Bayern have already started the process by donating €1million (£735,000) to refugee integration projects, and will now create a training camp where migrants will be offered “financial, material and practical assistance”.
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Thousands have crossed into Germany via Hungary and Austria with Munich’s train station one of the main points of entry.
Europe is struggling as its worst refugee crisis since World War Two polarises the 28-member EU, which has no effective system to cope with the arrival of hundreds of migrants.
“Bayern Munich see it as their sociopolitical duty to help the distressed children, women and men who are being forced to flee their homes, to support them and to accompany them in Germany”, said Bayern’s chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
Bayern have vowed to open a “training camp” in the coming weeks which is open to homeless refugees and will provide football equipment, German classes and meals. The selection of the refugee projects will be taken in consultation with the Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and Munich’s Mayor Dieter Reiter. “I’m delighted by the club’s great engagement, which is why I am also pleased to commit the support of the City of Munich”.
A record 104,460 asylum seekers entered Germany in August, and it is expected about 800,000 people will file for asylum this year – four times last year’s level.
The supportive stance towards refugees in German football was demonstrated in the stands this weekend with many fans who displayed “Refugees Welcome” banners at stadiums across the country.
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The German football association (DFB) on Wednesday issued a video message condemning any attacks on migrants or on their accommodation in Germany as well as any form of xenophobia.
