Horst Ehrmantraut

Horst Ehrmantraut ( born December 11, 1955 in Einoed ) is a German football coach and former football player. As a player, he came up with 81 appearances in the first Bundesliga (one goal ) and 172 inserts ( 18 goals) in the 2nd Bundesliga. For the FC 08 Homburg, he played a total of 201 games in which he scored 16 goals. As a coach, he led Eintracht Frankfurt and 1.FC Saarbrücken ascents in the next higher league.

Career as a player

Ehrmantraut started playing football for SpVgg. Einoed - Inweiler. In the summer of 1975, the 19 -year-old defender joined the second division FC Homburg -Saar, after he had two years earlier offers to leave his home club knocked out. On August 9, 1975 ( 1st Round ) gave Ehrmantraut in the game against SpVgg Bayreuth his pro debut when he came on as a substitute in the 1-1 draw in the 75th minute for Giovanni Nicastro. Under coach Uwe Klimaschefski he was also employed as a midfielder and became the regular players. In four years Ehrmantraut second division ran 131 times for Homburger, scoring 13 goals. In 1979 he moved to first division side Eintracht Frankfurt. There he was employed by coach Friedel Rausch at first only sporadically and was on 17 November 1979 ( 13th Round ) in the 0-1 defeat at VfL Bochum his debut in the first division. After just one use in the first round followed by twelve more games in the second round. On winning the UEFA Cup in the same season Ehrmantraut was with four stakes, including two finals, involved.

After only one year in Frankfurt Uwe Klimaschefski took his former protégé to Erstligaabsteiger Hertha BSC. In his first season at the Berliner shot Ehrmantraut ten goals he scored as many never before and not again in his pro career. After 1982, the rise Bundesliga direct re- descent followed. In five years, when the old lady came to 140 Ehrmantraut second division inserts with 15 goals and 30 league games and a hit. Later he described Berlin as its best player station. In 1985 he went back to the FC 08 Homburg, with whom he reached the first rise in the House of Lords in the following year. The Green-Whites he was a regular as well as in Berlin, came in the league due to injury, however, only 38 appearances in two years. After a total of 70 games and three goals Ehrmantraut came on 30 April 1988 ( 30th Round ) in the 1:5 defeat at Hannover 96 to his last professional use; in the 34th minute he was substituted against Luciano Martins.

Career as a coach

From March 1990 until his dismissal in May 1991 was Ehrmantraut head coach at second division Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin; since 1989, he was with the club already employed as an amateur and Cotrainer. On 1 July 1991, the Saarland took over as coach at SV Meppen. In the following seasons, he led the club in the top flight of the 2nd Bundesliga. In the DFB-Pokal 1995/96 season the club made ​​with a 6-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt for a surprise. Mid- April 1996 ended Ehrmantrauts commitment in Meppen, just before Christmas 1996, he signed on as a successor to the dismissed Dragoslav Stepanovic at his former club at Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1998 he reached the frankfurters after two years of abstinence promotion to the first division. After the 16th round of the following season Ehrmantraut was in December 1998, lying with the team in 15th place, dismissed. Between February 2000 and April 2001 was training Ehrmantraut second division side Hannover 96 to 2002/03 season he was coach of the first division side FC Saarbrücken, in November 2003 was followed by the dismissal. In April 2004 Neutrainer Eugen Hach was released after less than half a year in Saarbrücken, Ehrmantraut again took over as coach. At the end of the season the team managed by two coach changes, the rise in the 2nd Bundesliga. In August 2005, he was released again at the 1 FC Saarbrücken.

The plastic chair

As a coach at Eintracht Frankfurt sat Ehrmantraut during the games most of the time on the sidelines on a white plastic chair, a simple model, as it is to get at any hardware store. There was talk that he would "fix" from there the players. In this context one also speaks of " energy fields ". Years later, he said in an interview, however, that he was able to focus much closer from there to the individual players and the game. On the bench too much trouble would have been were it.

The chair had already been reached at this time the cult status. He was not disposed of after Ehrmantrauts dismissal but carefully preserved in a closet. He now has a place of honor. He is under the glass dome of a showcase of the concord - museum in the Commerzbank-Arena, the former forest Stadium.