Helmut Benthaus
Helmut Benthaus (1970 )
Helmut Benthaus ( born June 5, 1935 in Herne ) is a former German football player and coach, who ( since 1980) who also has Swiss citizenship.
He won as a player in 1964, the German championship with the first FC Cologne, as well as a coach in 1984 with VfB Stuttgart. Benthaus was the first football player who managed to be both as a player and coach in the Bundesliga champions. He also won at FC Basel as player-coach and trainer seven championships from 1965 until 1982. He played eight times in the German national football team.
- 2.1 FC Basel ( 1965-1982 )
- 2.2 VfB Stuttgart (1982-1985)
- 2.3 Master title in 1984 and almost national coach
- 5.1 as a player
- 5.2 as coach
Career as a player
Benthaus grew up the son of a bricklayer foreman in Holthausen. He was the only one of its primary school, the secondary school finished later with the High School. After that he began in Münster to study philology and sports.
Oberliga (1954-1963)
From his home club turf sports Holthausen, he moved to Westfalia Herne, where in 167 games he was from 1954 to 1961 in the Oberliga West in use. His first game in the Oberliga West, he played on February 6, 1955, the 1-2 home defeat against Aachen on the side of the players Werner Hesse and Kurt Sopart. Highlights were the championship in 1959 in the West, the runner-up in 1960 and the following final-round matches in the German Championship. Major players of this successful Herner time were Hans Tilkowski, Alfred Pyka, Gerd Clement and the coach Fritz Langner.
National team 1958-1960
On 21 December 1958, the national coach Sepp Herberger had called him in the national team in the match against Bulgaria in Augsburg. After the 3-0 win at cost, he received seven more vocations. With the game on November 23, 1960 in Sofia, Bulgaria, in turn, against, after the 1-2 defeat of his career in the Herberger 's team was complete.
1860 Munich ( 1961-1962 )
In the summer of 1961 Max Merkel Benthaus took her to his new club TSV 1860 Munich in the Oberliga Süd. The team and leadership of the Austrian ( absolute authoritarian maxim ) but was incompatible with the views of 8 times national player and student Benthaus, so he left the club after just one season.
1 FC Cologne (1962-1965 )
Benthaus went to 1962/ 63 for 1 FC Köln, the Master of the preseason, and began studying at the local college sports. Cologne as the defending champion moved back in the final of the German Championship in 1963, but lost surprisingly against Borussia Dortmund 1:3 gates. This was not expected with the previously still outstanding players such as Fritz Ewert, Fritz Pott, Karl -Heinz Quick Inger, Leo Wilder, Hans Sturm, Karl -Heinz Thielen, Hans Schaefer, Anton Regh, Karl -Heinz Ripkens and Heinz Hornig by the experts as been. In this last round of Serie A 1962/63 - a year later, the football league was founded - Benthaus worked with the coach Zlatko Čajkovski together and experienced in the European Cup a 1:8 defeat at Dundee United with, where he scored the consolation goal.
1964 won the 1st FC Cologne the first championship of the newly founded Bundesliga with the come of Bremen coach Georg Knöpfle. With just two lost games throughout the season Köln referred the tracker with distance to the places. Helmut Benthaus came in 27 games for use and scoring one goal. In addition, he was also in the games in the Exhibition Cup against Sheffield Wednesday, AS Roma and FC Valencia in use.
Although 1964/65 title defense failed Werder Bremen ranked before the people of Cologne, the team did not disappoint: as highlights of the sporting year, there were in February / March 1965 three games in the quarterfinals in the European Cup of Champions against Liverpool. After they separated in the return game each with 0-0, had to choose a play about getting ahead in the semifinals. This was held on 24 March 1965 in Rotterdam and again ended in a draw, this time 2-2, so that a coin toss had to decide on the next round. This "won " Liverpool. On March 27, 1965, after a 3-0 home victory against 1 FC Kaiserslautern, Benthaus gave his farewell known as Active the 1st FC Cologne.
Career as a ( player ) coach
FC Basel (1965-1982)
1965 moved Benthaus of Cologne as player-coach for FC Basel. He trained with the players Jürgen Sundermann and Karl Odermatt an acclaimed midfield. The first six years he practiced successfully, this dual function, to act solely as a coach for the Red - Blue from 1971. There he discovered Ottmar Hitzfeld and developed it further care.
Benthaus, his wife met in Basel and in 1980 obtained a Swiss passport, won seven times to 1982, the Swiss Championship in front of him the FC Basel in its history was only a championship, twice the Cup and the League Cup once. During this time Benthaus experienced the change from four club presidents and ultimately trained three generations of players. Nevertheless, he managed to always stay on Masterclass.
VfB Stuttgart (1982-1985)
In the summer of 1982 Benthaus changed as " Master Series " from FC Basel to succeed Jürgen Sundermann to VfB Stuttgart. The former " miracle man " ( thus the nickname Sundermann ), who had previously played with Benthaus at FC Basel, moved within the state capital to the Stuttgarter Kickers to Degerloch. Under the VfB president Gerhard Mayer- platforms " intellectual type cooler, with championship experience " was now a demand. Unspoken reservations on a coach from Switzerland - even if decorated with several championships - Benthaus were common. He knew that the new job should be a test in his coaching career in Stuttgart. For this purpose, the conditions for Benthaus initially were not good: He took over the ninth of the season 1981/82 at the moment when Hansi Müller moved to Inter Milan and Dieter Mueller to Girondins Bordeaux. In addition, there had been in the preseason against the champions Hamburger SV and the pursuers first FC Cologne and FC Bayern Munich no chance and disappointed in the away games, the fans. As an appreciation, however, proved the commitment of the new playmaker Ásgeir Sigurvinsson. As with Kurt Niedermayer and Thomas Kempe came two best players to the squad players had been brought to good level by the commitment of talents Hans -Peter Makan and Peter Reichert. The new coach Benthaus exuded authority and united the team toward a common goal. The Ranger brothers were top performers in defense, Karl Allgöwer scored many important goals, Hermann Ohlicher contributed much funding fieldwork and Ásgeir Sigurvinsson was immediately with several outstanding playing his role of the long-sought playmaker needs. Ultimately led Benthaus, the " intellectuals " as he was often described in the media, VfB right away on the third rank of the final table of the 1982 season / 83.
Championship title in 1984 and almost national coach
Benthaus sorted before his second season in 1983/84 Didier Six out of the squad and took for the storm hope Dan Corneliusson IFK Gothenburg. Furthermore, still got the talent Guido Buchwald, Rainer and Andreas Müller Zietsch a contract. Favorites for the championship this were the defending champions and European Cup winners in 1983, Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich. In fact, there was also a fight for the championship: As expected, Hamburg and Bavaria at the top, and along with the surprisingly strong playing Borussia Mönchengladbach under manager Jupp Heynckes VfB Stuttgart, who was able to increase playfully over the previous year yielded a balanced race to the final day. Finally, the team of Benthaus brought with 48:20 points and 79:33 - gates the German Championship, the year in which the European Football Championship was held in France in 1984. Corneliusson had not brought about the expected performance, but Guido Buchwald played with his performance in the European Championship squad for the DFB team. Peter Reichert prevailed in the striker, supported and guided through the midfield. Buchenwald, the captain of the team Ohlicher, the striker Allgöwer Sigurvinsson and dominated the competition.
The master maker himself commented years later to this title the following words:
When in the summer of 1984, Jupp, outfitted resigned in his role as national coach after a disappointing for Germany EM, Benthaus stood for the DFB on the shortlist for the appointment as his successor. But after VfB Stuttgart Benthaus did not want released from his contract, the plan and Franz Beckenbauer smashed was appointed team manager.
After the 1984/85 season, Benthaus reached with the defending only the 10th place in the standings, the paths of Helmut Benthaus and VfB Stuttgart parted. He returned to FC Basel, but where he could not build on the previous successes and was replaced in 1987 by Urs Siegenthaler.
Philosophy
Benthaus lectured during his time as a player and coach in Basel at the local university. Previously, he had studied in Cologne a few semesters philology, in addition to English and the study of qualified sports teacher. In Cologne he had in 1965 also additionally passed the football coach - examination under the Academic Director Hennes Weisweiler. His class mates were, inter alia, Heinz Hornig, Udo Lattek, Gyula Lorant, Eckhard Krautzun and Willi Holdorf. Influenced by the Ruhr, the war years, the period of reconstruction, the school years through high school, studying and club stations as a player, Helmut Benthaus brought these experiences - along with curiosity for improvement - with the coaching profession.
The sentence attributed to him, " I am very happy to work with people who know more than me, because only one of which I can learn something," pointing to a significant trait of out -thinking and living outside the box of football people Benthaus. He embodied the modern trainers, educators and psychologists on the football field, forced and super - discipline declined. For him, a teacher function was always in the coaching profession integrated and this resulted in the view that a " coach should talk to his players not only about tactics or the ball stop ." He publicly confessed that he kept a lot of Sepp Herberger ( "that was another one who took the word football coach in his mouth when he spoke of trainers " ) and that he wanted to be a teacher himself, mediator of his expert knowledge. He also detested " charlatans " of his industry. VfB president Mayer platforms once said of his coach: " He belongs to the intellectual trainers. He thinks more than others. His confident manner marks him out. Benthaus survived by his rationality. He would certainly have problems to motivate a young team, they entrain emotional ". The former VfB CEO Ulrich Schäfer articulated: " Our coach is cool, thoughtful, intelligent. And just now playing the team! "
Life after football
After working as a trainer Benthaus worked for 10 years as an insurance agent in Basel. Benthaus now lives in Basel suburb of Riehen, right on the German border with Lörrach. In May 2010, he was appointed by FC Basel honorary member.
Achievements
As a player
- Master of the Oberliga West 1959 Westfalia Herne
- Master of the Oberliga West in 1963 with the first FC Cologne
- German champions in 1964 with the first FC Cologne
As coach
- German champions in 1984 with VfB Stuttgart
- Swiss champion with FC Basel, 7 times, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980
- Swiss Cup winner with FC Basel, 2 times, 1967, 1975
- Alps Cup winner with FC Basel, 3 times, 1969, 1970, 1981