Dieter Blochel

Dieter Blochel (born March 26, 1941 - † August 18, 2018 ) was a soccer goalkeeper in Hennigsdorf , at 1. FC Union Berlin and in Velten . For 1. FC Union Berlin, he played one season in the GDR Oberliga , the top division of the GDR football association .

Career as a soccer player

Before Blochel joined the first division club 1. FC Union Berlin in 1966, he had been a goalkeeper for the second-class GDR division , the company sports association (BSG) Motor Hennigsdorf . With the experience of only one GDR league season, Hennigsdorf had previously played in the Potsdam district league , Blochel moved to East Berlin in the summer of 1966 to become the second goalkeeper behind Peter Blüher . After Blochel was used only four times in league games and once in a cup game in the 1966/67 season, he returned to Motor Hennigsdorf after the end of the season.

Games with Union Berlin (1st team):
2nd round of the GDR Cup	Union - Motor Köpenick	0: 4
15th matchday	Hallescher FC - Union	2: 1
17th matchday	Dynamo Dresden - Union	1: 1
18th matchday	Union - Chemie Leipzig	0: 3
26th matchday	Union - Lok Stendal	3: 1

With Motor Hennigsdorf Blochel played in the GDR league until 1969 and after the team was relegated for one season in the district league. When the BSG Motor missed the recovery, he moved to the 1970/71 season for city rivals BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf , with whom he initially only played in the district league. Stahl finished the season as district champion and rose to the GDR league with Blochel. Blochel played there with BSG Stahl until 1978. He then returned to the Potsdam district league for the 1978/79 and 1979/80 seasons and became a goalkeeper at BSG Chemie Velten . He then rejoined Stahl Hennigsdorf, who is now 39 years old, but was only classified as the second goalkeeper there behind Bernd Müller, who was 14 years younger. When Müller moved to Chemie Velten in 1982, Blochel moved back up to number one. In 1984 Stahl Hennigsdorf was relegated to the district league again, and a year later Blochel ended his career as a competitive athlete at the age of 44.

Game classes and stations

until 1965	District League Potsdam (3rd League)	Motor Hennigsdorf
1965/66	GDR League (2nd League)	Motor Hennigsdorf
1966/67	Oberliga (1st division)	1. FC Union Berlin
1967-1969	GDR League	Motor Hennigsdorf
1969/70	District League Potsdam	Motor Hennigsdorf
1970/71	District League Potsdam	Stahl Hennigsdorf
1971-1978	GDR League	Stahl Hennigsdorf
1978-1980	District League Potsdam	Chemie Velten
1980-1984	GDR League	Stahl Hennigsdorf
1984/85	District League Potsdam	Stahl Hennigsdorf

literature

• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 , p. 74.
• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , p. 296.
• Uwe Nuttelmann (Ed.): GDR Oberliga. 1962-1991. Self-published, Jade 2007, ISBN 978-3-930814-33-6 .

Web links

• Dieter Blochel in the database of the German Football Association
• Obituary notice at moz.de