbauer is regarded by many critics and fans as being one of the greatest players of all time and as Germany's greatest player ever. Considered to have revolutionized the role of a sweeper in football, Beckenbauer was not only brilliant at helping out his fellow defenders and goalkeeper in their duties in protecting the goal from the opponents, but was also equally capable of offensive duties, often being the driving force of said attacks, with his passing range and elegant technique allowing him to operate as a playmaker for Bayern Munich and the West Germany national team. Beckenbauer was also a master of the one-two tactic, in which he'd pass the ball to a teammate and then go past an opponent to collect the ball.

Earlier in his career, Beckenbauer played as a midfielder, and was partnered with [[1. FC Köln]] playmaker [[Wolfgang Overath]] in a two-man midfield for the West Germany national team in the 1966 and 1970 World Cups.

Throughout his career, Beckenbauer stood out for his leadership and fair play, having never received a red card during his time at Bayern.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 February 2024 |title=Analysing Franz Beckenbauer the player |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2024/02/analysing-franz-beckenbauer-the-player |access-date=28 July 2024 |publisher=FC Bayern München}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-1127-023, Leipzig, Bambi-Verleihung, Franz Beckenbauer.jpg|thumb|upright|Beckenbauer receiving the Sports [[Bambi Award]] at the [[Leipzig Opera]], [[Augustusplatz]] in 1990]]

On his return to Germany, Beckenbauer was appointed manager of the [[Germany national football team|West Germany national team]] to replace [[Jupp Derwall]] on 12 September 1984. He took the team all the way to the final of the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]], where they lost to the [[Diego Maradona]] inspired [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]].<ref name="FIFA profile"/>

In 1990, before the [[German reunification]], Beckenbauer managed the last [[Germany national football team]] without East German players in a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], winning the final 1–0, against Argentina, in a rematch of the previous World Cup final. Beckenbauer was one of three men (with [[Mario Zagallo]], and [[Didier Deschamps]]) to have won the Cup as a player and as a manager, and he is the first man and one of only two (with Didier Deschamps) to have won the title as [[team captain]] as well as a manager.<ref name="FIFA profile"/>

Beckenbauer then moved into club management and accepted a job with [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] in 1990, but left the club midway through his first season.<ref name = goethals/><ref>{{Cite web |title=MORT DE FRANZ BECKENBAUER : LE PASSAGE RATÉ DU KAISER À L'OM |url=https://www.cnews.fr/sport/2024-01-08/deces-de-franz-beckenbauer-le-passage-rate-du-kaiser-lom-1438669 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=Cnews|date=8 January 2024 }}</ref> Marseille won the [[1990–91 French Division 1|1990–91 French championship]] and ended runner-up of the [[1990–91 European Cup]] under the management of his successor, [[Raymond Goethals]].<ref name = goethals>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/may/26/raymond-goethals-marseilles-messiah-who-toppled-mighty-milan |title=Raymond Goethals: Marseille's messiah who toppled mighty Milan |newspaper=The Guardian |date=26 May 2020 |accessdate=10 January 2024 |first=Paul |last=Doyle}}</ref>

From 28 December 1993 until 30 June 1994, and then from 29 April 1996 until 30 June of the same year, Beckenbauer managed [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]. His brief spells in charge saw him collect two further honours – the [[Bundesliga]] title in 1994 and the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |first=Michel |last=Chemin |title=Le Bayern prend l'avantage, pas la finale Battus 2–0 à Munich, les Girondins devront refaire, le 15 mai, le coup de Milan |url=http://www.liberation.fr/sports/1996/05/02/le-bayern-prend-l-avantage-pas-la-finalebattus-2-0-a-munich-les-girondins-devront-refaire-le-15-mai-_172783 |work=[[Libération]] |date=2 May 1996 |access-date=29 August 2014 |language=fr |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903181816/http://www.liberation.fr/sports/1996/05/02/le-bayern-prend-l-avantage-pas-la-finalebattus-2-0-a-munich-les-girondins-devront-refaire-le-15-mai-_172783 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Leroux |title=Bordeaux a rêvé, Munich a gagné. Le miracle n'a pas eu lieu. Vainqueur 3–1, le Bayern remporte la Coupe de l'UEFA |url=http://www.liberation.fr/sports/1996/05/16/bordeaux-a-reve-munich-a-gagne-le-miracle-n-a-pas-eu-lieu-vainqueur-3-1-le-bayern-remporte-la-coupe-_171559 |work=Libération |date=16 May 1996 |access-date=29 August 2014 |language=fr |archive-date=23 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123012634/https://www.liberation.fr/sports/1996/05/16/bordeaux-a-reve-munich-a-gagne-le-miracle-n-a-pas-eu-lieu-vainqueur-3-1-le-bayern-remporte-la-coupe-_171559 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1994, Beckenbauer took on the role of club president at Bayern, and much of the success in the following years has been credited to his astute management. Following the club's decision to change from an association to a limited company, he was chairman of the advisory as of since the beginning of 2002. He stepped down as president of Bayern in 2009, being succeeded by long-time general manager [[Uli Hoeneß]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franz Beckenbauer |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/club/fcb-club/franz-beckenbauer |website=FC Bayern Munich}}</ref>

In 1998, Beckenbauer became vice-president of the [[German Football Association]].<ref name="FIFA profile"/> At the end of the 1990s, Beckenbauer headed the successful bid by Germany to organize the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="FIFA profile"/> He chaired the organizational committee for the World Cup and was a commentator for the [[Bild-Zeitung]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer (†78): Nach diesem Foto sahen wir den Kaiser nie wieder |url=https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/fussball/franz-beckenbauer-78-nach-diesem-foto-sahen-wir-den-kaiser-nie-wieder-86681842.bild.html |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=bild.de |language=de}}</ref>

==Financial controversies==
===FIFA inquiries and ban===
[[file:Franz Beckenbauer y Hermes Navarro.JPG|thumb|Beckenbauer (second from left) in 2007]]

In June 2014, Beckenbauer was banned by [[FIFA Ethics Committee]] for 90 days from any football-related activity for allegedly refusing to cooperate with an inquiry into corruption dealing with the allocation of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]] and [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 World Cups]] to Russia and Qatar.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/franz-beckenbauer-provisionally-banned-for-90-days-by-fifa-1.1831771 |title=Franz Beckenbauer provisionally banned for 90 days by Fifa |date=13 June 2014 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=28 April 2016 |archive-date=1 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601185913/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/franz-beckenbauer-provisionally-banned-for-90-days-by-fifa-1.1831771 |url-status=live }}</ref> He protested the ban, as he had requested the questions that were put to him be in German and in writing. The ban was lifted after Beckenbauer agreed to participate in FIFA's inquiry.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/27/franz-beckenbauer-fifa-ban-lifted-2018-2022-world-cup-inquiry | title = Franz Beckenbauer's ban lifted after agreeing to take part in Fifa inquiry | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 27 June 2014 | access-date = 14 July 2014 | archive-date = 13 July 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140713110932/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/27/franz-beckenbauer-fifa-ban-lifted-2018-2022-world-cup-inquiry | url-status = live }}</ref> In February 2016, Beckenbauer was fined CHF 7,000 and warned by FIFA Ethics Committee for failing to cooperate with the inquiry in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35597929 |title=Franz Beckenbauer warned and fined by Fifa's ethics committee |date=17 February 2016 |newspaper=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=28 April 2016 |archive-date=1 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701202616/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35597929 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2016, the Ethics Committee opened formal proceedings against Beckenbauer regarding the awarding of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] to Germany.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/sports/soccer/fifa-opens-ethics-case-against-german-soccer-officials-including-beckenbauer.html?_r=0 |title=FIFA Opens Ethics Case Against German Soccer Officials Including Beckenbauer |last1=Das |first1=Andrew |date=22 March 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=28 April 2016 |archive-date=8 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508075858/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/sports/soccer/fifa-opens-ethics-case-against-german-soccer-officials-including-beckenbauer.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the course of investigations, Swiss officials also found evidence of a payment of at least 1.7 million euro, allegedly from the South African Football Association, to Beckenbauer, via Gibraltar.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dw.com/en/report-swiss-investigators-uncover-dubious-payment-to-beckenbauer/a-37640821 | title = Report: Swiss probe uncovers dubious payment to Beckenbauer | website =dw.com | date = 20 February 2017 | access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref> It was claimed this was a consultancy fee for helping secure the hosting of the 2010 World Cup for South Africa.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/neue-vorwuerfe-gegen-beckenbauer-671570/artikel | title = Neue Vorwürfe gegen Beckenbauer | language = de | website = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | date = 20 February 2017 | access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref>

It also emerged that Beckenbauer, who had claimed to be working for free for the World Cup Organizing Committee of the German Football Association (DFB), had been paid 5.5 million from the income of a sponsorship deal that the German Football Association had made with betting company [[Oddset]] in 2004. No tax had been paid in Germany on the money until the authorities chanced upon it in 2010.<ref name ="Independent_1">{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/one-of-football-s-alltime-greats-franz-beckenbauer-s-legacy-now-lies-in-tatters-following-corruption-allegation-fifa-investigation-a7310396.html | title = One of football's all-time greats, Franz Beckenbauer's legacy now lies in tatters following corruption allegations | website = The Independent | date = 16 September 2016 | access-date = 29 December 2023 | first = Kit | last = Golden}}</ref> Beckenbauer stated he had already paid the tax due on his share in Austria, where he was tax resident.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-everyones-a-loser/a-19554924 | title = Opinion: Everyone's a loser | website = dw.com | date = 15 September 2016 | access-date = 29 December 2023 | first = Stefan | last = Nestler}}</ref>

In 2021, FIFA closed its ethics inquiry against Beckenbauer, as the statute of limitations had expired.<ref name="fifaclosed">{{cite web|title=FIFA Ends Beckenbauer Bribery Probe Due to Statute of Limitations Expiring |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2021/02/25/fifa-franz-beckenbauer-bribery-world-cup-2006-statute-limitations |magazine=Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press |access-date=19 July 2021 |date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

===Alleged bribe from Russia===
In October 2019, Black Mirror Leaks published email correspondence of Russian member of Parliament, Sergey Kapkov, where Beckenbauer and his adviser, Fedor Radmann, were named as recipients of €3&nbsp;million for their votes in favour of Russia as host of the 2018 World Cup. Both allegedly received an additional €1.5&nbsp;million in success fees after the 2018 cup was allocated to Russia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://theins.ru/korrupciya/184754 |title=FIFA Black Mirror leaks (in Russian) |date=29 October 2019 |newspaper=The Insider |access-date=29 October 2019 |archive-date=30 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030114049/https://theins.ru/korrupciya/184754 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Tax issues===
In 1976, Beckenbauer paid 1.6 million D-Marks in back taxes. He had relied on advice to shelter income from tax using a financial structure which was later found to be invalid. In this instance, he was not fined.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/franz-beckenbauer-was-droht-ihm-in-der-dfb-affaere-a-1062234.html | title = Licht weg. Nur noch Gestalt. | language = de | website = Der Spiegel | date = 11 November 2015 | access-date = 29 December 2023 | first1 = Benjamin | last1 = Knaack | first2 = Lukas | last2 = Rilke}}</ref> He claimed in his memoir that the Bavarian Finance Minister Ludwig Huber, who had attended Beckenbauer's 30th birthday party in 1975, had given him tax advice, including about moving to Switzerland. Huber was also president of the state-owned bank and approved a loan of 1 million D-Marks to enable him to pay the back-taxes.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://taz.de/Der-FC-Bayern-und-der-Freistaat/!5653363/ | title = Mia san Steuerhinterzieher | language = de | newspaper = Die Tageszeitung: Taz | date = 5 January 2020 | access-date = 29 December 2023 | last1 = Schlötterer | first1 = Wilhelm }}</ref>

In 1982, Beckenbauer moved to Austria, where tax rates were lower.<ref name ="Independent_1" /> In 1987, Beckenbauer was fined by Swiss authorities for evading taxes while living in Switzerland between 1977 and 1980.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/24/sports/sports-people-beckenbauer-fined.html | title = SPORTS PEOPLE; Beckenbauer Fined | website = The New York Times | date = 24 October 1987 | access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref>

==Media==
During his playing career, Beckenbauer's popularity was such that he was included as a character in [[Monty Python]]'s sketch "[[The Philosophers' Football Match]]" as the sole genuine player and a "surprise inclusion" to the German team. During the match, between famous Greek and German philosophers, instead of actually playing football, the "players" walk in circles contemplating philosophy, while "asking questions", a popular phrase used by English football commentators, much to the confusion of Beckenbauer.<ref>{{cite book | title = Monty Python's Flying Circus: An Utterly Complete, Thoroughly Unillustrated, Absolutely Unauthorized Guide to Possibly All the References | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSFYYKbtDCsC&q=Beckenbauer | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | year = 2008 | first = Darl | last = Larsen | page = 158|isbn = 9780810861312}}</ref>

In a 2013 advertisement for South Korean company [[Samsung]], Beckenbauer appeared as the manager of a Galaxy XI of football players from around the globe, and hands the captain's armband to [[Lionel Messi]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/business/media/samsungs-video-campaign-pits-earths-soccer-stars-vs-aliens.html | title = Samsung's Video Campaign Pits Earth's Soccer Stars vs. Aliens | website = [[The New York Times]] | date = 18 December 2013 | access-date = 24 July 2020 | first = Andrew Adam | last = Newman | archive-date = 24 July 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200724084511/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/business/media/samsungs-video-campaign-pits-earths-soccer-stars-vs-aliens.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Beckenbauer features in EA Sports' [[FIFA (video game series)|''FIFA'' video game series]]; he was included in the ''[[FIFA 15]]'' Ultimate Team Legends.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA 15 Player Ratings – FIFA Ultimate Team Legends|url=https://www.easports.com/fifa/news/2014/fifa-15-player-ratings-fut-legends|publisher=EA Sports|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180715/https://www.easports.com/fifa/news/2014/fifa-15-player-ratings-fut-legends|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Franz Beckenbauer - 2019102190253 2019-04-12 Radio Regenbogen Award 2019 - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0369 - AK8I9538.jpg|thumb|upright|Beckenbauer in 2019]]

Beckenbauer was married three times and had five children, one of whom, [[Stephan Beckenbauer|Stephan]], was a professional footballer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stararticle.com/article_111311_Franz-Beckenbauer-marries-for-third-time.html|title=Franz Beckenbauer marries for third time|access-date=29 May 2008|publisher=www.stararticle.com|archive-date=29 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929020713/http://www.stararticle.com/article_111311_Franz-Beckenbauer-marries-for-third-time.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,428069,00.html|title=Beckenbauer feiert Hochzeit nach|work=Der Spiegel|access-date=29 May 2008|date=22 July 2006|archive-date=3 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903052610/http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,428069,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> who died from a brain tumour on 31 July 2015, at the age of 46.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/fc-bayern-muenchen/article144710830/Stephan-Beckenbauer-ein-Leben-im-Namen-des-Vaters.html|title=Tod mit 46 – Stephan Beckenbauer – ein Leben im Namen des Vaters|language=de|trans-title=Dead at 46 – Stephan Beckenbauer – a life in his Father's name|author=Lars Wallrodt|date=1 August 2015|newspaper=DIE WELT|access-date=1 August 2015|archive-date=3 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503123751/http://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/fc-bayern-muenchen/article144710830/Stephan-Beckenbauer-ein-Leben-im-Namen-des-Vaters.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Stephan's son Luca is also a professional footballer, playing for [[SV Wacker Burghausen]] in the [[Regionalliga Bayern]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Luca Beckenbauer wechselt an die Salzach |url=https://wacker1930.de/luca-beckenbauer-wechselt-an-die-salzach/ |publisher=SV Wacker Burghausen |access-date=26 August 2022 |language=German |date=26 August 2022}}</ref>

A practicing Catholic, Beckenbauer believed that one's soul travels after death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2024-01/germany-franz-beckenbauer-catholic-soccer-great-dies.html|title=Germany mourns Catholic football great Franz Beckenbauer|last=Galgano|first=Mario|website=Vatican News|date=9 January 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=31 January 2024 |title=Uli Hoeneß, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Paul Breitner talk about Franz Beckenbauer |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2024/01/interview-with-uli-hoeness-karl-heinz-rummenigge-paul-breitner-about-franz-beckenbauer |access-date=28 July 2024 |publisher=FC Bayern München}}</ref>

After appearing in an advertisement for a mobile phone company<!--sources, strangely, don't actually specify which company-->, Beckenbauer specifically requested the number 0176 / 666666 for his mobile phone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Emperor's New Phone Number – DW – 08/05/2004 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/the-emperors-new-phone-number/a-1288208 |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> He was soon called by several men who thought it was a [[phone sex]] number (in German, "6" translates to "sechs", sounding similar to "sex").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,455075,00.html|title=Telefonverrückte Fußballer: Kaiserliche Liebes-Hotline|work=Der Spiegel|date=19 December 2006|access-date=29 March 2008|language=de|archive-date=14 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014094142/http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,455075,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Beckenbauer became an honorary consul of [[Kosovo]] in 2011, to help promote Kosovo's campaign for membership of UEFA and FIFA.<ref name=kosovo>{{cite web | url = http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/auslandsfussball/news/:beckenbauer-jetzt-kosovo-ehrenbotschafter/60021144.html | title = Beckenbauer jetzt "Kosovo-Ehrenbotschafter" | language = de | publisher = Financial Times Deutschland | date = 4 March 2011 | access-date = 4 March 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110430041803/http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/auslandsfussball/news/:beckenbauer-jetzt-kosovo-ehrenbotschafter/60021144.html | archive-date = 30 April 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 2016 and 2017, Beckenbauer had cardiac surgery, and received an [[artificial hip]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Franz Beckenbauer musste erneut operiert werden|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article174152762/FC-Bayern-Muenchen-Franz-Beckenbauer-musste-erneut-operiert-werden.html|access-date=3 March 2018|publisher=welt.de|date=3 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304020551/https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article174152762/FC-Bayern-Muenchen-Franz-Beckenbauer-musste-erneut-operiert-werden.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Charity work ===
At the end of his career as a Bundesliga player, Beckenbauer established the foundation ''Franz-Beckenbauer-Stiftung''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Der Stifter |url=https://www.franz-beckenbauer-stiftung.de/der-stifter |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=Franz-Beckenbauer-Stiftung}}</ref> in Hamburg on 15 May 1982 to support the disabled, the sick and people in need. He gave the foundation the [[Gate receipts|gate money]] of 800,000 [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] from his farewell match on 1 June 1982 (Hamburger SV versus Germany national team, which the national team won 4–2), and later added another 200,000 DM.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/fussball/hsv/article235463541/franz-beckenbauer-fussballspieler-trainer-und-investor-der-kaiser-nimmt-abschied-seine-zeit-beim-hsv.html | title = Franz Beckenbauer: Als der 'Kaiser' Abschied vom HSV nahm | language = de | website = abendblatt.de | date = 28 May 2022 | access-date = 28 January 2024}}</ref> In total, Beckenbauer raised more than 20 million euros for the foundation.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/br24sport/abschied-von-franz-beckenbauer-gedenkfeier-in-muenchen-im-re-live/br-de/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvL2UxYmQzZTdkLWVlMDEtNGU5YS1iYzk5LTk3NTBjM2IxMGM5NQ |via=[[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] |publisher=[[BR24|BR24 Sport]] |access-date=28 January 2024 |title=Abschied von Franz Beckenbauer - Gedenkfeier in München im Re-Live |date=19 January 2024}}</ref> His wife, Heidrun, is chairman of the foundation.

== Death ==
Beckenbauer died on 7 January 2024, at the age of 78, due to natural causes as announced by his family in a note sent to [[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer ist tot |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/franz-beckenbauer-gestorben-1.6329940 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=Süddeutsche Zeitung |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 January 2024 |title=Beckenbauer ist tot! |url=https://www.bild.de/sport/2024/sport/franz-beckenbauer-ist-tot-86680998.bild.html |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=Bild |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nakrani |first=Sachin |date=8 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-winning captain and manager, dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/08/franz-beckenbauer-world-cup-winning-captain-and-manager-dies-aged-78 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> A memorial service was held at [[Allianz Arena]] on 19 January.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2024 |title=Thousands gather for Franz Beckenbauer memorial service in Munich |url=https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/19/thousands-gather-for-franz-beckenbauer-memorial-service-at-bayern-munichs-stadium |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Steinmeier: 'Beckenbauer was a godsend for Germany' – DW – 01/19/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/steinmeier-beckenbauer-was-a-godsend-for-germany/a-68029844 |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Gedenkfeier für Franz Beckenbauer | website=[[Der Bundespräsident]] | url=https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/Reden/2024/01/240119-Gedenken-Beckenbauer.html | language=de | access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>

==Legacy==
{{Quote box
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| source = —German tennis player [[Boris Becker]].<ref name="FIFA"/>
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{{Quote box
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| source = —West Germany team-mate [[Günter Netzer]].<ref name="FIFA"/>
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Beckenbauer is widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers in the history of the game.<ref name="FIFA profile"/><ref name="Independent"/> He is the only defender in football history to win the Ballon d'Or twice,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/the-3-defenders-who-have-won-the-ballon-dor-ss | title = 3 defenders who have won the Ballon d'Or | website = sportskeeda | date = 6 January 2020 | access-date = 21 August 2020 | first = Deepungsu | last = Pandit}}</ref> and is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper or ''[[Sweeper (association football)|libero]]'', a defensive player who intervenes proactively in the offensive game of his team.<ref name="libero"/> Named [[European Footballer of the Year]] twice, Beckenbauer was chosen on the [[World Team of the 20th Century]] in 1998, and the [[FIFA World Cup Dream Team]] in 2002.<ref name="wrldallt">{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wrldallt.html | title = World All-Time Teams | date = 24 July 2014 | access-date = 27 July 2014 | first = Marcelo | last = Leme de Arruda | archive-date = 8 February 2011 | website = [[RSSSF]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110208114829/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/wrldallt.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=11759 | title = FIFA Dream Team: Maradona voted top player | publisher = expressindia.com | date = 19 June 2002 | access-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121006001949/http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=11759 | archive-date = 6 October 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

An icon in Germany, and one of only three men ([[Mário Zagallo]] and [[Didier Deschamps]] being the others) to have won the World Cup both as a player and manager, Beckenbauer was praised by former German chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] for winning the World Cup as a player in 1974, winning as manager in 1990, and for playing a leading role in Germany's success of achieving host status of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]].<ref name="FIFA"/> His reputation as an administrator was later tarnished by repeated allegations of bribery.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fifa-aborts-beckenbauer-bribery-prosecution/46403190 | title = FIFA aborts Beckenbauer bribery prosecution | website = Swiss Info| date = 26 February 2021 | access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref>

When Beckenbauer praised [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] manager [[Jürgen Klopp]] in 2019, Klopp said he felt that he had been given [[knight]]hood by a king.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/16/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-franz-beckenbauer-bayern-munich | title = Jürgen Klopp loves it too much at Liverpool to be swayed by Beckenbauer | website = theguardian.com | date = 16 March 2019 | access-date = 9 January 2024}}</ref> After his death in 2024, ''[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]'' declared Beckenbauer to be the "greatest defender ever",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=Mark |date=9 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer: 'Der Kaiser' was the Germany legend who made defending cool |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/franz-beckenbauer-sweeper-legend-germany/blt1760b886a531f182|website=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref> and was praised by many outlets to be one of the greatest players of all time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 January 2024 |title=International press reaction to death of Franz Beckenbauer |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2024/01/international-press-reaction-to-franz-beckenbauer|website=Bundesliga|access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref> On 19 September 2024, it was announced that [[Allianz Arena]]'s address was changed to "Franz Beckenbauer Platz 5" on 1 May 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2024/09/allianz-arena-new-address-to-be-franz-beckenbauer-platz-5 | title = Allianz Arena's new address to be Franz-Beckenbauer-Platz 5 | website = FC Bayern Munich | date = 19 September 2024 | access-date = 20 September 2024}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name=":2" />
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[DFB-Pokal]]
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="15"|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[1963–64 Regionalliga#Regionalliga Süd|1963–64]]
|[[Regionalliga Süd (1963–1974)|Regionalliga Süd]]
|0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6{{efn|Appearances in [[Promotion to the Bundesliga|Bundesliga promotion play-offs]]}}||2||6||2
|-
|[[1964–65 Regionalliga#South|1964–65]]
|Regionalliga Süd
|31||16||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8{{efn|Six appearances and one goal in Bundesliga promotion play-offs, two appearances and one goal in Southern German Cup}}||2||39||18
|-
|[[1965–66 FC Bayern Munich season|1965–66]]
|[[Bundesliga]]
|33||4||6||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||5
|-
|[[1966–67 FC Bayern Munich season|1966–67]]
|Bundesliga
|33||0||5||0||9{{efn|name=CWC|Appearances in [[European Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||47||0
|-
|[[1967–68 FC Bayern Munich season|1967–68]]
|Bundesliga
|28||4||4||0||7{{efn|name=CWC}}||1||colspan="2"|—||39||5
|-
|[[1968–69 FC Bayern Munich season|1968–69]]
|Bundesliga
|33||2||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||2
|-
|[[1969–70 FC Bayern Munich season|1969–70]]
|Bundesliga
|34||6||1||0||2{{efn|name=EC|Appearances in [[European Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||37||6
|-
|[[1970–71 FC Bayern Munich season|1970–71]]
|Bundesliga
|33||3||9||1||8{{efn|Appearances in [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]}}||1||colspan="2"|—||50||5
|-
|[[1971–72 FC Bayern Munich season|1971–72]]
|Bundesliga
|34||6||6||1||7{{efn|name=CWC}}||0||colspan="2"|—||47||7
|-
|[[1972–73 FC Bayern Munich season|1972–73]]
|Bundesliga
|34||6||6||0||6{{efn|name=EC}}||1||5{{efn|Appearances in [[DFL-Ligapokal|DFB-Ligapokal]]}}||0||51||7
|-
|[[1973–74 FC Bayern Munich season|1973–74]]
|Bundesliga
|34||4|||4||0||10{{efn|name=EC}}||1||colspan="2"|—||48||5
|-
|[[1974–75 FC Bayern Munich season|1974–75]]
|Bundesliga
|33||1||3||0||7{{efn|name=EC}}||1||colspan="2"|—||43||2
|-
|[[1975–76 FC Bayern Munich season|1975–76]]
|Bundesliga
|34||5||7||2||9{{efn|name=EC}}||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Super Cup]]}}||0||52||7
|-
|[[1976–77 FC Bayern Munich season|1976–77]]
|Bundesliga
|33||3||4||0||6{{efn|name=EC}}||1||4{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]}}||0||47||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!427!!60!!61!!5!!71!!6!!25!!4!!584!!75
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[New York Cosmos (1971–1985)|New York Cosmos]]
|[[1977 North American Soccer League season|1977]]
|[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]]
|15||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6{{efn|name=NASL-PO|Appearances in [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]] play-offs}}||1||21||5
|-
|[[1978 North American Soccer League season|1978]]
|NASL
|27||8||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6{{efn|name=NASL-PO}}||2||33||10
|-
|[[1979 North American Soccer League season|1979]]
|NASL
|12||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6{{efn|name=NASL-PO}}||0||18||1
|-
|[[1980 North American Soccer League season|1980]]
|NASL
|26||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7{{efn|name=NASL-PO}}||1||33||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!80!!17!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!25!!4!!105!!21
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[1980–81 Bundesliga|1980–81]]
|Bundesliga
|18||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||20||0
|-
|[[1981–82 Hamburger SV season|1981–82]]
|Bundesliga
|10||0||3||0||5{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|—||18||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!28!!0!!5!!0!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!38!!0
|-
|New York Cosmos
|[[1983 North American Soccer League season|1983]]
|NASL
|25||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=NASL-PO}}||0||27||2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!560!!79!!66!!5!!76!!6!!52!!8!!754!!98
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=":2">{{NFT player|16659}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
|1965||3||0
|-
|1966||12||7
|-
|1967||5||0
|-
|1968||9||1
|-
|1969||6||0
|-
|1970||12||2
|-
|1971||9||2
|-
|1972||7||0
|-
|1973||10||1
|-
|1974||15||0
|-
|1975||7||0
|-
|1976||7||1
|-
|1977||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!103!!14
|}

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Beckenbauer goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Franz Beckenbauer<ref name=":2" />
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || rowspan="2"|23 March 1966 || rowspan="2"|[[Rotterdam]], Netherlands || rowspan="2"|{{fb|Netherlands}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–2 || rowspan="2"|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || style="text-align:center"|4–2
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 4 May 1966 || [[Dublin]], Republic of Ireland || {{fb|Republic of Ireland}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || rowspan="2"|12 July 1966 || rowspan="2"|[[Sheffield]], England || rowspan="2"|{{fb|Switzerland}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1966 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup 1966]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || style="text-align:center"|4–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 23 July 1966 || [[Sheffield]], England || {{fb|Uruguay}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || FIFA World Cup 1966
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 25 July 1966 || [[Liverpool]], England || {{fb|USSR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || FIFA World Cup 1966
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || 1 June 1968 || [[Hanover]], West Germany || {{fb|England}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || 14 June 1970 || [[León, Guanajuato|León]], Mexico || {{fb|England}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|3–2 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]]) || [[1970 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup 1970]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || 22 November 1970 || [[Athens]], Greece || {{fb|Greece}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || 22 June 1971 || [[Oslo]], Norway || {{fb|Norway}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|7–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12 || 30 June 1971 || [[Copenhagen]], Denmark || {{fb|Denmark}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13 || 12 May 1973 || [[Hamburg]], West Germany || {{fb|Bulgaria|variant=1971}}|| style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14 || 6 October 1976 || [[Cardiff]], Wales || {{fb|Wales}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
|}

===Managerial record===
{{updated|22 January 2014}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Team
!rowspan="2"| From
!rowspan="2"| To
!colspan="6"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
| 1984<ref name=Nationaltrainer/>
| 1990<ref name=Nationaltrainer/>
{{WDL|66|34|20|12}}
| <ref name=Nationaltrainer>{{cite web|title=Nationaltrainer |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=12338 |publisher=DFB |access-date=22 January 2014 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103170644/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=12338 |archive-date=3 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Olympique de Marseille|Olympique Marseille]]
| 1 September 1990<ref name="Olympique Marseille » Trainerhistorie">{{cite web|title=Olympique Marseille » Trainerhistorie|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te1421/olympique-de-marseille/all-managers/|publisher=World Football|access-date=22 January 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203032255/http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/olympique-marseille/9/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 31 December 1990<ref name="Olympique Marseille » Trainerhistorie"/>
{{WDL|25|16|4|5}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Olympique Marseille » Dates & results 1990/1991|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te1421/olympique-de-marseille/all-matches/|publisher=World Football|access-date=22 January 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203032251/http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/olympique-marseille/1991/3/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| 28 December 1993<ref name="Bayern München - Trainerhistorie"/>
| 30 June 1994<ref name="Bayern München - Trainerhistorie"/>
{{WDL|14|9|2|3}}
| <ref name="Bayern München - Trainerhistorie">{{cite web|title=Bayern München|url=https://www.kicker.de/fc-bayern-muenchen/team-trainer/bundesliga/2013-14|publisher=kicker|access-date=22 January 2014|language=de|archive-date=7 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107231835/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2013-14/bayern-muenchen-14/trainer.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Bayern Munich
| 28 April 1996<ref name="Bayern München - Trainerhistorie"/>
| 30 June 1996<ref name="Bayern München - Trainerhistorie"/>
{{WDL|5|3|0|2}}
| <ref name="Bayern München - Trainerhistorie"/>
|-
! colspan="3"| Total
{{WDLtot|110|62|26|22}}
!—
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Bayern Munich'''<ref name="fussballdaten.de">{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/beckenbauerfranz/1966/ | title = Franz Beckenbauer | language = de | publisher = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 22 January 2015 | archive-date = 16 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150416195350/http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/beckenbauerfranz/1966/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Regionalliga Süd (1963–1974)|Regionalliga Süd]]: [[Regionalliga Süd (1963–1974)|1964–65]]
*[[Bundesliga]]: [[1968–69 Bundesliga|1968–69]], [[1971–72 Bundesliga|1971–72]], [[1972–73 Bundesliga|1972–73]], [[1973–74 Bundesliga|1973–74]]
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[1965–66 DFB-Pokal|1965–66]], [[1966–67 DFB-Pokal|1966–67]], [[1968–69 DFB-Pokal|1968–69]], [[1970–71 DFB-Pokal|1970–71]]
*[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1973–74 European Cup|1973–74]], [[1974–75 European Cup|1974–75]], [[1975–76 European Cup|1975–76]]
*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup|1966–67]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1976 Intercontinental Cup|1976]]

'''New York Cosmos'''<ref name="fussballdaten.de" />
*[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]]: [[Soccer Bowl '77|1977]], [[Soccer Bowl '78|1978]], [[Soccer Bowl '80|1980]]

'''Hamburger SV'''<ref name="fussballdaten.de" />
*[[Bundesliga]]: [[1981–82 Bundesliga|1981–82]]

'''West Germany'''<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/franz-beckenbauer/106485/ | title = F. Beckenbauer | publisher = Soccerway | access-date = 22 January 2015 | archive-date = 6 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181106173819/https://int.soccerway.com/players/franz-beckenbauer/106485/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2015/09/franz-beckenbauers-honours-and-awards-110915 |title=Franz Beckenbauer's honours and achievements |publisher=FC Bayern München |date=11 September 2015 |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]; runner-up: [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]; third place: [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
*[[UEFA European Championship]]: [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]; runner-up: [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]

===Manager===
'''West Germany'''<ref name="fussballdaten.de" />
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]; runner-up: [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]
*[[UEFA European Championship]] Third place: [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]

'''Marseille'''<ref>{{cite web | url = https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2015/09/franz-beckenbauers-honours-and-awards-110915 | title = Franz Beckenbauer's honours and achievements | publisher = FC Bayern Munich | access-date = 11 December 2018 | archive-date = 15 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174931/https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2015/09/franz-beckenbauers-honours-and-awards-110915 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Ligue 1]]: [[1990–91 French Division 1|1990–91]]

'''Bayern Munich'''<ref name="fussballdaten.de" />
*[[Bundesliga]]: [[1993–94 Bundesliga|1993–94]]
*[[UEFA Cup]]: [[1995–96 UEFA Cup|1995–96]]

===Individual===
'''Player'''
*[[Ballon d'Or]]: [[1972 Ballon d'Or|1972]],<ref name="Independent" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2013 |title=Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1972 – Franz Beckenbaueur |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/news/1972-franz-beckenbauer/423391 |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=[[France Football]] |language=fr-FR}}</ref> [[1976 Ballon d'Or|1976]];<ref name="Independent" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2013 |title=Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1976 – Franz Beckenbauer |url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/1976-franz-beckenbauer/423402 |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=France Football |language=fr-R}}</ref> runner-up: [[1974 Ballon d'Or|1974]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2013 |title=Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1974 – Johan Cruyff |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/news/1974-johan-cruyff/423397 |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=France Football |language=fr-FR}}</ref> [[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2013 |title=Palmarès Ballon d'Or – 1975 – Oleg Blokhine |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/news/1975-oleg-blokhine/423401 |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=France Football |language=fr-FR}}</ref> third place: [[1966 Ballon d'Or|1966]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2012 |title=1966 – BOBBY CHARLTON – UNE VICTOIRE D'UNE TRES COURTE TETE |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/Ballon_Or_2011/bo_1966.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104032625/http://www.francefootball.fr/Ballon_Or_2011/bo_1966.php |archive-date=4 January 2012 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=France Football |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
*[[Footballer of the Year (Germany)]]: 1966, 1968, 1974, 1976
*''[[Kicker (sports magazine)|kicker]]'' [[Bundesliga]] Team of the Season: [[1965–66 Bundesliga|1965–66]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1965/66 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196566/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070611/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196566/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1966–67 Bundesliga|1966–67]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1966/67 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196667/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070732/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196667/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1967–68 Bundesliga|1967–68]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1967/68 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196768/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070637/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196768/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1968–69 Bundesliga|1968–69]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1968/69 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196869/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070307/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196869/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1969–70 Bundesliga|1969–70]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1969/70 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196970/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070442/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/196970/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1970–71 Bundesliga|1970–71]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1970/71 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197071/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214064853/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197071/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1971–72 Bundesliga|1971–72]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1971/72 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197172/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070620/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197172/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1972–73 Bundesliga|1972–73]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1972/73 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197273/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070727/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197273/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1973–74 Bundesliga|1973–74]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1973/74 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197374/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214064836/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197374/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1974–75 Bundesliga|1974–75]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1974/75 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197475/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214065349/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197475/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1975–76 Bundesliga|1975–76]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesliga Historie 1975/76 |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197576/startseite.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070738/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197576/startseite.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |access-date=11 December 2018 |publisher=kicker |language=de}}</ref> [[1976–77 Bundesliga|1976–77]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197677/startseite.html|title=Bundesliga Historie 1976/77|language=de|publisher=kicker|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070519/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197677/startseite.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[FIFA World Cup awards#FIFA Young Player Award|FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award]]: [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award |url=http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=award&Id=9 |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=footballdatabase.com}}</ref>
*[[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot]]: [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]<ref name="worl_Worl">{{Cite web |title=World Cup 1966 England – Top Scorer |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co139/se2413/statistics-goals/ |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=worldfootball.net|date=8 January 2024 }}</ref>
*''FUWO European Team of the Season'': 1966,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201967/FUWO%201967%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1967|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref> 1967,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201968/FUWO%201968%20%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1968|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref> 1968,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201969/FUWO%201969%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1969|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref> 1969,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201970/Fuwo%201970%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1970|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref> 1970,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201971/FUWO%201971%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1971|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref> 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201973/FUWO%201973%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1973|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref>
*[[FIFA|FIFA XI]]: 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html |title=FIFA XI´s Matches – Full Info |website=RSSSF |date=20 October 2015 |access-date=26 October 2015 |first=Marcelo |last=Leme de Arruda |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033752/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html |archive-date=17 November 2015 }}</ref>
*''Sport Ideal European XI'': 1971,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1972/01/01/pagina-9/975653/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1971|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref> 1972,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1972/12/31/pagina-15/972425/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1972|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref> 1973,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1974/01/03/pagina-9/995405/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1973|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref> 1974,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1975/01/01/pagina-30/1005843/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1974|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref> 1975,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/unofficial-european-ideal-teams-1971-1980.1985633/ |website=BigSoccer |title=Sport 1975|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref> 1976<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/unofficial-european-ideal-teams-1971-1980.1985633/ |website=BigSoccer |title=Sport 1976|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref>
*[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)#Awards|NASL Most Valuable Player Award]]: [[1977 North American Soccer League season#Post season awards|1977]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1977 |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1977.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713134953/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1977.html |archive-date=13 July 2013 |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=North American Soccer League 1977 Season Summary |url=http://soccerstats.us/c/north-american-soccer-league/1977/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=SoccerStats.us}}</ref>
*[[FIFA Order of Merit]]: 1984<ref name="fifa.com">{{cite web|title=FIFA Order of Merit and Centennial Award|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r&a-awards/01/20/85/43/170490-factsheet-fifaorderofmerit%281984-2010%29_neutral.pdf|access-date=21 January 2015|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324065359/https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/01/20/85/43/170490-factsheet-fifaorderofmerit%281984-2010%29_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[UEFA European Championship awards|UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament]]: [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]],<ref>{{cite news |title=1972 team of the tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7bd0da58f2-d557c23f55fa-1000--euro-1972-team-of-the-tournament/ |work=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref> [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]<ref>{{cite news |title=1976 team of the tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7d211169ee-d920fa67f6fc-1000--euro-1976-team-of-the-tournament/ |publisher=[[UEFA]] |date=21 March 2016 |access-date=2 January 2015 }}</ref>
*[[World Team of the 20th Century]]: 1998<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Gerry |title=ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac |last2=Morrison |first2=Michael |publisher=[[ESPN Books]] and [[Hyperion (publisher)|Hyperion]] (joint) |year=2003 |isbn=0-7868-8715-X |language=en}}</ref>
*[[FIFA World Cup Dream Team]]: 2002<ref name="maradona">{{Cite web |date=10 June 2002 |title=FIFA DREAM TEAM: Maradona voted top player |url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=11759 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006001949/http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=11759 |archive-date=6 October 2012 |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=Express India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Leme de Arruda |first=Marcelo |date=24 July 2014 |title=World All-Time Teams |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wrldallt.html |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
*[[FIFA Order of Merit|FIFA Centennial Player and Football Personality Award]]: 2004<ref name="fifa.com"/>
*[[FIFA 100]]: 2004<ref>{{cite news |date=4 March 2004 |title=Fifa names greatest list |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533833.stm |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=BBC Sport |location=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=4 March 2004 |title=The Fifa 100 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/mar/04/newsstory.sport15 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |location=}}</ref>
*[[Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award]]: 2007<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2007 |title=Federer wins third Laureus prize |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6400707.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817170404/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/6400707.stm |archive-date=17 August 2007 |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
*[[IFFHS]] Universal Genius of World Football: 2007<ref>{{cite web|title=WORLD CUP STATISTICS : APPEARANCES AS PLAYER AND COACH|url=https://iffhs.de/world-cup-statistics-appearances-player-coach/|publisher=IFFHS.com|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806144956/https://iffhs.de/world-cup-statistics-appearances-player-coach|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Golden Foot]]: 2010, as [[Golden Foot#Award legends|football legend]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en |title=Legends |publisher=Golden Foot |access-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120930/http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en |archive-date=25 September 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Marca Leyenda]]: 2012<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prat |first=Irati |date=8 January 2024 |title=Muere Franz Beckenbauer, leyenda del Bayern y del fútbol mundial |url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/bundesliga/2024/01/08/64e5c72fca47413b168b45a3.html |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=Marca |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*[[FIFA Presidential Award]]: 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Beckenbauer receives FIFA Presidential Award 2012 |url=https://www.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=1979202/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906235059/http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=1979202/index.html |archive-date=6 September 2013 |access-date=8 January 2024 |publisher=[[FIFA]]}}</ref>
*[[UEFA President's Award]]: 2012<ref name="UEFA President's Award">{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0255-0f8e705cf955-a181275bddd8-1000--uefa-president-s-award/|title=UEFA President's Award|publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=2 January 2014|access-date=1 June 2017|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106172739/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2050865.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[World Soccer (magazine)#Greatest XI of All Time|World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time]]: 2013<ref name="Greatest XI2">{{cite magazine |date=Summer 2013 |title=The Greatest Team Ever |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101233404/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted |archive-date=1 January 2015 |access-date=8 January 2024 |magazine=World Soccer |pages=41–54}}</ref>
*[[UEFA European Championship Teams of the Tournament#All-time Euro XI|UEFA Euro All-time XI]]: 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d813794a987-97623277ab50-1000--your-all-time-euro-11-revealed/|title=Your All-time EURO 11 revealed|publisher=UEFA|date=7 June 2016|access-date=8 June 2016|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626232029/https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2371381.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll]] second place: 2004<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 April 2004 |title=Zinedine Zidane voted top player by fans |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/171606.pdf |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=FIFA}}</ref>
*[[France Football]]'s Football Player of the Century sixth place: 1999<ref name="rsssf.org">{{cite web|title=The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/best-x-players-of-y.html|access-date=17 December 2021|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=31 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231035356/https://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/best-x-players-of-y.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[World Soccer (magazine)#Greatest Players of the 20th century|World Soccer Greatest Players of 20th century]] fourth place: 1999<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 1999 |title=Century of Soccer: Readers' Poll |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210404034430/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html |archive-date=4 April 2021 |access-date=8 January 2024 |magazine=World Soccer |publisher=England Football Online |pages=12–17}}</ref>
*[[World Soccer (magazine)#Eric Batty's World XI|Eric Batty's World XI]]: 1966,<ref name="BTLM60s">{{cite web |date=29 April 2013 |title=Eric Batty's World XI – The Sixties |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/04/29/eric-battys-world-xis-the-sixties/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220354/https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/04/29/eric-battys-world-xis-the-sixties/ |archive-date=22 June 2018 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=Beyond The Last Man}}</ref> 1967,<ref name="BTLM60s" /> 1968,<ref name="BTLM60s" /> 1969,<ref name="BTLM60s" /> 1971,<ref name="BTLM70s">{{cite web |date=7 November 2013 |title=Eric Batty's World XI – The Seventies |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/11/07/eric-battys-world-xis-the-seventies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705040250/https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/11/07/eric-battys-world-xis-the-seventies/ |archive-date=5 July 2022 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=Beyond The Last Man}}</ref> 1972,<ref name="BTLM70s" /> 1973,<ref name="BTLM70s" /> 1974,<ref name="BTLM70s" /> 1975,<ref name="BTLM70s" /> 1976,<ref name="BTLM70s" /> 1977<ref name="BTLM70s" />
*[[IFFHS World Team#All-time Men's Dream Team (2021)|IFFHS All-time Men's World Dream Team]]: 2021<ref name="Dream Team">{{cite web |date=22 May 2021 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD MEN'S DREAM TEAM |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1110 |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=IFFHS}}</ref>
*[[IFFHS World Team#All-time Men's Dream Team (2021)|IFFHS All-time Men's European Dream Team]]: 2021<ref>{{cite web |date=29 May 2021 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME EUROPE MEN'S DREAM TEAM |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1121 |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=IFFHS}}</ref>
*[[IFFHS World Team#Men Team of the Century (1901–2000)|IFFHS Men Team of the Century (1901–2000)]]: 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM OF THE XXth CENTURY (1901-2000) |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1060 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528224421/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1060 |archive-date=28 May 2021 |access-date=8 November 2021 |website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
*[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS World Player of the Century]] third place: 2000<ref name="IFFHS">{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html | title = IFFHS' Century Elections | website = RSSSF | date = 30 January 2000 | access-date = 21 August 2020 | first = Karel | last = Stokkermans | archive-date = 23 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180923101613/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS European Player of the Century]] second place: 2000<ref name="IFFHS" />
*[[IFFHS]] Legends: 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/iffhs-has-announced-the-48-football-legend-players/|title=IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players|publisher=IFFHS|date=25 January 2016|access-date=14 September 2016|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924082150/https://iffhs.de/iffhs-has-announced-the-48-football-legend-players/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Bayern Munich All-time XI: 2005<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fcbayern.de/en/news/news/2005/04283.php|title=Fans name greatest reds of all time|date=1 June 2005|work=FC Bayern München|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-date=3 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103224332/http://www.fcbayern.de/en/news/news/2005/04283.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Germany's Sports Hall of Fame]]: 2008<ref name="spieg">{{cite web |date=6 May 2008 |title='Hall of Fame' Sparks Controversy: Germany Launches Valhalla of Sporting Legends |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/hall-of-fame-sparks-controversy-germany-launches-valhalla-of-sporting-legends-a-551813.html |accessdate=10 January 2024 |publisher=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ballon d'Or Dream Team#First Team|Ballon d'Or Dream Team]]: 2020<ref>{{cite web |last=Crépin |first=Timothé |title=Ballon d'Or Dream Team : Découvrez les révélations de ce onze de légende ! |url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Ballon-d-or-dream-team-decouvrez-les-revelations-de-ce-onze-de-legende/1205748 |website=[[France Football]] |language=fr |date=14 December 2020 |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
* Central defender in [[Johan Cruyff#Cruyff's favourite World XI|Cruyff's Favourite World XI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/10607132/johan-cruyff-picks-all-time-world-xi-pep-guardiola-makes-the-team|title=Johan Cruyff picks all-time world XI: Pep Guardiola makes the team|date=6 October 2016|access-date=27 November 2025|author1=Adam Bate|author2=Leon Yearwood|website=Skysports}}</ref>

'''Manager'''
*[[World Soccer Awards|World Soccer Awards Manager of the Year]]: 1990<ref name="PrevWinners">{{cite web |date=15 December 2011 |title=World Soccer Awards: Previous Winners |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-previous-winners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609152345/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-previous-winners |archive-date=9 June 2012 |access-date=10 January 2024 |publisher=World Soccer}}</ref>
*[[World Soccer (magazine)#Greatest Managers of All Time|World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time]]: 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Manager of all time|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-341473|publisher=World Soccer|author=Jamie Rainbow|date=4 July 2013|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404072546/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-341473|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Greatest XI">{{cite web|title=The Greatest XI: how the panel voted|url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted|publisher=World Soccer|author=Jamie Rainbow|date=2 July 2013|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101233404/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Sportsperson'''
*''[[Placar]]'' (2013): "Biggest genius" in the history of football<ref>{{cite web |last=Rozenberg |first=Marcelo |date=1 March 2013 |title=Franz Beckenbauer |url=https://terceirotempo.uol.com.br/que-fim-levou/franz-beckenbauer-596 |access-date=22 February 2024 |website=Terceiro Tempo |language=pt}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]
* [[List of UEFA Cup winning managers]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|author=Hesse-Lichtenberger, Ulrich|author-link=Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger|title=Tor! The Story of German Football|location = London|publisher=WSC Books|year=2002|isbn=0-9540134-3-3}}

== Literature ==
* Beckenbauer, Franz and Dettmar Cramer, ''Nicht nur ein Spiel!'' Reinbek: Rowohlt, 2006, {{ISBN|3-498-00640-1}}.
* Körner, Torsten, ''Franz Beckenbauer – der freie Mann''. Scherz, Frankfurt 2005, {{ISBN|3-502-18391-0}}.
* Kratzert, Armin: ''Beckenbauer taucht nicht auf''. Roman. Kirchheim Verlag, München 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-87410-119-6}}
* Kummermehr, Petra (Hrsg.): ''Das Buch Franz. Botschaften eines Kaisers''. Diederichs, München 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-424-35063-0}}.
* {{cite book | last=Suling | first=Nils | title=Wir Helden von Rom. Die wahre Geschichte der WM 1990 – erzählt von den Weltmeistern | date=4 November 2023 | publisher=Edel Sports - ein Verlag der Edel Verlagsgruppe | isbn=978-3-98588-080-5 | language=de}}

==External links==
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*[https://datencenter.dfb.de/en/data-center/people/franz-beckenbauer/player Profile] at the German Football Association website
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