New York Cosmos
New York Cosmos was 1971-1985 a football club in the North American Soccer League North American Soccer League ( NASL ).
The football club has become especially by the commitment of some international players, including stars like Pele and Franz Beckenbauer, known. Beckenbauer joined in 1977 for a then-record transfer fee of two million dollars from Bayern Munich to Cosmos. He won in his first season, along with Pelé, the U.S. championship of the NASL (1977). This was New York Cosmos total of five times: 1972, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1982 In 1980, Beckenbauer returned to the Bundesliga, this time for Hamburger SV, before he again gave a short stint with the New York Cosmos from May to November in 1983 and his career. finished.
The club was founded by the two founders of Atlantic Records, the Turkish brothers Ahmet Ertegun and Nesuhi. He was trained by the German football coach Hennes Weisweiler 1980-1981.
New York Cosmos also played 1984-1985 in the American Major Indoor Soccer League.
Filming
From the 7th of July 2006, the documentary Once in a Lifetime ran in the U.S. and in the UK: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos in theaters.
Known player
- Brazil Carlos Alberto
- Germany Franz Beckenbauer
- Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Vladislav Bogićević
- Italy Giorgio Chinaglia
- Brazil Chinesinho
- United States Rick Davis
- Andranik Eskandarian Iran
- Netherlands Johan Neeskens
- Turkey Yasin Özdenak
- Brazil Pele
- Netherlands Wim Rijsbergen
- United States Werner Roth
- Israel Mordechai Spiegler
Head Coach
- Gordon Bradley 1971-1975
- Ken Furphy 1976
- Gordon Bradley 1976-1977
- Eddie Firmani 1977-1979
- Ray Klivecka 1979
- Julio Mazzei 1980
- Hennes Weisweiler - Yasin Özdenak 1980-1981
- Julio Mazzei 1982-1983
- Eddie Firmani 1984
Achievements
- NASL Championship: 1972, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982
- Divisions victories: Northern Division: 1972
- Eastern Division, National Conference: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
- Eastern Division: 1982, 1983