Bayern Munich's home stadium will be on Franz Beckenbauer Square after the city government decided to honor the German soccer great by renaming the area around the Allianz Arena.

A street next to Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena stadium will be renamed to honour German football great Franz Beckenbauer who died earlier this year, the city council announced Thursday.Part of the street,

Part of the street, currently called Werner Heisenberg Allee, which runs alongside the stadium in the north of the city will be renamed Franz Beckenbauer Platz. The Munich City Council announced the change will take effect on the first anniversary of his death,