Erwin Stein (footballer)
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National team, 1959
As 10 year old boy Erwin Stein started to play football at SG Bornheim Later he moved to Olympia 07 and played from 1954 on at SpVgg Griesheim 02. 24 years old, the striker was capped by Bundestrainer Sepp HerbergerSepp Herberger
Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager...
and his assistant Georg Gawliczek
Georg Gawliczek
Georg Gawliczek was a German football manager and former player.- References :...
for the match of the German amateur national team against the Netherlands April 15, 1959 in Enschede. The pacy attacker with the straight shot played well and netted twice at the 2-0. Due to the final round of the German championship starting on May 16, national team manager Herberger picked the Hessian amateur player for the friendly match against Poland in Hamburg. Coming in in the 63rd minute, Stein scored the equaliser in the 81st minute, the final result. On May 27 he was capped for the second time for the amateur national team. He netted both goals at the 2-0 victory against England. When the Luxembourg celebrated the 50th anniversary there was scheduled a match between a Belgian and a German XI. Belgium won 3-1 but Stein scored the only goal for the DFB squad. In the final of the German championship Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
played on June 28, 1959 against Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun...
. Eintracht won in overtime 5-3. The striker Eckehard Feigenspan
Eckehard Feigenspan
Eckehard Feigenspan is a former German footballer who has been twice capped for Germany's B squad.- German championship 1959 :...
netted three times for Frankfurt. For Feigenspan moved to TSV 1860 München
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...
, the Eintracht board negotiated intensely with the goalgetter from Griesheim 02. Stein signed for the Riederwald club for the 1959-60 and was therefore not eligible for the German amateur national team. Since the qualification matches for the 1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
took place in November 1959 against Finland and Poland, it was a blow for DFB's plans to take part at the Olympics. Erwin Stein debuted for the Eagles on August 23, 1959 at Eintracht's first season match against SpVgg Fürth. He contributed two goals to the 5-3 victory of Frankfurt. He carried on to show his scoring qualities in the Oberliga Süd but Sepp Herberger
Sepp Herberger
Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager...
never called him up again. At the end of the Oberliga season 1959-60 he amounted 24 goals, plus he managed to enter the European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
final
1960 European Cup Final
The 1960 European Cup Final was the fifth final in the history of the European Cup, and was contested between Real Madrid of Spain and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest football matches ever played. Madrid won 7–3 in front of a crowd of 135,000 people at...
on May 18, 1960 at Glaswegian
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
Hampden Park
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
against Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
, scoring two goals at the 3-7 loss against legendary José Santamaria
José Santamaria
José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias is an Spanish-Uruguayan former football player and coach. He is regarded by many as one of the all-time greatest central defenders...
(nickname "the wall"). His sportive performances were great but Herberger never forgave him the "escape" from the amateur national team.
Eintracht Frankfurt, 1959-66
In seven years at Eintracht Erwin Stein appeared 342 times (friendlies included) and netted 267 times. In the Oberliga Süd he played from 1959 until 1963 in 107 matches and managed to score 75 goals. Between 1961 and 1962 he could became runner-up in the Southern Oberliga and played in the final round with Eintracht. In the Fußball-BundesligaFußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
he had two more good seasons between 1963 and 1965. He bid farewell as an Eintracht active player on September 4, 1965 at Hannover 96
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...
, playing with Jürgen Grabowski and Wolfgang Solz
Wolfgang Solz
Wolfgang Solz is a German former professional football winger.-Eintracht Frankfurt:The youth internationalist moved from Union Niederrad to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1958. The first season he had to spend in the youth team due to transfer regulations. From the 1959–60 campaign on, Solz was an...
. From 1963 until 1966 he contributed 14 goals in Bundesliga 41 matches for the Hessian
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
team. In he could reach the DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
final against 1860 München on June 13, 1964 which the Eagles 0-2 to the Lions.
SV Darmstadt 98, 1966-69
The 31 years aged old hand played three seasons in the Regionalliga SüdRegionalliga Süd
The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...
for the "Lilies
SV Darmstadt 98
SV Darmstadt 98 is a German association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919 the association was briefly known as Rasen-Sportverein Olympia before merging with Darmstädter Sport Club 1905 on 11 November that year to...
". In 83 fixtures he scored 18 goals, playing as midfielder.