Austria v Germany : Never Very Much Of A Border Battle

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West Germany striker KARL-HEINZ RUMMENIGGE of Bayern Munich attempts to avoid the challenge of Austria defender HERIBERT WEBER (19) of SK Rapid Vienna while Austria defender JOSEF DEGEORGI (4) of FC Admira Wacker Vienna and West Germany striker HORST HRUBESCH (9) of SV Hamburg watch during the important 1982 FIFA World Cup, Group 2 match at the Estadio Municipal El Molinon stadion in Gijon, Spain.
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The neighboring Alpine nations of AUSTRIA and GERMANY will meet for the 38th time in football history this Tuesday as the qualification matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be hosted by Brazil continue to unfold as evidenced by Group 3 encounter at the Ernst Happel Stadion (the old Praterstadion) in the cultured city of Vienna.

Although many top Austrians players have always and certainly continue to ply their trade professionally on the other side of the border with Germany, the football “rivalry” between the two countries that speak a common language has been rather one-sided, to be polite, for the last 80 years or so.

Austria had been in charge with six victories in the first nine matches of a series which had originated in 1908 but the large 5-0 triumph over Germany on the strength of a hat trick from the legendary MATTHIAS SINDELAR in front of 50,000 spectators at the old Praterstadion in Vienna on September 14, 1931, marked the end of the positive era from the Austrian perspective.

Germany defeated Austria 3-2 to claim third place at the 1934 FIFA World Cup hosted by Italy in the only other meeting before the notorious Anschluss four years later and has not looked back on the football pitch ever since. Indeed, the dominant Germans have won 21 and while losing just twice in the last 28 official international matches with their Austrian counterparts. Germany have not lost since its reunification while it was back in 1986 that Austria last triumphed in this always-interesting border battle.

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No fewer than nine of Austria’s 23-man squad for the World Cup qualifier with Germany are currently employed by German Bundesliga clubs. Many are expected to appear in the Startelf for trainer MARCEL KOLLER, the long-time Grasshopper Club Zurich midfielder who earned 56 caps (three goals) for Switzerland in his playing career. Goalkeeper ROBERT ALMER (forever the old Pink Panther of Vienna Derby fame here at this blog) of newly-promoted Fortuna Duesseldorf is slated to start between the sticks with left back CHRISTIAN FUCHS of Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen as well as central defenders EMANUEL POGATETZ of Vfl Wolfsburg and SEBASTIAN PRODL of Werder Bremen all featuring on the backline for Austria.

Both Fuchs and Pogatetz are among two of the most experienced players on Koller’s squad having accumulated 48 international caps each.

The midfield of Oesterreich could see many faces familiar to German Bundesliga fans including winger MARTIN HARNIK of Vfb Stuttgart, who tallied 17 times in the German top flight last term and only just last week scored a spectacular goal with a superb volley against traditional giant Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Also in the center of the park there is the FSV 05 Mainz pair of JULIAN BAUMGARTLINGER and seasoned ANDREAS IVANSCHITZ, the 28-year-old with 56 caps (10 goals) who netted a penalty in Austria’s last international match, the 2-0 triumph over Turkey in mid-August. Werder Bremen midfielder ZLATKO JUNUZOVIC could very well come off the bench, as well.

Striker MARKO ARNAUTOVIC, the 23-year-old who has totaled nine goals in 46 Bundesliga games for Werder Bremen all told since transferring from Italian Serie A side Inter Milan in the summer of 2010, will begin up front for Austria.

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West Germany striker HORST HRUBESCH is closely watched by Austria sweeper BRUNO PEZZEY (5) of German club Eintracht Frankfurt, the stalwart defender who won the old UEFA Cup title with the Hessians in 1980 and ultimately made 255 Bundesliga appearances in his career including later time spent with Werder Bremen, during the crucial 1982 FIFA World Cup, Group 2 match at the Stadio Municipal El Mulinon in Gijon, Spain.
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The recently well-traveled MARC JANKO of Turkish side AS Trabzonspor, now with his fourth club in as many seasons, will, most likely, partner Arnautovic in the Austrian attack up front. The 29-year-old had been sold by Dutch club FC Twente Enschede to Portguese giant FC Porto for a transfer fee of 5.5 million Euros last winter. But after scoring four goals in 10 league matches for the eventual Portuguese champions last spring, Janko (27 caps, 11 goals) was again transferred this summer for the cut rate of 2.4 million Euros.

The Austrians definitely miss the services of the incapacitated DAVID ALABA, the extremely versatile 20-year-old who had enjoyed such a breakout season in the German Bundesliga for historical powerhouse Bayern Munich and settled into the left back position so nicely last term.

Another valuable Austria international injured most recently is PAUL SCHARNER (40 caps), the flexible, 32-year-old defender/midfielder who just moved this summer to German Bundesliga club SV Hamburg after seven seasons in the English Premier League with Wigan Athletic and West Bromwich Albion.

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West Germany striker HORST HRUBESCH (9), the aerial specialist who had netted the match-winner against Belgium in the Final of the 1980 UEFA European Championships two years earlier, celebrates his early header hammered effectively past Austria goalkeeper FRIEDL KONCILIA (1) of FK Austria Vienna in only the 10th minute of the pivotal 1982 FIFA World Cup, Group 2 match at the Estadio Municipal El Mulinon in Gijon, Spain.

Euro ’92 Final : Danes, Schmeichel Shock Defending World Champs

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High-flying Denmark defender KENT NIELSEN (3) of AGF Aarhus hacks the ball away from Germany striker KARL-HEINZ RIEDLE (11) of Italian Serie A side SS Lazio Rome, a two-goal hero for Deutschland in the semifinal match with host nation, and prevents a quality scoring opportunity in the second half of the 1992 UEFA European Championships Final in front of 37,800 spectators at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Competing in the national colors for the very first time since re-unification, powerful GERMANY entered the 1992 UEFA European Championships as the planet’s premier football team having won the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. DENMARK, on the other hand, had not even qualified for the final tournament hosted by Sweden, itself, after ending up a point behind Yugoslavia in their qualification group. But the brewing civil war left UEFA with absolutely no choice but to expel the ill-fated Yugoslavs and so, only 10 days ahead of the opening kick, the Danes were a late invitee to Euro ’92.

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Denmark goalkeeper PETER SCHEMICHEL (1) of English Premier League club Manchester United moves off his line to cut the angle and prepares to make a monster save on breaking Germany wingback STEFAN REUTER (2) of Italian Serie A side FC Juventus Turin early on in match at the Ullevi Stadium.
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The Germans started off well-enough in the Final at the Ullevi Stadium and went on the attack immediately but twice could not solve Denmark goalkeeper PETER SCHMEICHEL, the 28-year-old who had just completed his first season with English Premier League club Manchester United and was nothing short of an emerging international superstar.

And then, in the 18th minute, the Danes scored very much against the run of play to, from there on out, leave the normally-unflappable Germans with the frustrating task of chasing a game it was always gaining on but would never actually quite catch.

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Denmark midfielder JOHN JENSEN (7) of IF Broendby Copenhagen is mobbed by teammates after rocketing a right-footed shot straight past Germany World Cup-winning goalkeeper BODO ILGNER of 1.FC Koeln at the near post to give trainer Richard Moeller Nielsen’s side a surprise 18th minute lead. Following a crunching tackle from IF Broendby Copenhagen midfielder KIM VILFORT, the Borussia Dortmund striker FLEMMING POVLSEN had cut the ball back to the top of the box for the 27-year-old goal-scorer, who had failed to net even one time in 47 Bundesliga matches over the course of a season and a half for SV Hamburg only a couple years earlier. This signature strike also would help Jensen land a lucrative transfer to London-based FC Arsenal in the English Premier League following the tournament’s conclusion.
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Germany wingback and captain ANDREAS BREHME (3) of Italian Serie A club Inter Milan competes for the ball with Denmark right back JOHN SIVEBAEK (2) of French Ligue 1 side AS Monaco, the highly-experienced former Manchester United defender who would be signed by newly-promoted Italian Serie A outfit Delfino 1936 Pescara later that summer, during the Final of the 1992 UEFA European Championships at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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The Germans quickly regrouped and went in search of the equalizer but Schmeichel got down well and just barely saved with his fingertips from World Cup champion JUERGEN KLINSMANN of Italian Serie A club Inter Milan. And Bayern Munich midfielder STEFFEN EFFENBERG, who had created the chance for Klinsmann, then rifled a fierce drive that forced the Danish netminder to concede a corner. But the Danes had were still standing firm when the halftime whistle sounded.

The German siege continued unabated after the restart and one-time Aston Villa defender KENT NIELSEN was needed to make a stellar clearance at the back post on a dangerous cross from Klinsmann. The 27-year-old striker bound for French side AS Monaco in the months to follow, immediately then met the ensuing throw-in for a blistering header but Schmeichel, once again, saved the Danes. All the possession and opportunities would, indeed, amount to nothing.

This after the veteran Vilfort had collected a header in the offensive third and stormed forward to left-foot a precise, low shot in off Ilgner’s near post (again) in the 78th minute.

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Denmark veteran midfielder KIM VILFORT (18) of IF Broendby Copenhagen, the 29-year-old who had spent the 1985/86 football campaign in France with OSC Lille and would go on to finish his career with a respectable 77 caps, strikes for a second goal and effectively sinks the German battleship with but a dozen minutes remaining in the 1992 UEFA European Championships at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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The hands on the head of Denmark international BRIAN LAUDRUP (11) really say alot as the Bayern Munich striker comes to the realization that the Danes are actually going to defeat Germany in the Final of Euro ’92 while teammates congratulate the insurance goal-scorer Vilfort at the Ullevi Stadium.
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German players STEFAN REUTER (2) of Italian Serie A side FC Juventus Turin, ANDREAS THOM (13) of Bayer Leverkusen, THOMAS HELMER (14) of Borussia Dortmund, GUIDO BUCHWALD (6) of Vfb Stuttgart and THOMAS DOLL (10) of Italian Serie A club SS Lazio Rome react after the disappointing loss to Denmark in the Euro ’92 Final at Gothenburg’s Ullevi Stadium.
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Denmark’s Bundesliga strike force featuring BRIAN LAUDRUP (11) of Bayern Munich and FLEMMING POVLSEN (9) of Borussia Dortmund celebrate with tremendous pride for a victory which is to this day considered the country’s greatest sporting moment, ever, after the upstart Danes downed defending World Cup champion Germany 2-0 in the Final of the 1992 UEFA European Championships at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Euro ’92 Final : Denmark vs Germany

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Denmark skipper LARS OLSEN (4) of Turkish club AS Trabzonspor and Deutschland-Spielfuehrer ANDREAS BREHME (3) of Italian side Inter Milan, who would be named to the all-tournament team on defense for his efforts in the competition, lead the two sides out onto the pitch just prior to the start of the 1992 UEFA European Championships Final witnessed by 37,800 spectators at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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The reigning world champion Germans, now under the direction of former World Cup-winning defender BERTI VOGTS, were employing a 5-3-2 formation at the 1992 UEFA European Championships with the idea of the two outside fullbacks becoming heavily involved in the attack. The wingback on the left and captain of the squad in Sweden was ANDERAS BREHME of Italian Serie A side Inter Milan, the highly-experienced 31-year-old veteran who had scored from the penalty spot to provide dominant Germany with the 1-0 victory over Argentina in the Final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. As it stood, Germany had six legionnaires from the crack Serie A in its Startelf and would send out a seventh Italian-based professional against the surprising Danes to start the second half.

GERMANY
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GK – Bodo ILGNER ……………. (1.FC Koeln / Ger : 54 caps)
LB – Andreas BREHME ………. (Inter Milan – Ita / Ger : 86 caps, 8 go)
CB – Thomas HELMER ………. (Borussia Dortmund / Ger : 68 caps, 5 go)
CB – Guido BUCHWALD …….. (Vfb Stuttgart / Ger : 76 caps, 4 go)
CB – Juergen KOHLER ……….. (FC Juventus Turin – Ita / Ger : 105 caps, 2 go)
RB – Stefan REUTER …………. (FC Juventus Turin – Ita / Ger : 69 caps, 2 go)
MF – Steffen EFFENBERG ….. (Bayern Munich / Ger : 35 caps, 5 go)
MF – Matthias SAMMER …….. (Vfb Stuttgart / * Ger : 51 caps, 6 go)
MF – Thomas HAESSLER ……. (AS Roma – Ita / Ger : 101 caps, 11 go)
FW – Juergen KLINSMANN … (Inter Milan – Ita / Ger : 108 caps, 47 go)
FW – Karl Heinz RIEDLE …….. (SS Lazio Rome – Ita / Ger : 42 caps, 16 go)

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MF – Thomas DOLL …………….. (SS Lazio Rome – Ita / * Ger : 18 caps, 1 go)
for Sammer – 46th min
FW – Andreas THOM ………….. (Bayer Leverkusen / * Ger : 10 caps, 2 go)
for Effenberg – 80th min

* asterisk denotes additional international caps for the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic) … caps for West Germany (always known officially as the Federal Republic of Germany – in German, the Bundesrepublik Deutschland) are included with totals for re-unified Germany

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1990 FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper BODO ILGNER (1) succeeded the highly-accompished netminder Harald “Toni” Schumacher as first choice for both 1.FC Koeln in the Bundesliga as well as with the national team of West Germany and later earned a UEFA Champions League winners’s medal with traditional Spanish La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid by posting a clean sheet in the 1998 Final opposite storied Italian Serie A side FC Juventus of Turin.
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Denmark goalkeeper PETER SCHMEICHEL (1) certainly did much to repay Manchester United after being purchased from IF Broendby Copenhagen for the (with hindsight) phenominally-low price of 500,000 English pounds in August of 1991. After a successful Euro ’92 in Sweden, the emerging international star went on to capture five English Premier League titles in a seven-year span starting with the 1992/93 campaign. Schmeichel, on his last tour of duty with the Red Devils before signing with Sporting Lisbon in Portugal, also earned a UEFA Champions League title when Manchester United ralllied to defeat German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in 1999.
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Last-minute contestant Denmark, who had not qualified for the final tournament of either the 1990 FIFA World Cup or the 1992 UEFA Euopean Championships on the pitch, fielded a conventional 4-4-2 formation in the Final of Euro ’92 at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, and were fortified at the back by standout goalkeeper PETER SCHMEICHEL of English club Manchester United. 31-year-old left back KENT NIELSEN, the 1986 FIFA World Cup veteran who had been bought by Aston Villa for 500,000 English pounds in the fall of 1989, had decamped Birmingham and returned to Danish football with modest AGF Aarhus. Right back JOHN SIVEBAEK of French first division side AS Monaco, who spent a year and half with Manchester United in the mid-80s before signing with AS St. Etienne in France, had also been a member of the Danish Dynamite team that garnered a good bit of attention at the ’86 World Cup in Mexico.

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GK – Peter SCHMEICHEL …… (Manchester United – Eng / 129 caps, 1 go)
LB – Kent NIELSEN ……………. (AGF Aarhus / Den : 54 caps, 3 go)
CB – Torben PIECHNIK ……… (B 1903 Copenhagen / Den: 15 caps, 0 go)
CB – Lars OLSEN ………………… (AS Trabzonspor – Turk : 84 caps, 4 go)
RB – John SIVEBAEK …………. (AS Monaco – Fra / 87 caps, 1 go)
MF – Henrik LARSEN …………. (BK Lyngby / 39 caps, 5 go)
MF – Kim VILFORT …………….. (IF Broendby Copenhagen / 77 caps, 14 go)
MF – John JENSEN …………….. (IF Broendy Copenhagen / Den : 69 caps, 4 go)
MF – Kim CHRISTOFTE ……… (IF Broendby Copenhagen / Den : 19 caps, 1 go)
FW – Brian LAUDRUP …………. (Bayern Munich – Ger / Den : 82 caps, 21 go)
FW – Flemming POVLSEN ……. (Borussia Dortmund – Ger / Den : 62 caps, 21 go)

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DF – Claus CHRISTENSEN ……. (BK Lyngby / Den : 5 caps, 0 go)
for Sivebaek – 66th min

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Denmark midfielder HENRIK LARSEN (13) of BK Lyngby, who spent the 1991/92 season out on loan from Italian Serie B side AC Pisa on account of a restriction on foreign players and later spent the 1993/94 campaign with 2.Bundelisa club SV Waldorf Mannheim, tugs the shirt of Germany World Cup champion striker JUERGEN KLINSMANN (18) of Italian Serie A side Inter Milan during the Final of the 1992 UEFA European Championships at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Friendly For The Very First Time

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Although the amateur national teams of the two countries actually combined to forge a 1-1 draw at Frechen almost two decades earlier in September of 1969, the very first meeting between the senior sides of the Deutscher Fussball Bund and the Israeli Football Association occurred when the legendary FRANZ “der Kaiser” BECKENBAUER and WEST GERMANY traveled to the Middle East to face ISRAEL in an international friendly on March 25, 1987.

The Israelis were led by highly-experienced captain AVI COHEN of FC Maccabi Tel Aviv, the 30-year-old veteran who had made headlines all across Europe when signed by English powerhouse FC Liverpool in 1979 and would be returning to Great Britain to sign with Scottish giant Glasgow Rangers in just a few months time. 24-year-old defender DAVID PISANTI had only recently left Bundesliga club 1.FC Koeln after a year and a half in West German football to return home and sign with Ligat ha’Al club FC Hapoel Tel Aviv. But Pisanti, who was off again to Europe in the summer of 1987 for two seasons with English First Division club Queens Park Rangers, was not selected to play in the historic international friendly with West Germany by the Israel national team trainer at that time, the Yugoslav import MILJENKO MIHIC.

Meanwhile, it had been less than a year since West Germany had lost to Argentina 3-2 in the Final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup at the enormous Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. Beckenbauer’s squad was re-tooling for the 1988 UEFA European Championships, which the West Germans were scheduled to host. One conspicuous absentee from the visiting squad was veteran goalkeeper HARALD “Toni” SCHUMACHER of 1.FC Koeln, the 33-year-old, two-time World Cup Finalist with 76 caps for West Germany who had retired from the national team after appearing in friendlies with Denmark and Spain in the fall of 1986.

The visiting West Germans, as a result of an early goal from youthful midfielder OLAF THON and a penalty by LOTHAR MATTHAEUS with a mere eleven minutes remaining, shutout the host Israelis 2-0 at Tel Aviv’s little Ramat Gan Stadium in front of a reported 15,000 specatators.

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Israel striker ELI OHANA of FC Beitar Jerusalem was one of three players from the historic side engaging visiting West Germany at the Ramat Gan Stadium in March of 1987 who were headed off to sign with professional clubs in Europe later that summer. Ohana, who remains just inside the top ten among the all-time goal-scorers for the national team, signed with KVV Mechelen in Belgium and paid immediate returns on the club’s investment in his very first season. Ohana scored an important goal for KVV Mechelen in the semifinal round opposite Italian Serie A outfit Atalanta Bergamo and then assisted on the only goal in the Final against storied Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam as the upstart Belgian team lifted the 1988 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in the spring of 1988.
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GK – 23 – Avi RAN ………………………. FC Maccabi Tel Haifa (9 caps)
DF – 27 – Avinoam OVADIA ………… FC Shimshon Tel Aviv (12 caps, 1 go)
DF – 30 – Avi COHEN ………………….. FC Maccabi Tel Aviv (59 caps, 3 go)
DF – 23 – Menashe SHIMONOV …… FC Maccabi Tel Aviv (19 caps, 0 go)
DF – 30 – Zion MARILI ……………….. FC Maccabi Haifa (6 caps, 1 go)
MF – 30 – Nir KLINGER ……………… FC Maccabi Haifa (83 caps, 2 go)
MF – 29 – Uri MALMILIAN …………. FC Beitar Jerusalem (62 caps, 16 go)
MF – 28 – Daniel BRAILOVSKY …… FC Maccabi Haifa (18 caps, 3 go)
MF – 18 – Shalom TIKVA …………….. FC Maccabi Netanya (23 caps, 6 go)
FW – 22 – Eli DRIKS ……………………. FC Maccabi Tel Aviv (26 caps, 4 go)
FW – 23 – Eli OHANA ………………….. FC Beitar Jerusalem (50 caps, 17 go)

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MF – 26 – Moshe SINAI ……………….. FC Hapoel Tel Aviv (47 caps, 7 go)
for Tikva – 46th min

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West Germany midfielder OLAF THON of Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen
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GK – 26 – Eike IMMEL ……………….. Vfb Stuttgart (19 caps)
DF – 30 – Thomas HOERSTER ……. Bayer Leverkusen (4 caps, 0 go)
DF – 21 – Juergen KOHLER …………. SV Waldorf Mannheim (105 caps, 2 go)
DF – 26 – Guido BUCHWALD ………. Vfb Stuttgart (76 caps, 4 go)
DF – 26 – Hans PFLUEGLER ……….. Bayern Munich (11 caps, 0 go)
MF – 26 – Andreas BREHME ……….. Bayern Munich (86 caps, 8 go)
MF – 26 – Lothar MATTHAEUS …… Bayern Munich (150 caps, 23 go)
MF – 20 – Olaf THON ………………….. Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen (52 caps, 3 go)
MF – 24 – Uwe RAHN ………………….. Bor. Moenchengladbach (14 caps, 5 go)
FW – 23 – Herbert WAAS …………….. Bayer Leverkusen (11 caps, 1 go)
FW – 26 – Rudi VOELLER …………….. Werder Bremen (90 caps, 47 go)

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MF – 25 – Wolfram WUTTKE ………… 1.FC Kaiserslautern (4 caps, 1 go)
for Voeller – 51st min

Striker RUDI VOELLER, who had scored the second goal for West Germany against France in the semifinal of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, was only months away from being transferred to Italian Serie A side AS Roma for the hefty fee of 7.5 million Deutsche Mark … ANDREAS BREHME, LOTHAR MATTHAEUS and HANS PFLUEGLER were all destined to appear for Bayern Munich in the Final of the 1987 UEFA European Cup even sooner, when the Bavarians would fall to Portuguese side FC Porto at the Praterstadion in Vienna.

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A contemporary Israeli postage stamp commemorates former national team goalkeeper AVI RAN, a rising star for FC Maccabi Haifa by all accounts who was tragically killed in a boating accident while swimming in the Sea of Galilee in the summer of 1987.

Dass War Karl-Heinz Foerster Mit Olympique Marseille

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Folgend dem Ende der Weltmeisterschaften 1986, deutscher Nationalmannschaft Verteidiger KARL-HEINZ FOERSTER von Vfb Stuttgart nach Olympique Marseille in Frankreich wechselte. Der franzoesische Sportverein hat Foerster, der Bundesligafussballspieler des Jahres 1982 war und auch Bundesligatitel mit Vfb Stuttgart in 1984 gewann, fuer 3.5 Million Deutsche Mark gekauft. Der starke Zentalverteidiger hatte bereits in den Endspielen der 1980 Europameisterschaften und die Weltmeisterschaften 1982 und 1986 mit Deutschland erschient.
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1986/87 Saison — OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE (Frankreich) … der deutsche Weltmeisterschaften Verteidiger KARL-HEINZ FOERSTER steht zweiter Stelle von Rechts in der rueckseitigen Reihe. Von ihm steht BLAZ SLISKOVIC, der 26 Laenderspielen hatte aber bei der WM 1982 oder Europameisterschaften 1984 mit dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien nicht gespielt hat, Rechts … der Torhueter ist JOSEPH ANTOINE BELL, der 50 Mal mit Kamerun gespielt hat und drei Mal (1982, 1986 und 1990) an einer Weltmeisterschaften war … Franzoesischer WM 1986 Stuermer JEAN-PIERRE PAPIN, der viele Jahre spaeter mit Bayern Muenchen erscheinen, ist Zweiter Stelle von Recht in der erste Reihe.
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81 A Laenderspielen mit zwei Tore fuer Deutschland
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LAUFBAHN von KARL-HEINZ FOERSTER

(nur Spielen und Tore in der Liga)

75/76 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. 2.Bundesliga …….. 5 Sp. 0 To.
76/77 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. 2.Bundesliga …… 34 Sp. 5 To.
77/78 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 34 Sp. 1 To.
78/79 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 34 Sp. 2 To.
79/80 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 31 Sp. 2 To.
80/81 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 30 Sp. 2 To.
81/82 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 26 Sp. 3 To.
82/83 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 32 Sp. 2 To.
83/84 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 29 Sp. 2 To.
84/85 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 29 Sp. 2 To.
85/86 … Vfb Stuttgart ………………. Bundesliga ……… 27 Sp. 1 To.
86/87 … Olympique Marseille …… Ligue 1 ……………. 27 Sp. 2 To.
87/88 … Olympique Marseille …… Ligue 1 ……………. 37 Sp. 3 To.
88/89 … Olympique Marseille …… Ligue 1 ……………. 35 Sp. 1 To.
89/90 … Olympique Marseille …… Ligue 1 ……………… 4 Sp. 0 To.

That Was Klaus Allofs With Olympique Marseille

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As part of the ambitious effort to build the greatest professional football team France had ever seen, wealthy Olympique Marseille owner Bernard Tapie purchased West Germany World Cup striker KLAUS ALLOFS from North-Rhine Westphalian club 1.FC Cologne in the summer of 1987. Although by now 30 years old, the former Bundesliga Torschuetzenkoenig (1979 and 1985) continued to score in Ligue 1 while totaling 20 goals in 53 top flight matches over two seasons on the Mediterranean coast for the southeastern French side. After helping Olympique Marseille to a domestic league and Cup double for the 1988/89 campaign, Allofs transferred to rival Girondins Bordeaux.
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1988/89 season … OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE (France) … West Germany World Cup striker KLAUS ALLOFS, who claimed Marseille’s last goal during the 4-3 victory over AS Monaco in the 1989 French Cup Final, kneels second from left in the front row … to the right of Allofs and wearing the captain’s armband is France World Cup striker JEAN-PIERRE PAPIN, who later played for both AC Milan in Italy and Bayern Munich in a reunified Germany … to the far right in the back row is veteran defender KARL-HEINZ FOERSTER, who appeared for West Germany in the Final of two FIFA World Cups … both Allofs and Foerster were also in the Startelf at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome when West Germany defeated Belgium 2-1 in the Final of the 1980 UEFA European Championships.
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56 caps (17 goals) for West Germany
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CAREER of KLAUS ALLOFS

75/76 … Fortuna Dusseldorf ……… Bundesliga …….. 12 ga —- 0 go
76/77 … Fortuna Dusseldorf ……… Bundesliga …….. 33 ga —- 7 go
77/78 … Fortuna Dusseldorf ……… Bundesliga …….. 30 ga —- 7 go
78/79 … Fortuna Dusseldorf ……… Bundesliga …….. 33 ga – 22 go
79/80 … Fortuna Dusseldorf ……… Bundesliga …….. 28 ga – 16 go
80/81 … Fortuna Dusseldorf ……… Bundesliga …….. 33 ga – 19 go
81/82 … 1.FC Cologne ……………….. Bundesliga …….. 30 ga —- 9 go
82/83 … 1.FC Cologne ……………….. Bundesliga …….. 24 ga – 12 go
83/84 … 1.FC Cologne ……………….. Bundesliga …….. 34 ga – 20 go
84/85 … 1.FC Cologne ……………….. Bundesliga …….. 32 ga – 26 go
85/86 … 1.FC Cologne ……………….. Bundesliga …….. 24 ga —- 7 go
86/87 … 1.FC Cologne ……………….. Bundesliga …….. 33 ga – 14 go
87/88 … Olympique Marseille ……. Ligue 1 …………… 31 ga – 13 go
88/89 … Olympique Marseille ……. Ligue 1 …………… 22 ga —- 7 go
89/90 … Girondins Bordeaux …….. Ligue 1 …………… 37 ga – 14 go
90/91 … Werder Bremen ……………. Bundesliga …….. 30 ga – 10 go
91/92 … Werder Bremen ……………. Bundesliga …….. 32 ga —- 8 go
92/93 … Werder Bremen ……………. Bundesliga …….. 16 ga —- 0 go

Euro ’76 : Fireworks In First-Ever Penalty Kick Shootout

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With West Germany goalkeeper SEPP MAIER (1) of Bayern Munich having already started to his left, Czechoslovakia midfielder ANTONIN PANENKA of Bohemians Prague cheekily chips the ball straight down the center slowly to net the winning penalty kick in the unprecedented shootout which decided the Final of the 1976 UEFA European Championships at the Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
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1972 European and 1974 World Cup champion WEST GERMANY were finally dethroned by upstart CZECHOSLOVAKIA in the Final of the 1976 UEFA European Championship in Belgrade, but not before dramatically equalizing and engaging in the very first penalty kick shootout history had ever seen at a major international competition.

Czechoslovakia had certainly earned the right to face West Germany in the Final having first defeated the beaten Euro ’72 finalist (Soviet Union) over two legs in the quarterfinal and then dumped out the runners-up at the ’74 World Cup (Holland) after extra time in the semi-final at Euro ’76 in Yugoslavia. The star was 23-year-old striker ZDENEK NEHODA of army club Dukla Prague, who stands forever as the most capped player having made 90 appearances for the national team of Czechoslovakia in his career. It had been Nehoda’s strike in the 114th minute of the semi-final that had doomed the Dutch.

The surging Czechoslovaks stormed to the lead against West Germany in the Final in only the eighth minute of play. A good shot from Slovan Bratislava’s defender KOLOMAN GOGH was parried away by experienced goalkeeper SEPP MAIER of three-time defending European Cup champion Bayern Munich but the opportunistic Nehoda, following up on the right, collected the rebound and smartly squared for on-rushing JAN SVEHLIK. The 26-year-old Slovan Bratislava striker, who only ever did score four goals on his 17 career international appearances for Czechoslovakia, had no trouble finding the empty net at the back post.

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National team captains clash as Spartak Trnava defender KAROL DOBIAS, who scored Czechoslovakia’s second goal of the match in Belgrade, slides in to tackle the ball away from Bayern Munich sweeper FRANZ BECKENBAUER, the current three-times consecutive European Cup titlist who was making his 100th appearance for West Germany in the contest, during the dramatic Final of the 1976 UEFA European Champioships at the Stadion Cervena Zvezda.
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The underdogs added a second not even a half hour in when Czechoslovakia captain KAROL DOBIAS of Spartak Trnava gathered a poorly-cleared ball at the top of the box and rifled a low, left-footer into the corner past Maier. This turn of events appeared to awaken West Germany, however, who had also fallen behind host nation Yugoslavia by two goals early on in the semi-final before bouncing back to win 4-2 after extra time. Within three minutes, the West Germans would pull one back.

Creative midfielder RAINER BONHOF of Bundesliga champion Borussia Moenchengladbach flighted a beautiful cross and 1.FC Koeln striker DIETER MUELLER, the replacement for the legendary der Bomber who had scored the last three West German goals in the semi-final, struck a brilliant side-volley past helpless Czechoslovakia goalkeeper IVO VIKTOR of army club Dukla Prague in the 28th minute. This fortified the tournament’s defending champions and current World Cup holders, who went in search of a tying goal only to find Viktor in what was later described as “the form of his life”. It would take until the very last minute of regulation before World Cup striker BERND HOLZENBEIN of Eintracht Frankfurt could beat Viktor to a Bonhof corner kick and head in a vital equalizer.

Although Mueller had an ambitious effort with yet another acrobatic side-volley that did not miss by much towards the end of extra time, neither team could find a winner and so, for the very first time in the history of major international competition, the controversial method of penalty kicks was used to bring about a result. The first seven kickers from both sides all had success in finding the back of the net from the spot, much to the chargrin of both goalkeepers. But then it was the turn of West Germany midfielder ULI HOENESS from European Cup juggernaut Bayern Munich …

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Czechoslovakia goalkeeper IVO VIKTOR of army club Dukla Prague watches as West Germany midfielder ULI HOENESS, who appeared in just half of Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga matches and scored only four goals during the 1975/76 season, blasts his spot kick well over the crossbar during the historic penalty shootout in the Final of the 1976 UEFA European Championships at the Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
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EM ’76 Finale : die Mannschaft von Deutschland

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Superstar sweeper FRANZ BECKENBAUER of three-time defending European Cup champion Bayern Munich, who appeared against host nation England in the Final of the 1966 FIFA World Cup ten years earlier, was competing in his last major international tournament for West Germany when appearing opposite Czechoslovakia (above) in the Final of the 1976 UEFA European Championships at the Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
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GK – Sepp MAIER ———————– Bayern Munich (95 caps)

DF – Berti VOGTS ———————— Borussia Moenchengladbach (96 caps, 1 go)
DF – Franz BECKENBAUER ——— Bayern Munich (103 caps, 14 go)
DF – Georg SCHWARZENBECK — Bayern Munich (44 caps, 0 go)
DF – Bernd DIETZ ———————— MSV Duisburg (53 caps, 0 go)

MF – Herbert WIMMER ————— Borussia Moenchengladbach (36 caps, 4 go)
MF – Rainer BONHOF ——————- Borussia Moenchengladbach (53 caps, 9 go)
MF – Uli HOENESS ———————– Bayern Munich (35 caps, 5 go)
MF – Erich BEER ————————– SC Hertha Berlin (24 caps, 7 go)

FW – Bernd HOLZENBEIN ———– Eintracht Frankfurt (40 caps, 5 go)
FW – Dieter MUELLER —————— 1.FC Koeln (12 caps, 9 go)

substitutes
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MF – Heinz FLOHE ————————- 1.FC Koeln (39 caps, 8 go)
for Wimmer (46th min)
MF – Hannes BONGARTZ ————— Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen (4 caps, 0 go)
for Beer (80th min)

The West Germans were without legendary striker GERD “der Bomber” MUELLER, the 30-year-old who was still doing the business for Bayern Munich but had already concluded his standout international career in 1974 after a record 68 goals in only 62 games for Deutschland. Mueller’s former teammate in the Bundesliga and the other man to score for West Germany in the Final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, PAUL BREITNER of Spanish giant Real Madrid, was also not in trainer HELMUT SCHOEN’s squad at Euro ’76 held in Yugoslavia. In the meantime, 30-year-old sweeper FRANZ “der Kaiser” BECKENBAUER of Bayern Munich was marking his 100th career appearance for the national team against the surprising Czechoslovaks at the Stadion Cervena Zvezda in Belgrade.

Germany : Setting The Qualification Records Straight

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The Startelf of GERMANY pause for the traditional team photograph just prior to the start of the national record-setting European Championships qualification match with neighboring Belgium at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf.
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GERMANY / WEST GERMANY
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UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Qualifying Record

1968 — won 4, lost 1, tied 1 — 9-2 goals for/against
1972 — won 4, lost 0, tied 2 — 10-2 goals for/against
1976 — won 3, lost 0, tied 3 — 14-4 goals for/against
1980 — won 4, lost 0, tied 2 — 17-1 goals for/against
1984 — won 5, lost 2, tied 1 — 15-5 goals for/against
1988 — QUALIFIED AUTOMATICALLY AS HOST NATION
1992 — won 5, lost 1, tied 0 — 13-4 goals for/against
1996 — won 8, lost 1, tied 1 — 27-10 goals for/against
2000 — won 6, lost 1, tied 1 — 20-4 goals for/against
2004 — won 5, lost 0, tied 3 — 13-4 goals for/against
2008 — won 8, lost 1, tied 3 — 35-7 goals for/against
2012 — won 10, lost 0, tied 0 — 34-7 goals for/against

With the ten victories achieved from the recently-completed Euro 2012 campaign, Germany improved its all-time qualification record for the UEFA European Championships to an impressive 62 wins against just seven losses with 17 draws.

FIFA WORLD CUP
Qualifying Record

1934 — won 1, lost 0, tied 0 — 9-1 goals for/against
1938 — won 3, lost 0, tied 0 — 11-1 goals for/against
1954 — won 3, lost 0, tied 1 — 12-3 goals for/against
1958 — QUALIFIED AUTOMATICALLY AS DEFENDING CHAMPION
1962 — won 4, lost 0, tied 0 — 11-5 goals for/against
1966 — won 3, lost 0, tied 1 — 14-2 goals for/against
1970 — won 5, lost 0, tied 1 — 20-3 goals for/against
1974 — QUALIFIED AUTOMATICALLY AS HOST NATION
1978 — QUALIFIED AUTOMATICALLY AS DEFENDING CHAMPION
1982 — won 8, lost 0, tied 0 — 33-3 goals for/against
1986 — won 5, lost 1, tied 2 — 20-9 goals for/against
1990 — won 3, lost 0, tied 3 — 13-3 goals for/against
1994 — QUALIFIED AUTOMATICALLY AS DEFENDING CHAMPION
1998 — won 6, lost 0, tied 4 — 23-9 goals for/against
2002 — won 5, lost 1, tied 2 — 14-10 goals for/against
2006 — QUALIFIED AUTOMATICALLY AS HOST NATION
2010 — won 8, lost 0, tied 2 — 26-5 goals for/against

Of course, when it comes to qualification for the FIFA World Cup, the Germans currently claim an incredible all-time mark of 54 wins against just two losses with 16 draws.

Euro ’80 Final : Hrubesch Heads West Germany To Glory

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West Germany striker HORST HRUBESCH (right) of SV Hamburg heads a late corner kick past Belgium goalkeeper JEAN-MARIE PFAFF of SK Beveren to score what would remain the most important goal of his international career in the waning minutes of the 1980 UEFA European Championships Final from the venerable Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.
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Known as der Ungeheuer, HORST HRUBESCH of Bundesliga club SV Hamburg had often been labeled as good in the air but of little value otherwise. Indeed, the veteran 29-year-old striker had never even managed an international goal prior to the Final of the 1980 UEFA European Championships in Rome. However, at the final hurdle, the Monster literally rose up to wreck the title aspirations of Belgium and hand West Germany the coveted trophy in the end.

Hrubesch did not score for SV Hamburg after coming on as a substitute for the second half of the 1980 European Cup Final against English side Nottingham Forrest less than a month prior to the Euro ’80 Final. But, on his fifth international appearance for Deutschland, the massive central striker did find the back of the net for West Germany only ten minutes into the match with Belgium at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Demonstrating some genuine skill and settling a chip from impressive 21-year-old midfielder BERND SCHUSTER, a rising star with 1.FC Koeln, Hrubesch hammered a low shot past Belgium goalkeeper JEAN-MARIE PFAFF of SK Beveren into the far right corner to provide the early lead.

But for Pfaff, who later signed with Bundesliga club Bayern Munich following another standout showing at the 1982 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Spain, the West Germans would have extended their advantage.

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Sliding along the turf at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, West Germany sweeper ULI STIELIKE of Spanish La Liga giant Real Madrid watches as Belgium striker FRANCOIS VAN DER ELST of RSC Anderlecht, who crossed the Atlantic Ocean to join Franz Beckenbauer with the New York Cosmos in the old North American Soccer League after the final tournament in Italy, goes to ground inside the penalty area during the 1980 UEFA European Championships Final at the Stade Olimpico in Rome.
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The Belgians would benefit from a questionable refereeing decision with just a little over a quarter of an hour to be played in the match. While Belgium striker FRANCOIS VAN DER ELST of RSC Anderlecht was clearly fouled by West Germany sweeper ULI STIELIKE of Spanish La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid, the infraction appeared to take place just outside the penalty area. Nevertheless, a spot kick was awarded by Romanian referee NICOLAE RAINEA and summarily converted by Belgium midfielder RENE VANDEREYCKEN of Club Brugge to tie the game.

Extra time looked to be a very real possibility at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome as West Germany’s KARL-HEINZ RUMMENIGGE went to take a corner kick in the 89th minute of regulation. According to legend, the 24-year-old Bayern Munich striker boldly predicted the winning goal for the cameramen at the left corner flag and then proceeded to deliver a perfect cross for Hrubesch. Rummenigge, who was the top scorer with 26 goals in the Bundesliga that season, would later be selected as the winner of the 1980 Ballon d’Or representing the European Player of the Year.

West Germany extended its current unbeaten streak to 19 matches with the triumph over Belgium in Italy and claimed its second European title in the last three championships contested … Hrubesch later signed with Standard Liege the summer after winning the European Cup with SV Hamburg in 1983 and spent two seasons in the Belgian top flight before finishing his career with Borussia Dortmund.

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Elated West German players surround HORST HRUBESCH (center) immediately after the SV Hamburg striker’s headed goal off of a corner kick from the not-pictured Bayern Munich striker Karl-Heinz Rummenigge gives the 1972 champion and 1976 runner-up a very late lead against Belgium in the 89th minute of the 1980 UEFA European Championships Final at the venerable Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.
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1980 UEFA European Championships Final
Stadio Olimpico — Rome, Italy

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