Heinz Krügel
Heinz Krügel (back row center) as coach of 1.FC Magdeburg, 1967
Heinz Krügel ( born April 24, 1921 in Oberplanitz, † October 27, 2008 in Magdeburg ) was one of the most successful football coach in the GDR. With the 1 FC Magdeburg, he won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974.
Career
The age of six Krügel began with the football game at Planitzer SC. During the Second World War he was injured as a soldier on the Eastern Front, fought afterwards in the Balkans, where it was in captivity, from which he returned in 1946. In 1948, he was among the crew of SG Planitz that won the first Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1948, but was not in the final against the SG free Imfelde Hall (1-0 ). In 1949 he moved to Crimmitschau to BSG Progress, where he due to a severe knee injury already at 29 years old had to end his active career in 1950, in which he had been summoned mostly as a central defender. However, until 1951, he could stand as an honorary coach was available.
Krügel took over in 1951 the office of the regional trainer in Saxony. A little later he took over as the youngest coach of the DDR Oberliga the newly founded People's Police Sports Association forward Leipzig. With the zusammelgewürfelten from numerous other teams forward troops Krügel managed in the season 1951/52, the league. When the crew was forced to move in the course of the season 1952/53, according to Berlin, Krügel remained in Leipzig, completed a coaching course at the Leipzig Sport University DHfK and 1954 was coach at unit east of Leipzig, from the later of the SC rotation Leipzig, a precursor of 1 FC locomotive Leipzig, was. With rotation Krügel 1955 third in the league, but could in the season 1956 not to repeat the success and was released before the end of the season. He was charged over the players not to find the right tone and to demand too much of them. 1955 and 1956 was responsible Krügel also the city of Leipzig selection in the Fairs Cup games.
1956 SC Empor Rostock was relegated from Serie A, three coaches had dismissed within a year and now dedicated Krügel with the order to return the team back to the league. In the book The Meistermacher (see below literature) will describe the first team meeting with Krügel as follows:
" Kurt PTO can still remember the first team meeting. With full conviction Krügel said, we immediately rise again. ' That convinced us. The coach did not have many words. In Krügel there never was hours long sessions, there was in the game preparation clear, short tactical instructions that were usually on a beer mat space. He demanded a lot from us. But he was also in for some fun. "
With second place behind the SC Dynamo Berlin Empor managed the 1957 resurgence and went into the next season in 7th place of the league. 1959 reached the Rostock fourth place. On August 12, 1959 Krügel took over the training of the GDR national team, he oversaw a total of eight games. Although he achieved four wins, but lost on 16 April 1961, the World Cup qualifier against Hungary with 0:2 and was then succeeded by Károly Sóos. Then secured Krügel the relegation league promoted SC Chemie Halle relegation. 1962 won Krügel in Hall after winning the Cup fdgb his first title as a coach, but also had to plug in 1964 with the descent of his team a bitter defeat. However, as in Rostock, he managed to immediate re- ascent. After he had secured the league newcomer in the league for the second time Krügel left at the end of 1965/66 season Hall.
Again, he took on the task of helping a league relegated to a rebirth, this time it was the first FC Magdeburg. Also, this project succeeded, and thus began Krügels successful as manager. As a re- promoted the Magdeburg came immediately to third place and won the following year in 1969 fdgb Cup. 1972 could Magdeburg celebrate the first football championship, which was followed in 1974 and 1975 two more title wins under the direction of Heinz Krügel. 1973 brought the first FCM also the second time the East German Cup. All these achievements, however, were outshined by winning the Euro Cup Winners' Cup. On 8 May 1974, the first FC Magdeburg won in Rotterdam 2-0 against AC Milan. Under Krügels aegis seven players were internationals, including Martin Hoffmann (66 games), Jürgen Pommerenke (57) and Jürgen saving water (53).
1976 Krügel was the GDR Football Association banned as a trainer for life on the grounds that he had promoted the development of the power of the Olympic team 1.FC Magdeburg insufficient. How Krügel later reported, had been communicated to him in a conversation with association officials also that he was unsustainable as a football coach because he was an " East-West conciliators ". As a true reason to assume that Krügel among other things influencing his work by the SED district leadership did not allow and the second round European Cup match against FC Bayern Munich in 1974, do not use the intercepted by the Stasi in the half-time instructions from the Bayern coach Udo Lattek wanted. Krügel was deported as an "object manager " for unterklassigen BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg and rehabiliert only in 1996 by the DFB.
Even in retirement remained Heinz Krügel connected as a temporary Athletic Director and as a member of the Honorary Council 1.FC Magdeburg.
On 26 June 2009 the Magdeburg city council, the square in front of the Magdeburg stadium decided to give the name " Heinz- Krügel Square ".
Achievements
- European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974
- East German champion in 1972, 1974, 1975
- East German Cup winner 1962, 1969, 1973
- Oberliga rise in 1957, 1965, 1967