Willi Multhaup

Willi " Fischken " Multhaup ( born July 19, 1903 in Essen, † December 18, 1982 ) was a German football coach.

Willi Multhaup 1965 with German champions Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund won in 1966 with the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1968 and took the first FC Cologne the DFB Cup. He was one of the most successful coaches in the Bundesliga in its first decade. At times, he oversaw Oberliga Rot-Weiss Essen, VfB Bottrop and Preußen Münster.

Multhaup, the Helmut Jagielski allowed to play in the season 1964/65 on this position and with this system won the first championship for Werder Bremen, is considered the inventor of the libero.

• 2.1 SV Werder Bremen 1963-1965
• 2.2 Borussia Dortmund 1965/66
• 2.3 1 FC Cologne 1966-1968

A trainer before the introduction of the Bundesliga

Success with Munster and Meiderich

His first major coach station led the Essenes Kaufmann 1947 Preußen Münster in Westphalia the league. After five playoffs against Pupils Recklinghausen he succeeded with Munster Earned promotion to the Oberliga West. In the first year 1948/49, you could place it on the excellent fourth place. For the season 1950/51 he moved to Meidericher SV in the 2nd League West. In group 1 Meiderich occupied before Schwarz-Weiß Essen and Duisburg 08 Immediately one place and part of the city of Duisburg club was promoted to the Oberliga. Since his former club Preußen Münster had there 04 qualified with the second-place reached behind FC Schalke for the final round of the German Cup in 1951, persuaded this Multhaup, to serve him during the final round. In fact, he could Minster with the so-called " 100,000 - DM- storm" ( Gerritzen, Preißler, Schulz, Rachuba, Lammers ) over the competitors 1.FC Nuremberg, Hamburg SV and Tennis Borussia Berlin to the final on 30 June 1951 in Berlin against the 1 FC Kaiserslautern lead. Although Munster lost then very unlucky against the Fritz Walter Elf with 1:2 goals, nevertheless it was a great success for the team and the coach Multhaup.

Rise with the ETB SW Essen

Multhaup took over in July 1957 his former club Schwarz-Weiß Essen in the 2nd League West and built around the subsequent national player Heinz Steinmann and Hennes Küppers a powerful young team to, in 1959 managed to return to the former Upper House of the German football. Half a year before the greatest club success, winning the DFB Cup, Multhaup left in June 1959 Essen club, however, he had his successor Hans Wendlandt paved the way.

Descent with RW Essen

Even the descent was part of the Vita of the successful trainer. In the 1960/61 season he could not prevent the German champions had to descend from 1955 to the 2nd League West. This happened just in the year of renewed rise of local rivals ETB SW Essen and the fast approaching end Bundesliga. Had been the departure of Helmut Rahn for the season 1959/60 hit the mountains Borbecker, the descent with the stretching Herkenrath, Rocky, Rehhagel, Wewers, Islacker, Vordenbäumen and Hornig was a huge blow. Even the coach had to nibble as a native of Essen it.

Offs for promotion to the Bundesliga

In the last round of the Oberliga West 1962/63, which had decisive importance for the Bundesliga nomination, he oversaw again Meidericher SV. Favorites for inclusion in the League were the first FC Cologne, Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04 Between Aachen, Münster and the SV Meidericher the battle for the two open spots should be kindled. With a 2-1 home victory against Münster on May 11, 1963 the final day of the season, the MSV finished after 30 games with 38:22 and 47:43 points outside the third place. The right to start for the Bundesliga was the club four days previously, been, awarded after a 2-1 victory in the match against local Hamborn 07 by telegram by the DFB. The coach but moved north to the SV Werder Bremen.

Outstanding Achievements

SV Werder Bremen 1963-1965

With the start of the Bundesliga in the season 1963/64, the 60 -year-old moved from Essen Meidericher SV to SV Werder Bremen, as Georg Knöpfle went from the Weser to the Rhine 1 FC Cologne. The first Bundesliga year was for him as well as the club and the players a time adjusting to the tighter sporting conditions. Werder did not fight against relegation, but had nothing to do with the table top. We landed after 30 days on the game ranked 10th in 53:62 to 28:32 fetched gates points. This Werder did not count just to the championship contenders for the second Bundesliga season.

With two reinforcements for the defense, Horst -Dieter Höttges Borussia Mönchengladbach and Heinz Steinmann from the Bundesliga relegation Saarbrücken, Multhaup tinkered for the round 1964/65 a veritable " concrete " defense. She let in the then fairly high-scoring Bundesliga times in 30 games to just 29 goals and became the guarantor of the sensational win the German Championships 1965 in Bremen. Offensively, the obligation of Striker Klaus Matischak of Schalke 04 had paid. Neither the start defeat on 22 August 1964 the Betzenberg Kaiserslautern 1:2 2:4 at the gates still defending 1st FC Cologne on Matchday brought the men to " Pico " contactor from the concept. ( The formation was changed only in case of injuries ) with a working tactic, good condition and a " tight squad " of only twelve regular players dominated the Bundesliga Werder. With a 3-0 home win against Borussia Dortmund Multhaup Elf Made the perfect championship in the penultimate round and remitted the actual favorites from Cologne, Dortmund and Munich to the places.

To the disappointment of the Hanseatic League left the " Meistermacher " Bremen at the moment of triumph, to return to the West. About the soothing interplay with President Alfred Ries and league chairman Eduard Hundt Multhaup is quoted as saying: "They thought Very sensibly, they negotiated and considered Hanseatic cool - I appreciated them as a people exceedingly ."

Borussia Dortmund 1965/66

The Borussia it came in this round to a dance at two weddings. In the Bundesliga, the championship was seriously targeted and the European Cup Winners measured the forces in international competition. Long this went well in the Bundesliga led to the table and in the European Cup had been played out over Floriana FC, ​​CSKA Sofia and Atlético Madrid to the semifinals. On the final stretch of the Bundesliga but then the forces and TSV 1860 left the team in the last three days but Munich could still snatch them 1966 the championship. Borussia was "only" the vice - championship. However, as defending champions West Ham United off in April and May 5, 1966 in Glasgow even the overwhelming favorites Liverpool (manager Bill Shankly: " There are only two good teams in England, 'he used to say, This is our first team. and our reserve! ") was defeated 2-1 in, Borussia had brought along with coach Multhaup the first European title after Germany. It was an extraordinary success - for the club, the league, the players and the nearly 63 -year-old coach.

Sigfried Held and Lothar Emmerich played with their great European Cup games in the national team and thus also to the 1966 World Cup to England. In the World Cup days then BVB goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski should be one of the pillars of the Vice World Champion. The coach but changed again. The first Bundesliga champion, the first FC Cologne wanted to get back with all his success in the cathedral city. Since the successful coach of Bremen and Dortmund just seemed the right thing.

1 FC Köln 1966-1968

The " Billy Goat Elf " it was enough in the first season (1966 /67) only to rank 7 ( at 48:48 and 37:31 gateway points ). Why is the bar Eintracht Braunschweig champion, was at the " revelers " no one understand. If one had but newly taken with goalkeeper Milutin Soskic and the dribbler Roger Magnusson two International from Yugoslavia and Sweden in the squad and with Wolfgang Overath Wolfgang Weber, Heinz Hornig and Hannes Löhr high-caliber addition to solid -rounders such as Matthias inhibitor Bach, Fritz Pott, Hans Sturm Karl -Heinz Thielen exhibit.

Multhaups second year then brought the improvement of the FC to fourth place. Against the class of the new Master 1 FC Nuremberg it was but a chance. With the new additions had indeed met with Heinz Simmet and the ex - Victorians Carl -Heinz Rühl right decisions, Reinhard Roder and Dietmar Mürdter of Göttingen, however, 05 failed to meet expectations. Good thing the Cup offered a second chance. About the FC 08 Homburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Eintracht Braunschweig and Borussia Dortmund moved to the finals on June 9, 1968 in Ludwigshafen against the "Favorites" fright from the West Regional, VfL Bochum, a. In the final match of VfL could not build on the performance of the overnight success in the previous rounds against Bayern Munich, Borussia Moenchengladbach, VfB Stuttgart and Karlsruhe SC. Cologne won the playoff superior to 4:1. Thus, the FC had a title again and Multhaup recorded an other, his last success as a coach. The Cup final was his last game. 65 - year old, he ended his coaching career and retired into private life.

About the person

The Cradle of Willi Multhaup stand at the Essen salt market. The Multhaups earned their living with a fish trade. From childhood Bill was therefore called " Fischken ". The years should go to the country, but the name stuck. He played football at the clubs black and white food - with the ETB took the side runner on the final round of the German soccer championship 1925 part - and TuRa, where he also began his coaching career. The coaching diploma graduated from the qualified businessman in 1952 under national coach Sepp Herberger in the sports school Kaiserau. His appearance had nothing in common with a fishmonger, but he spread the charm of a gentleman. Otto Rehhagel, at RW Essen players under Multhaup, said of him: "He was always neat and tidy as from the egg ." And: "A fine person with expert knowledge. He was able to describe the each guild with all the strengths and weaknesses " Sigfried Held also commented very positively about the coach: ". The Multhaup had a gift like no other. The talk was a strong and confident. "

After his coaching career, he ran in Dortmund and Essen each a specialist shop for menswear. In the fall of 1971 he was, however, to step in after the dismissal of coach Robert " PTO " Gebhardt in Bremen again a short time, from September 27 to October 24 with his old friends.

Swell

• Germany Soccer, The lexicon, Sports Verlag Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-328-00857-8
• German Cup history, AGON, 2000, ISBN 3-89784-146-0
• Encyclopedia of German football, AGON, 1998, Parts 1-3, ISBN 3-89784132-0
• History of the Oberliga West, plain text, 1988, ISBN 3-88474-332-5
• New stories of the Oberliga West, plaintext 1993, ISBN 3-88474-043-1
• The Meistermacher, Wero Press 2004, ISBN 3-937588-02-7