Manfred Wagner (footballer)
Manfred Wagner ( born August 31, 1938) is a former German football player, who won in 1966 as a player of TSV 1860 Munich, the German football championship.
Career
Before the Bundesliga until 1963
In the season 1958/59, a native of the youth of the FC Neuhofen, from the Munich district of Sendling Manfred Wagner debuted on October 5, 1958 while away game against the VfR Mannheim as a right-winger in the league team of 1860 Munich in the Oberliga Süd. The game was lost with 1:4 goals for the "Lions" and the 20 -year-old has been used by trainers Hans Hipp total in twelve games. From the round of 1959/60 he was beside Johann Auer Hammer, Alfred hot, Rudolf Koelbl and Alfons Stemmer to the expanded group of the regular cast. Now he was active on the right back position and the "Blue " in 1960 occupied the fourth place in the South. The last two league rounds - starting in 1961 - took over as coach Max Merkel at 1860 Munich. By winning the title in 1963 before 1 FC Nuremberg and local rivals Bayern Munich moved in 1860 into final round of the German Cup and was nominated for the new Bundesliga. The final triangle of South German champion in 1963 formed predominantly the occupation with Petar Radenkovic goal and the defender pair Wagner and Rudolf Steiner. In the final round Wagner came in all six games against Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Neunkirchen and Hamburger SV used. From 1958 to 1963 Manfred Wagner came on 95 missions with four goals in the Oberliga Süd.
Bundesliga, 1963-1970
Wagner played in all 30 games in the first round of the Bundesliga season 1963/64, when 1860 Munich finished in seventh place in the table and on 13 June 1964 in Stuttgart 2-0 gates the DFB-Pokal against Eintracht Frankfurt won. Wagner kept in the cup final the Eintracht Left Wing Lothar Schämer at bay. In the second Bundesliga season, the "Lion " improved to fourth place, but trumped in competition at the European Cup Winners' Cup even better. After three dramatic games they switched in the semifinals of the AC Turin and moved into the finals on May 19, 1965 in Wembley Stadium against West Ham United a. The team manager Ron Greenwood sat in front of 97 974 spectators by 2-0 goals. Wagner fought it the " hammer " - winger John Sissons.
In the 1966 World Cup coach Max Merkel succeeded with his team winning the German championship. Against Borussia Dortmund and local rivals Bayern München 1860 München won the title. Wagner defended it in 26 games for the "Blue ". As defending champion came in 1860 behind the new champion Eintracht Braunschweig in 1967, the Vice Rank - Max Merkel was released on 10 December 1966 - and was eliminated in the European Cup of Champions against Real Madrid - with defender Wagner - from. After that was the sporting highlight of the flight "Lions" ended. About the seats twelve ( 1968) and ten ( 1969) - Wagner played 31 or 33 games - led the way to the descent into the 1969 season / 70th With Fritz Langner Franz Binder and two coaches tried in vain to hold in the class the " lion ". Wagner ran again on in 28 Bundesliga games for 1860. Overall, he graduated from 1963 to 1970 in the Bundesliga 187 games, scoring three goals. On 3 May 1970, he finished with a 0-0 home draw against Rot -Weiss Essen on the side of the players Radenkovic, Rudolf Zeiser, Klaus Fischer and Ferdinand Keller his Bundesliga career.
End of the runway, 1971
Manfred Wagner went with 1860 in the Regionalliga Süd 1970 /71. With coach Hans Tilkowski occupied the 60 fourth place and the 32 -year-old Wagner completed 31 games, mostly as a sweeper. With the game on May 19, 1971 against FC Villingen in the Municipal Stadium Grünwalder road he ended his career. He is still (2008) the coordinator of the " lions " tradition team.