Franz Beckenbauer was 78-years-old. Getty Images. In his first World Cup as player in 1966, West Germany lost the final to host England as Beckenbauer chased Bobby Charlton around the field having ...

Revolutionary soccer player Franz Beckenbauer, one of the few men to win the World Cup as both as a player and a coach, has died at the age of 78, according to the German football federation (DFB).

BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation has been convicted of tax evasion related to its successful 2006 World Cup bid. It ...

Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach and became one of Germany’s most beloved personalities with his easygoing charm, has died. He was 78.

FILE - Soccer legends Franz Beckenbauer, left, and Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, known as Pele, embrace during a news conference Friday, April 7, 2006, in New York. Germany's World Cup-winning ...

A year on from his passing, Bayern have done pretty much everything they can do to honor their biggest legend. For one, the Allianz Arena’s address has now officially been changed to Franz ...

Franz Beckenbauer was Germany’s most beautiful and important footballer – no one will get close. By Raphael Honigstein. Jan. 9, 2024. Growing up in bombed-out Munich after the Second World War ...

The German soccer federation (DFB) has been convicted of tax evasion linked to its 2006 World Cup bid, concluding a ...

But if one had to pick Bayern’s greatest ever player, odds are he or she would choose Franz Beckenbauer. Der Kaiser was synonymous as Bayern’s biggest legend for the last half century.