Karsten Wettberg
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Karsten Wettberg is a former German
football player and current manager of SV Seligenporten
in the Oberliga Bayern
.
He is one of the most successful football managers in German amateur football.
On professional level, he coached SpVgg Unterhaching
and TSV 1860 Munich in the 2nd Bundesliga.
.
Wettberg joined the German postal service
, who he worked for until his retirement in July 2002. He entered local politics in April that year, being elected to his local district council in Kelheim
. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2008
Bavarian Landtag
elections for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
.
Wettberg spend his playing career exclusively with Bavaria
n amateur clubs, eventually becoming player coach of SV Saal. He entered the top league of Bavarian football for the first time in 1980, when he took over as manager of MTV Ingolstadt
, the club just having been relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga Süd
. With MTV, he won the Bayernliga in its first season there but in that season, 1980–81, no promotion from the third to the second tier was available as the 2nd Bundesliga was reduced from two to one division. He stayed with the club until 1983.
He coached local rival ESV Ingolstadt
after this, a club that had just dropped from the second to the fourth division in two seasons. He won the tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Süd
with ESV in 1984 and earned promotion to the Bayernliga. ESV, a club in decline, finished eighth in the league in 1985, but came only 16th in 1986, disappearing from the Bayernliga for good.
Wettberg coached SpVgg Landshut
in 1986-87, the club having won the Bayernliga title in 1985-86 but not having been prepared to take the risk of turning professional and declined the right to take part in the 2nd Bundesliga promotion round.
He coached SpVgg Unterhaching
after this, who he won two more Bayernliga titles with, in 1988 and 1989. In his second attempt with the club, he also earned promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. He continued as coach of the club in the second division but departed in January 1990, the club suffering relegation at the end of the season.
He became manager of TSV 1860 Munich in February 1990, when the club was playing in the tier-three Bayernliga
. At this point 1860 had attempted to return to professional football since their forced relegation in 1982. He finished second with the club in 1990 and won the Bayernliga the year after. Under his guidance, from February 1990 to the end of the Bayernliga season in June 1991, the club did not lose a game, remaining unbeaten for 54 games. For his achievement with the Munich club, the then-major of Munich
, Georg Kronawitter
, crowned Wettberg the König von Giesing, the King of Giesing
. In the 2. Fussball-Bundesliga, Wettberg was not as successful with the club, being sacked after a loss to VfB Leipzig. 1860 had been battling against relegation all season long and was relegated after Wettbergs departure.
After a brief stint at Jahn Regensburg
in 1992, he returned to SpVgg Landshut from 1992 to 1993, the club winning promotion back to the Bayernliga then. He managed MTV Ingolstadt once more in 1993-94, taking this club back to the Bayernliga, too. His next club was SG Post/Süd Regensburg
in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
.
Wettberg coached FC Augsburg
in the Regionalliga Süd
from July 1995 to September 1996 before returning to SG Post/Süd. With this club, he achieved an excellent third place in the Bayernliga 1997-98 and moved then on, across town, to Jahn Regensburg. Jahn, a club in decline since the mid-1970s, experienced a revival under Wettberg, first winning the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte in 1999 and then taking out the Bayernliga title the year after and earning promotion to the Regionalliga. He left Jahn at the end of the 2000-01 season, after a 12th place in the Regionalliga and returned to Landshut for a third time. With this club, he won the Landesliga once more.
In 2003, he joined ASV Cham
for a season, a club that had once been a second division
outfit but now had become a long-term Landesliga club. From there, he went to TuS Regensburg, also in the Landesliga, and managed to take them to second place in the league, his last coaching engagement for the time.
For his engagement in football, he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz
in 2006.
From 28 March 2007 to 27 May 2008, Wettberg was Vice president
of TSV 1860 Munich, a club he is still connected to.
In April 2009, Wettberg returned to managing, taking over SV Seligenporten
, a team which hadn't won a game in seven month and sat on a relegation rank. He successfully navigated the team through four relegation deciders, maintaining Seligenportens league place. The final game was a 1-0 win over SpVgg Landshut, a team he had coached three times before. With this win, Wettberg continues his run of never having been relegated with a club he coached.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
football player and current manager of SV Seligenporten
SV Seligenporten
SV Seligenporten is a German association football club from Pyrbaum, Bavaria. It is part of a sportsclub established 23 July 1949 which also has departments for handball, Ju-Jitsu, horseback riding, dancing, singing, and women's recreational sport.-History:...
in the Oberliga Bayern
Oberliga Bayern
The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...
.
He is one of the most successful football managers in German amateur football.
On professional level, he coached SpVgg Unterhaching
SpVgg Unterhaching
Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....
and TSV 1860 Munich in the 2nd Bundesliga.
Biography
Karsten Wettberg was born on 10 November 1941 in Friesack, near BerlinBerlin
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...
.
Wettberg joined the German postal service
Deutsche Bundespost
The Deutsche Bundespost was created in 1947 as a successor to the Reichspost . Between 1947 and 1950 the enterprise was called Deutsche Post...
, who he worked for until his retirement in July 2002. He entered local politics in April that year, being elected to his local district council in Kelheim
Kelheim
Kelheim is a municipality in Bavaria, capital of the district Kelheim. It is situated at the confluence of Altmühl and Danube. As of June 30, 2005, the town had a population of 15,667....
. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2008
Bavaria state election, 2008
The 2008 Bavarian state election was held on September 28, 2008. Voters of the German state of Bavaria elected members to the Bavarian Landtag .-Outcome:...
Bavarian Landtag
Landtag of Bavaria
The Landtag of Bavaria is the unicameral legislature of the state of Bavaria in Germany. Between 1946 and 1999 there was an upper house, the Senate of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum....
elections for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
.
Wettberg spend his playing career exclusively with Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n amateur clubs, eventually becoming player coach of SV Saal. He entered the top league of Bavarian football for the first time in 1980, when he took over as manager of MTV Ingolstadt
MTV Ingolstadt
The Männer-Turn-Verein von 1881 Ingolstadt or Men's Gymnastics Club of 1881 Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It was founded on 18 July 1881....
, the club just having been relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga Süd
2nd Bundesliga Süd (1974-81)
The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1974 until the formation of the single-division 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 1981...
. With MTV, he won the Bayernliga in its first season there but in that season, 1980–81, no promotion from the third to the second tier was available as the 2nd Bundesliga was reduced from two to one division. He stayed with the club until 1983.
He coached local rival ESV Ingolstadt
ESV Ingolstadt
The ESV Ingolstadt is a general sports club in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, formed on 15 February 1919.Until 2004, the club operated a football department but after a merger with local rival MTV Ingolstadt to form FC Ingolstadt 04 the footballers left for the new club.The club has over 1,600 members in 21...
after this, a club that had just dropped from the second to the fourth division in two seasons. He won the tier-four Landesliga Bayern-Süd
Landesliga Bayern-Süd
The Landesliga Bayern-Süd is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
with ESV in 1984 and earned promotion to the Bayernliga. ESV, a club in decline, finished eighth in the league in 1985, but came only 16th in 1986, disappearing from the Bayernliga for good.
Wettberg coached SpVgg Landshut
SpVgg Landshut
The SpVgg Landshut is a German association football club from the city of Landshut, Bavaria. Both the clubs men and women's football teams have in the past played in the highest state league, the Bayernliga.-History:...
in 1986-87, the club having won the Bayernliga title in 1985-86 but not having been prepared to take the risk of turning professional and declined the right to take part in the 2nd Bundesliga promotion round.
He coached SpVgg Unterhaching
SpVgg Unterhaching
Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....
after this, who he won two more Bayernliga titles with, in 1988 and 1989. In his second attempt with the club, he also earned promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. He continued as coach of the club in the second division but departed in January 1990, the club suffering relegation at the end of the season.
He became manager of TSV 1860 Munich in February 1990, when the club was playing in the tier-three Bayernliga
Oberliga Bayern
The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...
. At this point 1860 had attempted to return to professional football since their forced relegation in 1982. He finished second with the club in 1990 and won the Bayernliga the year after. Under his guidance, from February 1990 to the end of the Bayernliga season in June 1991, the club did not lose a game, remaining unbeaten for 54 games. For his achievement with the Munich club, the then-major of Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Georg Kronawitter
Georg Kronawitter
Georg Kronawitter is a German politician of the SPD. He was mayor of Munich from 1972 to 1978 and from 1984 to 1993.Kronawitter was born in Oberthann, a part of Schweitenkirchen, in the district of Pfaffenhofen...
, crowned Wettberg the König von Giesing, the King of Giesing
Giesing
Obergiesing is a borough of Munich, about 3 miles south-east of the city center. The larger part is residential or a mix of business and residential, but there are also a number of recreational facilities.-Overview:...
. In the 2. Fussball-Bundesliga, Wettberg was not as successful with the club, being sacked after a loss to VfB Leipzig. 1860 had been battling against relegation all season long and was relegated after Wettbergs departure.
After a brief stint at Jahn Regensburg
Jahn Regensburg
SSV Jahn Regensburg is a German association football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th...
in 1992, he returned to SpVgg Landshut from 1992 to 1993, the club winning promotion back to the Bayernliga then. He managed MTV Ingolstadt once more in 1993-94, taking this club back to the Bayernliga, too. His next club was SG Post/Süd Regensburg
SG Post/Süd Regensburg
The SG Post/Süd Regensburg was a German association football club from the city of Regensburg, Bavaria.The club is still active in a large number of sports, having twenty-two separate departments, but its football department merged with Jahn Regensburg in 2002 and has not been...
in the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
Landesliga Bayern-Mitte
The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
.
Wettberg coached FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969....
in the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga 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...
from July 1995 to September 1996 before returning to SG Post/Süd. With this club, he achieved an excellent third place in the Bayernliga 1997-98 and moved then on, across town, to Jahn Regensburg. Jahn, a club in decline since the mid-1970s, experienced a revival under Wettberg, first winning the Landesliga Bayern-Mitte in 1999 and then taking out the Bayernliga title the year after and earning promotion to the Regionalliga. He left Jahn at the end of the 2000-01 season, after a 12th place in the Regionalliga and returned to Landshut for a third time. With this club, he won the Landesliga once more.
In 2003, he joined ASV Cham
ASV Cham
The ASV Cham is a German association football club from the city of Cham, Bavaria. The club's most notable achievement was playing in the second division from 1950 to 1962.-History:...
for a season, a club that had once been a second division
2nd Oberliga Süd
The 2nd Oberliga Süd was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1950 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963. It covered the three states of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hessen.-Overview:...
outfit but now had become a long-term Landesliga club. From there, he went to TuS Regensburg, also in the Landesliga, and managed to take them to second place in the league, his last coaching engagement for the time.
For his engagement in football, he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz
Bundesverdienstkreuz
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany is the only general state decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has existed since 7 September 1951, and between 3,000 and 5,200 awards are given every year across all classes...
in 2006.
From 28 March 2007 to 27 May 2008, Wettberg was Vice president
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
of TSV 1860 Munich, a club he is still connected to.
In April 2009, Wettberg returned to managing, taking over SV Seligenporten
SV Seligenporten
SV Seligenporten is a German association football club from Pyrbaum, Bavaria. It is part of a sportsclub established 23 July 1949 which also has departments for handball, Ju-Jitsu, horseback riding, dancing, singing, and women's recreational sport.-History:...
, a team which hadn't won a game in seven month and sat on a relegation rank. He successfully navigated the team through four relegation deciders, maintaining Seligenportens league place. The final game was a 1-0 win over SpVgg Landshut, a team he had coached three times before. With this win, Wettberg continues his run of never having been relegated with a club he coached.
Honours
- 2nd Bundesliga promotionPromotion to the 2nd Bundesliga (Football)The Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga was an end-of-season competition, held annually to determined the clubs that were promoted from the Amateurligas, later the Amateur Oberligas to the 2nd Bundesligas...
(2x): 1989, 1991 - BayernligaOberliga BayernThe Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...
champions (6x): 1981, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2000 - Landesliga Bayern-SüdLandesliga Bayern-SüdThe Landesliga Bayern-Süd is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
champions: 1984 - Landesliga Bayern-MitteLandesliga Bayern-MitteThe Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....
champions: 1999, 2003
Further reading
- Andreas Bär: Karsten Wettberg. Der König von Giesing , Ingolstadt 2003, ISBN 3936808074