Founded in 1946, Bayern's basketball section had early success in the 1950s and 1960s, before mostly disappearing from the national first level in the following three decades.

FC Bayern Munich Basketball also has a reserve team that plays in German third-tier level ProB.

The basketball section was founded in 1946 after one former football player started the team after retiring from his former sport.

For a long time after that, the club never completely recovered, and only had a few successful years (Bayern moved up to the Basketball Bundesliga in 1987, and stayed there until 1989).

[3] Two years later, in 2010, Bayern Munich's club members voted in favor of a one-time financial injection in the team, with the aim of bringing it back to the first division.

[4] Success in the domestic area followed quickly,[5] as in the 2012–13 season the club reached the BBL semifinals, where it lost 3–2 against the reigning champions Brose Baskets.

On 18 June 2014, Bayern won its third national title when it beat Alba Berlin 3–1 in the Finals.

The team's home arena for EuroLeague games is called SAP Garden, which seats 12,500 spectators.