TSV 1860 Munich
| Full name | Turn- und Sportverein von 1860 | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Die Löwen (The Lions) Sechzig (Sixty) Die Sechzger (The Sixties) Weiß und Blau (White and Blue) Die Blauen (The Blues) | |||
| Founded | 17 May 1860, football on 6 March 1899 | |||
| Ground | Grünwalder Stadion | |||
| Capacity | 15,000 | |||
| Owner | HAM International Limited (60%) TSV München e.V. (40%) | |||
| President | Robert Reisinger | |||
| Head coach | Patrick Glöckner | |||
| League | 3. Liga | |||
| 2024–25 | 3. Liga, 11th of 20 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München (German pronunciation: [ˌteːʔɛsˈfaʊ ˌʔaxtseːnˈhʊndɐt ˈzɛçtsɪç ˈmʏnçn̩]; sechzig locally [ˈzɛçtsɪk]; lettered as Achtzehnhundertsechzig München) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of the German football pyramid. Their current home ground is the Grünwalder Stadion, having first moved there in 1911 and spent much of their history there.
The sports club was established in its current form in 1860, adding a football department in 1899. 1860 emerged as a competitive force during the 1920s and 1930s, capturing the 1942 Tschammerpokal (now DFB-Pokal). Unlike local rivals Bayern Munich, they were a founding member of the Bundesliga in 1963 and subsequently enjoyed a golden era. They won the 1964 DFB-Pokal, the 1966 Bundesliga and finished as league runners-up in 1967.
Relegations and financial instability have defined the club's history since 1970, including a drop to amateur football in 1982 and a financial crisis in 2017. A brief revival saw them return to the Bundesliga in the 1990s, peaking with a fourth-place finish in 2000 and UEFA competition appearances. Mounting debt and a 16th-place finish in the 2016-17 2. Bundesliga led to investor Hasan Ismaik refusing to pay for their 3. Liga license. Despite administrative relegation to the fourth tier, they achieved 3. Liga promotion the following season.
1860 Munich are nicknamed Die Löwen (The Lions) and Die Blauen (The Blues), having played in sky-blue kits for most of their history. Their longest-standing and fiercest rivalry is with Bayern Munich, against whom they contest the Munich derby. 1860 shared Grünwalder with Bayern from 1925 to 1972, when both clubs moved to the Olympiastadion. The following decades saw 1860 switch between the two grounds several times. In 2005, Bayern and 1860 moved to the newly-built Allianz Arena. Bayern terminated 1860's rental agreement following their 2017 relegation, after which they returned to Grünwalder.