Elek Schwartz
Alexander " Elek " Schwartz ( born October 23, 1908 in Timisoara, Austria - Hungary, now Romania, † 2 October 2000 in Haguenau, France) was soccer player in Romania and France and then worked as a coach. Among other things, he was from 1957 to 1964 Bondscoach the Dutch national team and later coached the Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
Players in Romania and France
As an active footballer Schwartz had played first in Romania Timişoara. Subsequently, he worked in France professional league with FC Hyères ( 1932 to 1934 ), AS Cannes ( 1934 to 1936 ), Racing Strasbourg ( 1936 to 1938 ) and Red Star Olympique (1938 /39).
Coaching career
Beginning in Monaco
His first coach stations he graduated also in France ( AS Cannes 1948/49, AS Monaco from 1950 to 1952 and Le Havre AC 1952-1953 ).
League coach
1953 obliged him Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 After finishing seventh in the first year Elek Schwartz led the club from the district of Duisburg in his second season as runner-up behind the Wuppertal SV, for promotion to the Oberliga West.
In 1955 he became coach at Rot-Weiss Essen, shortly after winning the title in the German Championship. Over the next two seasons, he led the team to a fourth and an eighth place in the league table.
National coach of the Netherlands
Then he moved to the Dutch Football Association KNVB and took over the national team, which graduated 49 international matches under his leadership.
However, this was at a time when the Dutch football by far not had the importance it has acquired since the 1970s. A very negative event in his career was a 0-7 defeat against Germany in 1959 in Cologne. He remained until 1964 in the office of Bond coaches, in which he succeeded Denis Neville.
Overall, the Dutch team won under his leadership, 19 wins, 12 draws and 18 defeats.
European Cup final with Benfica
In the season 1964/1965 he coached SL Benfica in Lisbon, where she won with the team relied on by the legendary Eusébio the national championship of Portugal.
In the quarter- final of the European Champions Cup Benfica defeated in the quarter-finals Real Madrid and reached the final. There, the Lisbon Eagles had beaten 0-1 just give the masters of Catenaccio, the trained Helenio Herrera of Inter Milan.
Bundesliga coach of Eintracht Frankfurt
From July 1, 1965 through June 30, 1968 Schwartz trained as the successor of Ivica Horvat Eintracht Frankfurt. He led there a the 4-2 -4 system. The Hessen he reached the placements seven, four and six in the Bundesliga. In the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, he led the Frankfurt 1966/67, to the semifinals, where they lost Dinamo Zagreb.
Failure with the dragon in Porto
In the season 1969/70 he coached FC Porto. Not only that, the Dragons were eliminated in the first round of the Portuguese Cup and never got in the Fairs Cup on the second round with the ninth place in the final table of the league there was for the Northern Portuguese, the far worst for her placement that she ever reached.
Career finale in Munich and Strasbourg
In the 1972/73 season Schwartz was coach at TSV 1860 München, but he could not meet the club from the second division due back to the Bundesliga expectations. A better result he achieved in the 1976/77 season, when he in his last involvement in the professional sector Racing Strasbourg for promotion to the French division lead.
He then entered the 1978/79 season trainer at amateur club SR Haguenau, the predecessor of today's club FCSR Haguenau in Alsace. In Haguenau he also spent his twilight years.