Rudolf Krause (footballer)
Rudolf Krause ( born January 21, 1927 in Leipzig, † December 12, 2003 ibid ) was soccer players and soccer coaches in the GDR. He was a PhD educator, qualified sports teachers and graduate lawyer.
First years in Leipzig
With the beginning of the re- regulated after the Second World War football game operation in 1946, Rudolf Krause reported with 19 years in the sports community Stötteritz the east of Leipzig. There he played a season and moved in 1947 to SG Probstheida, a sprawling predecessor of the 1st FC Lok Leipzig and the late 1940s, one of the strongest football teams in Leipzig. As in 1949 as the highest East German football class, the DS- Oberliga was founded to Krause joined the playing in this league team in the industry zsg Leipzig. A year later he was with this team, now renamed BSG Chemie Leipzig, GDR football champions after a 2-0 in the decider against Turbine Erfurt. As an inside forward, he scored (1950 /51) 18 goals this season and was top scorer in the Leipzig. In the following season to Krause proved even more accurate and was with 27 goals along with the Stendal Kurt Weissenfels scorer in the league.
BSG Chemie, ZSK forward and SC Lok
At the beginning of the season 1952/53, the police team forward Leipzig, who was only 15, has become in the last season in the league 19 field to attract the best players of the local rivals chemistry began to change. In the winter of 1952 eventually changed to eight players forward, among them Rudolf Krause. But he was the only one not in the Kasernierte People's Police, the team was assumed occurred. A few weeks later, the central army sports club forward prompted the relocation of the team to Berlin. As the forward team relegated from the top league in the summer of 1953, Krause returned to Chemie Leipzig. After the sports club formation in 1954, Krause concluded, like most chemical players in the SC Lok Leipzig. When he landed at the end of the season in 1954/55 only to a disappointing 11th place in the Serie A, Krause was moved together with his trainer Alfred Kunze on probation for third division Lok Weimar. At the beginning of the second half of the season 1956 Krause was allowed to play for the SC Lok Leipzig again. In December 1961 Rudolf Krause retired from active football. He had completed 147 league games for Chemie Leipzig 102 for forward Leipzig / Berlin and 5 for Lok Leipzig and scored a total of 111 league goals.
Auswahlspieler
Although Rudolf Krause was a successful scorer and dazzling technician, he came only two appearances in the national football team of the GDR. His first was on June 14, 1953 during match against Bulgaria in Dresden ( 0:0). Krause was summoned inside left side storm, but was replaced at halftime by the Briesker Horst Franke. It took three years before Krause got a new chance in the national team. On 20 September 1956, the GDR played in Karl- Marx-Stadt against Indonesia ( 3-1 ). Krause came in to replace Horst Assmy, but could not be recommended as a scorer. Other selection inserts it did not come then.
Team coach
After finishing his playing career Krause trained as a football coach and initially looked after the 1961-1963 unterklassige team of steel lip village. Subsequently, he was appointed coach of the newly formed SC Leipzig. In his first season, 1963/64, he suffered the ignominy of leaving the local rivals and "Rest of Leipzig ," the BSG Chemie the championship. Although his SC was third, but he was defeated in the GDR Cup final ( 2:3 against construction of Magdeburg). When the SC Leipzig 1965 chemistry behind only finished fourth, Krause had to go and coached for one season, BSG Chemie Zeitz in the second-rate DDR -Liga.
Him the training of the GDR youth team was transferred in 1968. With it he won the 1970 UEFA youth tournament, the precursor of the U18 European Championship, by drawing lots after a 1-1 draw in the final against the Netherlands. Previously supported by him juniors had already occupied the junior tournament in 1969 after drawing of lots the 2nd place ( 1-1 against Bulgaria ), 1973 the team was second again after a 2:3 - final defeat against England. From 1976-1978 Krause oversaw the GDR National Selection.
For the football tournament of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow decided the East German Football Association to set up a separate from the A-team independent Olympic selection. Rudolf Krause was appointed in 1979 as an executive coach. Since the GDR was defending champion, she was able to participate without qualification on the final tournament, had previously completed but more than 20 warm-up matches. The GDR selection reached after four wins and a draw the Olympic final, but was defeated there on 2 August 1980 Czechoslovakia 0-1.
After another two -year stint as coach of the junior selection Krause was appointed in 1982 to head coach of the East German national team. It was his job to qualify the team for the European Football Championship 1984. After three defeats in a row against Scotland and twice Belgium, and a goalless draw against Switzerland, the GDR was already failed two laps before the end of the qualifying round. Four days after the Switzerland game Krause was released on 18 May 1983 as a coach. In the 17 games under his leadership, the GDR national team reached 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. Then Rudolf Krause worked as a consultant for the U16 and U18 national teams until his retirement in 1990.