Rolf Schafstall

Rudolf " Rolf" sheepfold ( born February 22, 1937 in Duisburg ) is a former German football player and coach.

Career

As a player, he was active among others in the Football Oberliga West, the top division at that time, for Hamborn 07. In the Regionalliga Süd he played from 1963 to 1969 for the SSV Reutlingen 05

In the Bundesliga and the 2nd League, he coached from 1975 to 1994, the teams of MSV Duisburg, Karlsruher SC, Rot-Weiss Essen, Bochum and FC Schalke 04, Fortuna Dusseldorf, Bayer 05 Uerdingen, VfL Osnabrück, Stahl Brandenburg, Dynamo Dresden, Stuttgarter Kickers and Hannover 96 in the 2000/ 01 season, he returned briefly to VfL Bochum, but could not prevent the descent of the team from the 1st Bundesliga. At FC Schalke 04 his obligation was then the trigger for the resignation of manager Rudi Assauer items.

Among the successes include reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup with the MSV Duisburg and the indoor championship in 1988 with Bayer Uerdingen. Had its most successful period sheepfold at VfL Bochum, whom he coached from 1981 to 1986 in the Bundesliga and regularly saved from relegation, although the association of many experts, including Max Merkel, columnist for the image was classified as an ongoing relegation.

In 1985, sheepfold for Merkel, who missed in its annual ranking of the teams and coaches in the Bild-Zeitung points in the form of balls, the one-time rating of 6 out of 5 balls. Sheepfold was on the occasion of his 70th birthday, said this was the greatest honor of his coaching career for him.