Carl-Heinz Rühl

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Carl-Heinz Rühl
Personnel
birthday November 14, 1939
place of birth Berlin-Kreuzberg ,  Germany
date of death December 30, 2019
Place of death Cologne ,  Germany
position striker
Juniors
Years station
-1959 SC West
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1959-1963 SC Viktoria Cologne 85 (42)
1963-1965 Hertha BSC 54 0(9)
1965-1967 Meidericher SV / MSV Duisburg 65 (21)
1967-1970 1. FC Cologne 85 (35)
1970-1973 Daring Molenbeek ? (?)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1959-1960 Germany amateurs 6 0(2)
1962 Germany U23 1 0(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1973-1977 Karlsruher SC
1977 PAOK Saloniki
1977-1988 MSV Duisburg
1978-1979 Borussia Dortmund
1979-1981 TSV 1860 Munich
1981-1983 VfL Osnabrück
1 Only league games are given.

Carl-Heinz Rühl (born November 14, 1939 in Berlin-Kreuzberg ; † December 30, 2019 in Cologne ) was a German football player , coach and manager . As a player for 1. FC Köln , he won the DFB Cup in 1968 .

Career

player

At the age of twelve, Carl-Heinz Rühl became a member of SC West . In the summer of 1959 he moved as an amateur from Neu-Ehrenfeld to SC Viktoria Köln in the Oberliga West under coach Hennes Weisweiler . Before Rühl made his league debut, he made his international debut in the amateur national team on November 11, 1959 in a 2-1 victory in the Olympic qualifying game in Siegen against Finland alongside Herbert Schäfer , Willi Schulz , Gert Dörfel and Jürgen Kurbjuhn . This was followed by two more missions with the DFB amateurs, before he made his league debut on April 3, 1960 at the home game against SW Essen in the 1: 3 defeat. The middle runner at Viktoria was Hans Löring , who later became president and patron of SC Fortuna Köln . From the 1960/61 season onwards, the right winger, strong in two combat and shooting, was a regular under Weisweiler. On May 26, 1960 he played in the 6-2 win in Saarbrücken against France for the sixth and last time in the amateur national team. He developed alongside Gero Bisanz , Willibert Kremer , Erich Ribbeck , Hans-Jürgen Sundermann and Klaus Matischak into one of the most dangerous wingers in the West. In the last season of the Oberliga (1962/63) he was a member of the most successful attack in the West - Viktoria scored 81 goals, Rühl contributed 14 goals. From 1959 to 1963 he came in the league to a total of 85 games and 42 goals. Rühl also represented the West in two representative games (February 12, 1961 and February 4, 1962) against Berlin and was one of the goalscorers in both games. He also contributed a goal to the 3-0 victory of the junior national team against France on May 6, 1962 in Aachen .

Since Viktoria Köln did not qualify for the new Bundesliga , Rühl moved to Hertha BSC in Berlin for the 1963/64 season . But Hertha found it difficult to switch from the city league to the Bundesliga. Despite further “imports” from the West - Harald Beyer , Uwe Klimaschefski and Otto Rehhagel - the first Bundesliga year was consistently under the heading “Fight to stay up”. In the second season of 1964/65 it did not get any better. Although with Wolfgang Fahrian , Michael Krampitz , Willibert Kremer , Kurt Schulz and Hans-Jürgen Sundermann, Hertha only ended up in 14th place in the final table. Rühl scored nine goals in 54 games for Berlin.

When Hertha was forcibly transferred to the Regionalliga in 1965 at the end of the season for violating the DFB statutes, Rühl moved back to the West. He signed a contract with Meidericher SV . There he met coach Hermann Eppenhoff and fellow players Michael Bella , Horst Gecks , Hartmut Heidemann , Heinz van Haaren , Werner Krämer and Manfred Manglitz . Freed from relegation worries, he was able to prove his qualities again with 10 hits in the 1965/66 season. The highlight, however, was the entry into the final of the DFB Cup on June 4, 1966 in Frankfurt am Main against the new successful team of FC Bayern Munich . The men around Franz Beckenbauer won the cup final with 4: 2, although the "Zebras" had shown a convincing performance. In his second year, the winger with scoring qualities was the most successful goalscorer of the Lower Rhine club, renamed MSV Duisburg at the beginning of 1967, with 11 goals . Then he accepted an offer from 1. FC Köln.

There, old master Willi Multhaup was responsible as trainer and Wolfgang Overath , as successor to Hans Schäfer, directed the midfield of the billy goat team. In his first season in 1967/68, Rühl hit the mark 13 times and Cologne finished fourth. On June 9, 1968, Rühl won the DFB Cup with 1. FC Köln in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . In the superior 4-1 win over VfL Bochum , he was also able to celebrate a personal success with his two goals. After the 1969/70 season, Carl-Heinz Rühl ended his playing career in the Bundesliga. In three seasons he played 85 games for 1. FC Köln and scored 35 goals.

In total, Rühl made 204 appearances and 65 goals in the Bundesliga from 1963 to 1970. He moved to Daring Brussels in the summer of 1970 and let his playing career end there.

Trainer

Karlsruher SC, 1973–77

Rühl completed his training as a football teacher in 1966 at the Sports University in Cologne under the direction of Hennes Weisweiler. In July 1973 he signed his first coaching contract at the KSC office. In Karlsruhe he succeeded Heinz Baas (1971–73) and Kurt Baluses (1968–71). Both had experienced their youth in the pre-war era and were shaped by the Second World War and the subsequent reconstruction.

With Rühl, a new era of coaching began at KSC. Although he had still played in the old league, but at the end of this regional performance class. He had gained the sporting impressions and experiences that were essential for him as an active player in the Bundesliga. That a “young and dynamic man” alone is enough, but this mistake quickly became apparent in Karlsruhe as well. Without personal and administrative possibilities, a fresh spirit and motivation cannot make a difference. Rühl did not get beyond 8th place in his first round at KSC 1973/74 in the Regionalliga Süd. In the second season, the first of the new 2. Bundesliga (group south), he showed by winning the championship that he had drawn the right conclusions from the first year.

In the 1975/76 season he was able to hold the class with the KSC. In Baden one had invested in "legs". With Hermann Bredenfeld , Gustl Jung , Jürgen Kalb , Raimund Krauth and Winfried Schäfer , the team had been strengthened before the season. During the round, they followed up with Ove Flindt-Bjerg and Karl-Heinz Struth . Therefore, for financial reasons, only new entry Norbert Janzon from Kickers Offenbach was afforded for the 1976/77 season . At the end of the season, however, Rühl's team had a weak phase. After the 4-1 home win on matchday 27 against Tennis Borussia Berlin , they had a five-point lead in 15th place, ahead of Saarbrücken in 16th place. One point behind their rivals Bochum, Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern, they lost after 34 games Fight for relegation. Karlsruhe was relegated with 28:40 points. One of the inconsistencies in the second half of the season was the sporting failure of the Swedish international striker Thomas Sjöberg, who had been signed up in the current round and was only used in six games. Even the 11-time use of the talent Kurt Niedermayer , who was immediately part of the regular eleven in the next round in 1977/78 at Bayern Munich, is a question mark in relation to the failure of this season. After the descent, Rühl and the KSC parted ways.

Further coaching activities, 1977–83

After a three-month stay in Greece at PAOK Saloniki , Rühl returned to the Bundesliga at the end of November 1977. On November 29th, he took over as coach at MSV Duisburg. The offensive game of the "Zebras" benefited greatly from the attack-oriented philosophy of the former attacker. The top two Rudolf Seliger (16 goals) and Ronald Worm (15 goals) were among the most successful goal scorers of the round. With coach Rühl, MSV qualified for the 1978/79 UEFA Cup . Since he had already signed with Borussia Dortmund for the next season , he was unable to gain any experience on the European stage.

In Dortmund, Rühl helped 17-year-old Eike Immel to make his Bundesliga debut in the goal of the Black-Yellows in the 1-0 home win against Bayern Munich on the start day of the 1978/79 season. After two defeats in a row, against Düsseldorf and Hamburger SV , he was released on April 29, 1979.

On the 11th day of the 1979/80 season he was back in action as a Bundesliga coach. On October 28, 1979 he took over TSV 1860 Munich , which was in 16th place in the table after a 3-0 defeat at Schalke 04. He led the "Löwen" - despite the bad injury of Heinz Flohe on the 15th match day in a 2-1 home win against MSV Duisburg - to stay in the league and thus had fulfilled his mission. The 1980/81 season started the sixties with a false start of 1: 7 points. And of all things, Karlsruher SC, where Rühl had earned his first coaching spurs, shot his Munich team back to the 2nd Bundesliga with a 7-2 win on the last matchday. One point behind Arminia Bielefeld , in 1860, Munich landed in 16th place. The debut of the 20-year-old talented striker Rudi Völler , who had come to Munich from Kickers Offenbach, was encouraging in the Bundesliga season . After relegation, the club and coach ended their collaboration.

Since the coaching positions in the Bundesliga were occupied, Rühl took over VfL Osnabrück on December 9, 1981 in the 2nd Bundesliga . He led VfL in the 1981/82 season in 13th place and improved to 10th place in the second year. In November 1983 he was replaced as coach at the Bremer Brücke. After this unfortunate mission in Osnabrück, Rühl took a creative break.

Manager

Karlsruher SC, 1986–94

In spring 1986 he returned to Karlsruher SC. Baden's coach in the 2nd Bundesliga was Lothar Buchmann . On April 25, 1986, Rühl experienced his dismissal from the perspective of the manager responsible for the association. When he was looking for a coach for the 1986/87 season, his professional competence was about to be put to the test. In agreement with President Roland Schmider and the Board of Directors, the new coach Winfried Schäfer from Borussia Mönchengladbach was chosen . His ambition was well known in Karlsruhe from his two seasons as a KSC player from 1975-77 under coach Rühl. The president in particular relied on the Rühl / Schäfer tandem. Here the experienced and compensatory football expert with economic calculation, next to the “burning” newcomer to the coach who would endeavor to build up something comparable as a coach after a successful career as a player. The immediate rise in 1987 confirmed hopes. The following successful years in the Bundesliga clearly spoke for the partnership in the sporting management of the KSC. The qualification in the Bundesliga round 1992/93 for the UEFA Cup 1993/94 and the performances shown there were the confirmation of the Karlsruhe concept. The manager, who acted very cautiously and cautiously in the media, was not in the spotlight, maybe that's why he worked very effectively for the club and coach. In the kicker sports magazine of February 10, 1994, the following is recorded about the successor to the managerial post at KSC:

“They have had a new manager since Monday, the Karlsruhe team. Dieter Meinhold , 40-year-old administrative manager and sports scientist, who most recently worked as managing director of Tischtennis Marketing GmbH, will succeed Carl-Heinz Rühl over the next three years, who is taking his hat off after nine years at the helm of the KSC. "He will be less concerned with the sporting than with organizational and marketing tasks," announces President Roland Schmider, "this will create an even clearer separation between the sporting management, Mr. Schäfer, and the manager." Conflicts, which are not uncommon between Schäfer and Rühl, should not arise in the first place. "

The sporting crash into the second league after the 1997/98 season, the accompanying financial disaster and the inglorious replacement of the president, however, set the course of February 1994 in a different light.

Further managerial activities

After his time in Karlsruhe, Carl-Heinz Rühl also worked as a manager at Hertha BSC (1995 to March 1997) and at 1. FC Cologne (1997/98). After his engagement at 1. FC Köln, he withdrew into private life. He died in Cologne at the end of 2019 after a brief serious illness at the age of 80.

Clubs as managers

  • 1986–1994 Karlsruher SC
  • 1995–1997 Hertha BSC
  • 1997–1998 1. FC Cologne

statistics

successes

  • as a player
    Cup winners 1968 - 1. FC Cologne
    Cup finalist 1966 - Meidericher SV / 1970 - 1. FC Cologne

literature

  • Jürgen Bitter : Germany's football. The encyclopedia. Sportverlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00857-8 .
  • Matthias Weinrich, Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 6: German Cup history since 1935. Pictures, statistics, stories, constellations. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-89784-146-0 .
  • Matthias Weinrich: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 3: 35 years of the Bundesliga. Part 1. The founding years 1963–1975. Stories, pictures, constellations, tables. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1998, ISBN 3-89784-132-0 .
  • Matthias Weinrich: 25 years 2nd division. The second division almanac. All players. All clubs. All results. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-89784-145-2 .
  • Hans Dieter Baroth : Boys, Heaven is yours! The history of the Oberliga West 1947–1963. Klartext, Essen 1988, ISBN 3-88474-332-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mourning for Carl-Heinz Rühl , kicker.de, December 30, 2019, accessed on December 30, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Rühl, Carl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player, coach and manager
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Kreuzberg
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2019
Place of death Cologne