Overview

• His No. 5 shirt is retired and displayed at the Allianz Arena, the German Supercup and a stadium plaza carry his name, and an overlife-size statue is planned to be unveiled in his honor.
• Beckenbauer died on 7 January 2024 and would have turned 80 on 11 September 2025.
• The two-time World Cup winner reshaped the libero role, drew fulsome praise from Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, and received a posthumous Ballon d’Or lifetime award in 2024.
• As FC Bayern president from 1994 to 2009, he helped modernize the club, including the 2002 spin-off of the football division into an Aktiengesellschaft that underpinned professionalization and stadium financing.
• Public remembrance remains strong with about 30,000 attending his Allianz Arena memorial, his foundation continues its work under patron Bastian Schweinsteiger, and unresolved questions over the 2006 World Cup bid still temper the narrative.