Achim Stocker

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Achim Stocker (born May 27, 1935 in Konstanz , † November 1, 2009 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German football official .

Life

Stocker grew up in Konstanz, studied law in Freiburg and came to SC Freiburg as an active player . Until his retirement he worked as a government director at the regional finance office in Freiburg.

He died at the age of 74 of complications from a heart attack and stroke that he suffered on October 28, 2009. Stocker was married and had a daughter and a son. He was buried in the Bergäcker cemetery in Freiburg-Littenweiler .

Functionary activity

Stocker was the third chairman of SC Freiburg from 1970 to 1972. In 1972 he was elected first chairman of the association in absentia and subsequently accepted his election. He held the office until his death, making him the longest-serving president of a club in German professional football.

Achim Stocker led SC Freiburg in 1978 first in the then two-part second division, then in 1981 in the then new single-track second division.

In 1991 he engaged Volker Finke as a new trainer. Under the leadership of Stocker as president and Finkes as coach, the club's men's soccer team rose to the 1st Bundesliga for the first time in 1993 . Subsequently, with the third place in the first division in 1995 and with the participation in the UEFA Cup in 1996 and 2002, the greatest successes in the club's history were achieved. In 1997 and 2002, SC Freiburg was relegated to rise again immediately in the following year.

In 2007, Achim Stocker signed Robin Dutt as Finke's successor. In 2009 the men's soccer team was promoted back to the 1st Bundesliga.

Together with Volker Finke, Stocker built the Freiburg football school . In 2004, the Achim Stocker Foundation, named after him, was founded by the club and the city of Freiburg to finance it .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ n-tv.de: Achim Stocker is dead , November 1, 2009 (accessed April 14, 2012)
  2. ^ Badische Zeitung: Achim Stocker - a chronology (accessed on November 2, 2009)
  3. ^ Spiegel Online: President Stocker passed away (accessed on November 1, 2009)
  4. ↑ Badische Zeitung: Achim Stocker is dead - SC Freiburg in shock (accessed on November 2, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Stocker, Achim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German football official
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 2009
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau