Albin Kitzinger

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albin Kitzinger
Andreas Kupfer and Albin Kitzinger.jpg
Albin Kitzinger (right) and Andreas Kupfer
Personnel
birthday February 1, 1912
place of birth Schweinfurt ,  German Empire
date of death August 6, 1970
size 168 cm
position Outrunner
Juniors
Years station
1924-1929 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1929-1950 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1935-1942 Germany 44 (2)
1 Only league games are given.

Albin Kitzinger (born February 1, 1912 in Schweinfurt ; † August 6, 1970 ) was a German soccer player who played 44 international matches for the German national soccer team from 1935 to 1942 as a member of 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and scored two goals. He became known as an outside runner ( World Cup match scheme ) of the European top class. From the coach of the successful Italian World Cup teams in 1934 and 1938, Vittorio Pozzo , Kitzinger was appointed to the continent selection for the game on October 26 against England in 1938.

career

society

At the age of 12, the student Albin Kitzinger began playing soccer in the club in the youth department of the Green-Whites of FC Schweinfurt 05. He remained loyal to Lower Franconia throughout his career. The 1.68 m tall and extremely wiry young player moved up to the 1st team of the 05er at the age of 18. Already in the 1930/31 round he was actively involved in the ascent to the district of Bayern-Gruppe Nordbayern. By the fourth and third places in rounds 1931/32 and 1932/33, the association of Albin Kitzinger came from the round in 1933/34 in the newly introduced Gauliga Bayern . The performance improvement of the Lower Franconians was also noticeable in the cup games. In the South German Cup they moved into the final against VfB Stuttgart in 1933 and in 1936 the "Green-Whites" only reached the semi-finals. The Schweinfurters developed continuously, benefiting from the single-player class Albin Kitzingers and Andreas Kupfers , and celebrated the championship in the Gauliga Bayern for the first time in the 1938/39 round and thus moved into the final round of the German football championship . The Dresdner SC prevailed in 1939 with the better goal difference against the team from Lower Franconia. In 1942 the 05er celebrated the second championship ahead of SpVgg Fürth , TSV 1860 Munich and 1. FC Nürnberg . After the Second World War , the senior tied the football boots for Schweinfurt 05 in the Oberliga Süd until 1950 . In the league he played 157 games with four goals. A total of 826 games are listed for him at Schweinfurt 05.

Selection teams

Albin Kitzinger in the cigarette
picture album Gauliga Bayern 1938/39

Reichsbund Cup

In the Reichsbund Cup , Kitzinger and Bayern reached the final in the 1938/39 round after successes against Hesse, Lower Rhine and Saxony. On March 5, 1939, Bayern's favorite surprisingly lost with 1: 2 goals in Dresden against the team from Silesia led by captain Fritz Langner .

National team

Reich coach Otto Nerz called the Schweinfurt outrunner for the first time to the international match on August 25, 1935 in Erfurt against Romania in the German national soccer team . In the 4-2 victory, the debutants Heinz Werner , Fritz Deike and Albin Kitzinger formed the runner-up. For the two teammates, this game stayed in the national team, for the dynamic 05er with a large overview of the game, on the other hand, it was the start of an outstanding international career. But disappointments and defeats were also part of it. Kitzinger was not nominated for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. For the first time on April 25, 1937, club mates Kupfer and Kitzinger were together in the national team at the game in Hanover against Belgium. Together with Ludwig Goldbrunner, you formed the runner-up in the 1-0 victory.

With the 8-0 success on May 16, 1937 in Breslau against Denmark, this runner series also went down in football history as the Breslau-Elf . It was Albin Kitzinger's 13th international match. At the World Cup preliminary round match against Switzerland on June 4, 1938 in Paris, it ended 1: 1 after extra time, Kitzinger injured himself and was therefore unable to participate in the replay. He did not have any sporting success in the second major tournament in his national team career. The two encounters against the reigning soccer world champion Italy on November 26, 1939 (5-2 victory) and May 5, 1940 (2-3 defeat) were remarkable records of achievement. When Kitzinger played his 33rd international match against Romania on July 14, 1940 in Frankfurt, the young talent Fritz Walter made his debut in the national team of Reich coach Sepp Herberger . The international match against Hungary on May 3, 1942 in Budapest was characterized by two incidents: First, the DFB-Elf won the game with 5: 3 goals after a 1: 3 half-time deficit, and second, it was Kitzinger's international farewell after 44 Appearances in the national team.

Continent selection games

Albin Kitzinger (ahead of Albert Sing and Helmut Schubert ), listed on the left runner position as number one in a ranking of German football in the specialist magazine “Fußballwoche” at the beginning of 1943 , was chosen for the game played in Amsterdam on June 20, 1937 in Central Europe against West Europe, together with goalkeeper Hans Jakob , center runner Ludwig Goldbrunner and right winger Ernst Lehner , nominated for the West Europe team. On October 26, 1938, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Football Association, a game between the English national team and a continental team put together by FIFA and supervised by world champion coach Vittorio Pozzo took place in London. The runner row of the mainland team dominated by players of the reigning world champions Italy formed the two Schweinfurt copper and Kitzinger with the Italian stopper Miguel Andreolo . The first half of the game was broadcast live from the Highbury on the BBC . In a preparatory match a few days earlier, in which a Dutch national team was defeated with a 2-1 win, was at the side of Kupfer and Rudolf Raftl , who was substituted in for the second half (he replaced Aldo Olivieri , who then scored the goal of the Dutch selection moved to collect more match practice) one of three German players.

successes

With the club

As a selection player

After the career

The trained electrical engineer worked for many years as a department manager at the wheel hub manufacturer Fichtel & Sachs before he died at the age of 58 after a serious illness.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Football Association 75th Anniversary Celebration Match: England 3 Rest of Europe 0. www.englandfootballonline.com, accessed June 7, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kitzinger, Albin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweinfurt , Germany
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1970