Ernst Diehl

Ernst Diehl (born 28 March 1949 in Etschberg ) is a former German football player, who as a player of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern in the Bundesliga completed 314 games from 1967 to 1978 and scored 18 goals in the process. He played mostly as Vorstopper.

As a player

National league

The 1965 by the TSV Etschberg getting on in youth department of the Palatinate Bundesliga defender played in the Bundesliga exclusively for the 1st FC Kaiserslautern. On November 4, 1967, he made ​​his debut in the home match against MSV Duisburg, who lost the first FCK with the defensive formation Wolfgang Schnarr ( goalkeeper ), Herward Koppenhöfer, Dietmar Schwager, Diehl ( Vorstopper ) and Uwe Klimaschefski 0:1. In his first Bundesliga Round 1967/68 he came under the coaches Knefler Otto and Egon Piechaczek ( from 5 March 1968) to 14 inserts. The Betz mountain elf could realize the league just on the 16th rank. Already in its second season, in 1968/69 was one of the young players of 33 league games of the starting eleven, which in turn could barely escape relegation. After that, it was the coaches Gyula Lorant, Dietrich Weise and from 1973 Erich Ribbeck better, Kaiserslautern qualified in rounds 1971/72 and 1975/76 respectively with ranks seventh for the UEFA Cup. The games against Stoke City, CUF Barreiro, Ararat Yerevan, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Famagusta and Feyenoord were outstanding experiences in the career of consistent and reliable pre Oppers. In his last season, 1977/78, he had the players Ronnie Hellström, Jürgen Groh, Werner Melzer, Hans -Peter Briegel and attack striker Klaus Topp Möller (34 games - 21 goals) at his side. After the round 1977/78 he was declared a disability sport and he began his work as a trainer in the youth department of Kaiserslautern. Ernst Diehl was a consistent and years of playing at a good level defender, but it was during this time some of the great pre- opera, especially Georg Schwarz Beck, Willi Schulz, Horst -Dieter Höttges, Wolfgang Weber and Rolf Rüssmann, which he unfortunately never use in the national came.

DFB-Pokal

Among the highlights of his playing career certainly included the two DFB Cup finals in 1972 and 1976. On 1 July 1972, the 1.FC Kaiserslautern had no chance against a great aufspielende Schalke team. With 0:5 gates, Palatine lost this final. On 26 June 1976, it was the next chance to win the trophy in the Palatinate. Opponent in the final was the Hamburger SV. Here the gameplay is far more balanced and Kaiserslautern was was a serious rival to the Hanseatic League. Nevertheless, this game was lost with 0:2. In 1977, then the HSV won the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Coach

After the end of his active career he trained, among others, the A- youth and the amateurs of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern and 1983 was twice interim coach of Bundesligaelf. In 1992, he won with the A- juniors by a 5-1 win against 1 FC Cologne the German championship. In 1991 and 1993 he lost the finals with the FCK juniors against VfB Stuttgart or the FC Augsburg. From 1996 to 1997 he was assistant coach Otto Rehhagel in the pros, then he was back in the youth sector of the FCK.

Swell

• Günter Rohrbach -List: The Red Devils are back. The history of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern. The workshop Publisher 1998, ISBN 3-89533-221-6