General
The history of our club goes back to 1998. On January 19, a freezing cold Monday, seven ice hockey enthusiasts from Munich met in the kitchen of a house in the Lerchenau district. It was the birth of what was then HC München 98. Five promotions, the move to the venerable Olympia Ice Stadium and the renaming to EHC München followed within a short space of time. It was an eventful time, with the next highlight coming in 2010. The club was promoted to the PENNY DEL, making the leap from the lowest to the highest German league in just twelve years. By qualifying for the first play-off round, the team from the Bavarian capital even became the most successful promoted team to date.
Red Bull became the sole shareholder on May 1, 2013. Since then, the club has operated under the name EHC Red Bull München. The 2015/16 season heralded the most successful era in the club's eventful history to date: coach Don Jackson's team celebrated its first German championship on April 22, 2016 against the Grizzlys Wolfsburg. The following year, the Red Bulls succeeded in defending their title in another duel with the Lower Saxons. Munich also made it to the final in the 2017/18 season, this time against Eisbären Berlin. The hard-fought series reached its climax at the Olympia-Eisstadion. In front of a home crowd, Munich decided the all-important game of the best-of-seven series in its favor and thus lifted the trophy for the third time in a row. In 2019, the Red Bulls became the first and so far only German team to reach the Champions League final. In the final on February 5, however, Don Jackson's team was beaten 3:1 by Swedish representative Frölunda HC from Gothenburg. The fourth German championship then followed in the 2022/23 season. The Red Bulls beat ERC Ingolstadt 4:1 in the final series and decided the title with a 3:1 victory in game five on April 23, 2023. Munich have played their home games at the SAP Garden since the 2024/25 season.
Brief info
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First competitive game: Our club made its debut on October 25, 1998 against the second team of ESC Dorfen.
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First goal: The first goal in the club's history was scored by founding member Sebastian Schwele.
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Highest victory: In the 1998/99 district league season, the team won 27:1 against EC Geisenhausen.
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Sporting promotion: In 2010, Munich made the leap into the PENNY DEL by winning the second division championship.
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First DEL goal: Stéphane Julien scored Munich's first goal in the German Ice Hockey League on September 3, 2010 against Adler Mannheim.
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World record: Ice hockey history was written on November 21, 2010. In the longest penalty shootout to date, Munich only lost to the Straubing Tigers after the 42nd penalty.
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Debut in Europe: Red Bull Munich competed in the Champions League for the first time in the 2015/16 season.
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German champion 2016: Red Bull Munich clinched its first championship with a sweep. The best-of-seven series against Wolfsburg went to Munich 4:0.
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German champions 2017: On their mission to defend the title, the Red Bulls once again faced the Lower Saxons - and swept the Grizzlies 4:1 after games.
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German champions 2018: In a heart-stopping final, Munich defeated Eisbären Berlin in Game 7 in front of their home crowd to celebrate their third championship in a row.
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Champions League final 2019: Munich was the first and so far only German team to reach the final of the Champions League. However, Don Jackson's team was beaten 3:1 by Swedish representative Frölunda HC from Gothenburg in the final on February 5.
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German champions 2023: In a strong final series against ERC Ingolstadt, the Red Bulls prevailed 4:1 in the and celebrated the fourth championship in the club's history.
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DEL record player: Daryl Boyle is our record player with 514 games in the PENNY DEL.
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DEL record goalscorer: With 160 DEL goals and 113 goals for the Red Bulls, Trevor Parkes is the most successful goalscorer in the club's history to date (as of October 10, 2023)
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Highest DEL victory: The Red Bulls won twice in the 2021/22 season with 9:1 - on February 25, 2022 against the Bietigheim Steelers and against ERC Ingolstadt (March 27, 2022).
Greatest successes
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DEB Cup winner 2010
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Champion of the 2nd Bundesliga 2009/10
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Sporting promotion to the DEL 2010
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German champion 2016
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German champion 2017
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German champion 2018
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Champions League finalist 2019
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German champion 2023
