Hennes Weisweiler
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Hans "Hennes" Weisweiler (December 5, 1919, Lechenich
, Rhine Province
– July 5, 1983 in Zürich
, Switzerland
) was a German football (soccer)
player and coach.
With 11 titles, 8 thereof with German clubs, he is one of the most successful coaches of all time. But his influence went well beyond. At the German Sports Academy in Cologne he was between 1957 and 1970 responsible for the training of hundreds of coaches from all over the world. In 2005 the training centre for coaches there was named in his honour Hennes-Weisweiler-Academy.
His work will remain most closely associated with the fortunes of Borussia Mönchengladbach
in the 1960s and 70s and 1. FC Köln
in the 1950s and the second half of the 1970s. He is also famous for having unearthed the talents of many outstanding football players, such as Günter Netzer
, Berti Vogts
, Jupp Heynckes
, Rainer Bonhof
, Allan Simonsen
, Uli Stielike
, and many more.
In 1955 he returned to the club for another three years as head coach, but left in 1958 to join local rivals Viktoria Köln, which also played in the Oberliga, but the club remained in the shadow of the 1. FC. After the foundation of the Bundesliga in 1963 Viktoria played in the second German division and with place four achieved its best ever ranking in the last year of Weisweiler's reign of the club.
. The club still held relatively fresh memories from its one and only major title, the win in the German cup of 1960, but found itself after the inception of the Bundesliga in the second division where it finished just 8th in the previous year.
But he finds a team with some exciting local talent, such as the 19 year old Günter Netzer
and Jupp Heynckes
. Also Bernd Rupp and Herbert Laumen were notable and should at a later stage also feature in the national team. Inside a year Borussia ends on top of the league and gains promotion to the Bundesliga.
With the beginning of the new season another remarkable 19 year old was to join the team: Berti Vogts
. But the first years in the Bundesliga remain learning years. Despite the later addition of another talented man named Herbert Wimmer
Borussia only achieves the 13th and 8th places in the league. In its third year the club grabs for the first time the attention of a wider audience and finishes third, despite losing Heynckes to Hannover 96
. The team, by now famed for their attacking style, manages to repeat this success in the following year. At the beginning of the 1969-70 they are even widely tipped as being the holders Bayern Munich's main rival for the Championship, even more so as the defense could be strengthened, e.g., with international Ludwig Müller
, and the attack reinforced with the addition of Danish international Ulrik Le Fevre
. Most important however was that the talents like Horst Köppel
, himself a Borussia coach in decades to come, have reached sufficient maturity to hold their own on the highest level. Decisive was also Weisweiler's ability to find and add further gifted young players seemingly at will. This "youth culture" eventually gave Borussia the nickname they still carry today: the Foals.
Indeed, by the end of the year the team was champion for the first time and another twelve months later the club from the small town
became the first side in Bundesliga history to defend the title. With a 4-1 away win in Frankfurt
the Borussia could fend of a late Bayern challenge on the last matchday.
Their first European Champions Cup
participation ended in the second round when after two 1-1 draws with Everton Borussia lacked the necessary luck in the penalty shoot-out. This was unfortunate. Their second challenge ended in heartbreak. This time Helenio Herrera
's catenaccio
specialists Inter Milan came to visit the Bökelberg stadium. After 90 minutes an unstoppable Borussia had wiped them off 7-1! But!!! During the course of the match Inter's Roberto Boninsegna
was allegedly hit by an empty soft drink can and had himself spectacularly stretcherd off. Note, that there was no real evidence of this fact apart from an empty drink can being presented to the referee and some accompanying words from Inter officials. Anyway, the UEFA annulled the match and had it repeated after the return match on neutral ground in Berlin
. Inter won the return match against a Borussia seemingly shocked by this decision with 4-2 and managed to defend a 0-0 in the Berlin match.
Also in the Bundesliga it was not the year of the Foals. Only three days after the initial triumph against Inter they defeated the surprise team of the season and vice-champion in the making, Schalke 04, dashingly with 7-0, but Bayern Munich got the title and Borussia ended up third. Before the season Borussia had to let Dietrich, Horst Köppel
and Herbert Laumen
go and thus all parts of the team were crucially weakened, as new talents such Rainer Bonhof
and Dietmar Danner were not yet in a position to fill the gaps.
The 1972-73 season saw a further restructuring of the team. This time experienced players such as Ulrik Le Fevre
left the club. New to the team were two young Danish forwards: Henning Jensen
and Allan Simonsen
. Whilst the first one made an immediate impact, the 19 year old diminutive lightweight Simonsen was immediately regarded a dud by everyone who had an opportunity to see him in one of his rare appearances. Weiserweiler's expressions of belief in the player where met with general disbelief. Only five years later Simonsen should be Europe's Player of the Year and history regards him these days as the greatest player ever from Denmark.
However, the season was overshadowed by the first great conflict of Weisweiler with his star. Günter Netzer
was alongside his club mates Herbert Wimmer
and Jupp Heynckes
part of the stunning German side that won the 1972 European Football Championship in Belgium, and many thought he was this tournaments most glamorous player. Essentially, in Weisweiler's teams, if there was a star it was supposed to be him. The conflict ended in divorce and a few weeks before the end of the season Netzer's departure to Real Madrid
was announced. There was still one important match to go: the cup final in Düsseldorf
, not just against anyone, but Weisweiler's original club 1. FC Köln
. The atmosphere was highly emotionally charged. The coach left Netzer on the bench. Nevertheless, the match evolved into probably the greatest of all German cup finals. Despite a temperature of 35° both teams played fully devoted to attack, but on both sides the keepers, Borussia's Wolfgang Kleff
and Cologne's Gerhard Welz performed absolute world class, the latter even saving a penalty by Heynckes in the second half. In the short break before extra time Netzer stepped on the field and approached the exhausted Kulik and told him that his match is over and put himself into the team. When the referee restarted the match Netzer, in his first possession of the ball, scored the stunning, unforgettable winner for Borussia after a give and go with Bonhof. Thus ended one of football's great associations - the sour end of it probably also being a factor why Borrussia only ended up fifth in the league that season.
Interpersonal issues out of the way, Hennes Weisweiler had more time again for teambuilding. This paid off when a consolidated Borussia ended the 1973-74 season second. Again, Weisweiler managed to infuse new talent into his side, Uli Stielike
being probably the most remarkable in this phase. He ended up later in Netzer's footsteps at Real Madrid.
The new found harmony also helped Weisweiler to a formidable farewell season. With 86 goals, never before and never again achieved by the club, the team cruised to the championship. To boot, Borussia got also their first international title when after a disappointing 0-0 draw at home FC Twente
from Enschede was wiped off 5-1 in the second leg of the UEFA Cup
final. Thus ended an exciting eleven years of Hennes Weisweiler in Mönchengladbach, a time in which he undelibly engraved the club in German and even European football history, a time in which Borussia Mönchengladbach spilled out first class talents in an unrivalled fashion.
Erftstadt
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, Rhine Province
Rhine Province
The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg...
– July 5, 1983 in Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
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) was a German football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
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player and coach.
With 11 titles, 8 thereof with German clubs, he is one of the most successful coaches of all time. But his influence went well beyond. At the German Sports Academy in Cologne he was between 1957 and 1970 responsible for the training of hundreds of coaches from all over the world. In 2005 the training centre for coaches there was named in his honour Hennes-Weisweiler-Academy.
His work will remain most closely associated with the fortunes of Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
in the 1960s and 70s and 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
in the 1950s and the second half of the 1970s. He is also famous for having unearthed the talents of many outstanding football players, such as Günter Netzer
Günter Netzer
Günter Theodor Netzer is a former German football player and team general manager currently working in the media business. As a player, he was considered to be one of the greatest passers in the game's history...
, Berti Vogts
Berti Vogts
Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts is a German former footballer. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach and won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974. He later managed Germany , Scotland and Nigeria...
, Jupp Heynckes
Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...
, Rainer Bonhof
Rainer Bonhof
Rainer Bonhof is a former German footballer. He was a defensive midfielder or wing-back.-Playing career:...
, Allan Simonsen
Allan Simonsen
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a former Danish footballer and manager. He most prominently played for German team Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup WInners' Cup...
, Uli Stielike
Uli Stielike
Ulrich "Uli" Stielike is a German football manager and former player.-Club career:Stielike was a West Germany youth international for hometown club SpVgg Ketsch when he got signed by UEFA Cup runner-up Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973, first coming to action as a full back for the then two times...
, and many more.
From Player to Coach in Cologne
After 1. FC Köln was founded in 1948 Hennes Weisweiler featured in the first ever line up of the club. After the club was promoted in 1949 into the western division of the then five ways split West-German first division (Oberliga), he was given the role of player manager. In this position, which he held until 1952 he played himself still 62 times in the league.In 1955 he returned to the club for another three years as head coach, but left in 1958 to join local rivals Viktoria Köln, which also played in the Oberliga, but the club remained in the shadow of the 1. FC. After the foundation of the Bundesliga in 1963 Viktoria played in the second German division and with place four achieved its best ever ranking in the last year of Weisweiler's reign of the club.
Years in Mönchengladbach
In 1964 he took over as manager with Borussia MönchengladbachBorussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
. The club still held relatively fresh memories from its one and only major title, the win in the German cup of 1960, but found itself after the inception of the Bundesliga in the second division where it finished just 8th in the previous year.
But he finds a team with some exciting local talent, such as the 19 year old Günter Netzer
Günter Netzer
Günter Theodor Netzer is a former German football player and team general manager currently working in the media business. As a player, he was considered to be one of the greatest passers in the game's history...
and Jupp Heynckes
Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...
. Also Bernd Rupp and Herbert Laumen were notable and should at a later stage also feature in the national team. Inside a year Borussia ends on top of the league and gains promotion to the Bundesliga.
With the beginning of the new season another remarkable 19 year old was to join the team: Berti Vogts
Berti Vogts
Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts is a German former footballer. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach and won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974. He later managed Germany , Scotland and Nigeria...
. But the first years in the Bundesliga remain learning years. Despite the later addition of another talented man named Herbert Wimmer
Herbert Wimmer
Herbert "Hacki" Wimmer is a former footballer. Besides winning five national championships and two UEFA Cups with his club side Borussia Mönchengladbach he won the 1974 World Cup and the 1972 European Football Championship with Germany.Herbert Wimmer started his playing career with lowly Borussia...
Borussia only achieves the 13th and 8th places in the league. In its third year the club grabs for the first time the attention of a wider audience and finishes third, despite losing Heynckes to 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:...
. The team, by now famed for their attacking style, manages to repeat this success in the following year. At the beginning of the 1969-70 they are even widely tipped as being the holders Bayern Munich's main rival for the Championship, even more so as the defense could be strengthened, e.g., with international Ludwig Müller
Ludwig Müller (footballer)
Ludwig 'Luggi' Müller is a retired German football player. He spent 11 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nuremberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hertha BSC...
, and the attack reinforced with the addition of Danish international Ulrik Le Fevre
Ulrik le Fevre
Ulrik le Fevre is a Danish former professional football player and manager, and current FIFA-licensed player agent. He was an elegant and technichal left winger, who had a fierce shot. He played for Danish club Vejle Boldklub, German club Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Brugge in Belgium, and won...
. Most important however was that the talents like Horst Köppel
Horst Köppel
Horst Köppel is a German football manager and former player, who last worked as Head coach for FC Ingolstadt 04.-Player:* UEFA Euro 1972 winner.* European Cup runner-up: 1977.* UEFA Cup winner: 1975, 1979....
, himself a Borussia coach in decades to come, have reached sufficient maturity to hold their own on the highest level. Decisive was also Weisweiler's ability to find and add further gifted young players seemingly at will. This "youth culture" eventually gave Borussia the nickname they still carry today: the Foals.
Indeed, by the end of the year the team was champion for the first time and another twelve months later the club from the small town
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
became the first side in Bundesliga history to defend the title. With a 4-1 away win in 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 :...
the Borussia could fend of a late Bayern challenge on the last matchday.
Their first European Champions 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...
participation ended in the second round when after two 1-1 draws with Everton Borussia lacked the necessary luck in the penalty shoot-out. This was unfortunate. Their second challenge ended in heartbreak. This time Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera Gavilán was a Franco-Argentine football player and manager.Although born in Argentina, Herrera's parents were both Spanish, his father being a well-known Spanish anarchist in exile...
's catenaccio
Catenaccio
Catenaccio is a tactical system in football with an emphasis on defence. In Italian, catenaccio means "door-bolt", implying a highly organized and effective backline defense which is intended to prevent goals.-History:...
specialists Inter Milan came to visit the Bökelberg stadium. After 90 minutes an unstoppable Borussia had wiped them off 7-1! But!!! During the course of the match Inter's Roberto Boninsegna
Roberto Boninsegna
Roberto Boninsegna is an Italian former football player.He started his career in Serie B with Prato in 1963-64 season. He transferred to FC Potenza, who was Serie B team in 1964-65 season. He also played for Varese in 1965-66 and Cagliari between 1966-1969...
was allegedly hit by an empty soft drink can and had himself spectacularly stretcherd off. Note, that there was no real evidence of this fact apart from an empty drink can being presented to the referee and some accompanying words from Inter officials. Anyway, the UEFA annulled the match and had it repeated after the return match on neutral ground in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Inter won the return match against a Borussia seemingly shocked by this decision with 4-2 and managed to defend a 0-0 in the Berlin match.
Also in the Bundesliga it was not the year of the Foals. Only three days after the initial triumph against Inter they defeated the surprise team of the season and vice-champion in the making, Schalke 04, dashingly with 7-0, but Bayern Munich got the title and Borussia ended up third. Before the season Borussia had to let Dietrich, Horst Köppel
Horst Köppel
Horst Köppel is a German football manager and former player, who last worked as Head coach for FC Ingolstadt 04.-Player:* UEFA Euro 1972 winner.* European Cup runner-up: 1977.* UEFA Cup winner: 1975, 1979....
and Herbert Laumen
Herbert Laumen
Herbert Laumen is a German former footballer.-References:**...
go and thus all parts of the team were crucially weakened, as new talents such Rainer Bonhof
Rainer Bonhof
Rainer Bonhof is a former German footballer. He was a defensive midfielder or wing-back.-Playing career:...
and Dietmar Danner were not yet in a position to fill the gaps.
The 1972-73 season saw a further restructuring of the team. This time experienced players such as Ulrik Le Fevre
Ulrik le Fevre
Ulrik le Fevre is a Danish former professional football player and manager, and current FIFA-licensed player agent. He was an elegant and technichal left winger, who had a fierce shot. He played for Danish club Vejle Boldklub, German club Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Brugge in Belgium, and won...
left the club. New to the team were two young Danish forwards: Henning Jensen
Henning Jensen
Henning Jensen is a Danish former football player, who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league championship in each country...
and Allan Simonsen
Allan Simonsen
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a former Danish footballer and manager. He most prominently played for German team Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup WInners' Cup...
. Whilst the first one made an immediate impact, the 19 year old diminutive lightweight Simonsen was immediately regarded a dud by everyone who had an opportunity to see him in one of his rare appearances. Weiserweiler's expressions of belief in the player where met with general disbelief. Only five years later Simonsen should be Europe's Player of the Year and history regards him these days as the greatest player ever from Denmark.
However, the season was overshadowed by the first great conflict of Weisweiler with his star. Günter Netzer
Günter Netzer
Günter Theodor Netzer is a former German football player and team general manager currently working in the media business. As a player, he was considered to be one of the greatest passers in the game's history...
was alongside his club mates Herbert Wimmer
Herbert Wimmer
Herbert "Hacki" Wimmer is a former footballer. Besides winning five national championships and two UEFA Cups with his club side Borussia Mönchengladbach he won the 1974 World Cup and the 1972 European Football Championship with Germany.Herbert Wimmer started his playing career with lowly Borussia...
and Jupp Heynckes
Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German football coach and former player. As player he belonged to the core of the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and 1970s where he won many national championships and the Cup as well as the UEFA Cup...
part of the stunning German side that won the 1972 European Football Championship in Belgium, and many thought he was this tournaments most glamorous player. Essentially, in Weisweiler's teams, if there was a star it was supposed to be him. The conflict ended in divorce and a few weeks before the end of the season Netzer's departure to 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...
was announced. There was still one important match to go: the cup final in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, not just against anyone, but Weisweiler's original club 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
. The atmosphere was highly emotionally charged. The coach left Netzer on the bench. Nevertheless, the match evolved into probably the greatest of all German cup finals. Despite a temperature of 35° both teams played fully devoted to attack, but on both sides the keepers, Borussia's Wolfgang Kleff
Wolfgang Kleff
Wolfgang Kleff is a former German football player whose resemblance to German actor and comedian Otto Waalkes allowed him to pick up minor roles in motion pictures and his referring nickname "Otto" as well....
and Cologne's Gerhard Welz performed absolute world class, the latter even saving a penalty by Heynckes in the second half. In the short break before extra time Netzer stepped on the field and approached the exhausted Kulik and told him that his match is over and put himself into the team. When the referee restarted the match Netzer, in his first possession of the ball, scored the stunning, unforgettable winner for Borussia after a give and go with Bonhof. Thus ended one of football's great associations - the sour end of it probably also being a factor why Borrussia only ended up fifth in the league that season.
Interpersonal issues out of the way, Hennes Weisweiler had more time again for teambuilding. This paid off when a consolidated Borussia ended the 1973-74 season second. Again, Weisweiler managed to infuse new talent into his side, Uli Stielike
Uli Stielike
Ulrich "Uli" Stielike is a German football manager and former player.-Club career:Stielike was a West Germany youth international for hometown club SpVgg Ketsch when he got signed by UEFA Cup runner-up Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973, first coming to action as a full back for the then two times...
being probably the most remarkable in this phase. He ended up later in Netzer's footsteps at Real Madrid.
The new found harmony also helped Weisweiler to a formidable farewell season. With 86 goals, never before and never again achieved by the club, the team cruised to the championship. To boot, Borussia got also their first international title when after a disappointing 0-0 draw at home FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
from Enschede was wiped off 5-1 in the second leg of the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
final. Thus ended an exciting eleven years of Hennes Weisweiler in Mönchengladbach, a time in which he undelibly engraved the club in German and even European football history, a time in which Borussia Mönchengladbach spilled out first class talents in an unrivalled fashion.
Career overview
| Career as Player | ||
|---|---|---|
| Period | Club | Successes |
| 1948-1952¹ | 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07.... |
Oberliga West: 62 matches Division II: 37 matches / 10 goals 1949: promotion to Oberliga (Div. I) |
| ¹ from 1949 as Player-Manager | ||
| Career as Coach | ||
| Period | Club | Titles |
| 1949-1952¹ | 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07.... |
|
| 1955–1958 | 1. FC Köln | |
| 1958–1964 | Viktoria Köln | |
| 1964–1975 | Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth... |
Championship: 1970, 71, 75 German Cup:1973 UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... : 1975 |
| 1975–1976 | FC Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.... |
|
| 1976–1980 | 1. FC Köln | Championship:1978 German Cup: 1977, 78 |
| 1980–1981 | New York Cosmos New York Cosmos The New York Cosmos were an American soccer club based in New York City, New York and its suburbs. The team played home games in three stadiums around New York before moving in 1977 to Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, where it remained for the rest of its history... |
Championship North American Soccer League North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:... : 1980 |
| 1982–1983 | Grasshopper-Club Zürich Grasshopper-Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. The oldest and best known section of Grasshopper Club Zürich is its football team... |
Championship: 1983 Cup: 1983 |
| ¹ as Player-Manager | ||