Léon Semmeling

Léon Joseph Semmeling (born 4 January 1940 in Moelingen ) is a former Belgian football player at the position of midfielder.

Career

Player

Semmeling played in the First Division exclusively for Standard Liege. He completed 449 games in which he scored 73 goals. With Liège, he was five times Belgian champion and twice Cup winners. In 1974 he left Standard Liege and even played two years for UR Namur, where he ended his active career.

Coach

After the end of his career as a player, he first took over as coach at his last club UR Namur. This was followed R.A.A. the stations La Louviere and Tilleur FC. In 1981 he became an assistant coach at his old club Standard Liege under his former coach Raymond Goethals. After Goethals 1984 blocked due to his involvement in a bribery scandal and left Belgium, he took over for a short time the office of the head coach. With the exception of a side trip to the RFC Seraing in the season 1986/87 he worked in the following years until 1997 at default in the position of assistant.

In 1999 he became the Tunisian team U.S. Monastir. In 2002 he returned for a year as an assistant coach to his youth club RCS Visé. From 2004 to 2006 he was again in the coaching staff of La Louviere active.

National

Between 1961 and 1973 he played 35 games for the Belgian national team, in which he scored two goals. He stood in the Belgian squad at the World Cup in Mexico in 1970 and the European Football Championship 1972 in their own country.

Achievements

• Belgian champion ( 5): 1961, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971
• Belgian Cup Winners ( 2): 1966, 1967