Herwart Koppenhöfer

Herwart Koppenhöfer ( born May 25, 1946) is a former German football player.

Career

Clubs

After his youth at the footballers in Weidenthal Koppenhöfer received a professional contract at the 1 FC Kaiserslautern, for which he 's home game against SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin for the first time in the Bundesliga on 16 October 1965 ( 8th Round ) 0-0 use came. His first professional goal he scored on 3 September 1966 ( 3rd Round ) in a 5-2 victory in the home match against Rot -Weiss Essen - his only hit in his footballing career (apart from the own goal on December 8, 1973 ( 17. Matchday) in the 1-2 defeat at SC Fortuna Köln ). For the " Palatinate " he also completed eleven club cup games and was four times used in the U-23 national team.

The time from 1969 to 1972 - which belongs to the first team squad of FC Bayern Munich - was his most successful season, as he won two national titles with the team and not only worked 14 times with the DFB Cup competition, but also internationally. In Europe Champions Cup, he was twice in the European Cup winners three times and used in the UEFA Cup seven times. For Bayern he also completed his last international game for the U-23 national team.

The time from the 1972/73 season was - due to injury - from short and alternately intense nature: five-point games for VfB Stuttgart, 13 point games and three Cup games for Kickers Offenbach (as of 1 January 1973) and seven -point games for Hertha BSC ( from 1 January 1974).

His professional career ended in the 2nd Bundesliga South after two years and 57 games for the first FSV Mainz 05 on 12 June 1976 ( 38th Round ) with a 1:7 - " swat " at FC 08 Homburg. The Mainz voluntarily relinquished for economic reasons to the second division license and retreated to the Amateur League West. In amateur football Koppenhöfer still played until 1982 for Mainz. With the 05er he was 1978 champion of the Amateur League West and 1981 league champion West, but failed because of the resurgence in the second division.

National

Koppenhöfer graduated from 1967 to 1969 five caps for the U-23 national team, where he made his debut in Mönchengladbach on May 3, 1967 in a 3-1 win against the selection of Czechoslovakia. She then served against Romania ( 1-1 on November 22, 1967 in Saarbrücken ), England (0-1 on 3 June 1968 in Kassel), Austria (2-2 on May 7, 1969 in Graz ) and Romania (1: 2 on September 24, 1969 in Bucharest).

Achievements

• German Champion 1972
• DFB Cup winners 1971