Emerich Jenei

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Emerich Jenei
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Emerich Jenei
Personnel
Surname Emeric-Alexandru Jenei
birthday March 22, 1937
place of birth Agrișu Mic ,  Romania
size 176 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
1947-1950 "7 Noiembrie" Arad
1950-1955 Flamura Roșie Arad
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1955 Flamura Roșie Arad 10 (1)
1956 Progresul CPCS Bucharest
1956 Flamura Roșie Arad 11 (1)
1957-1969 CCA / Steaua Bucharest 259 (7)
1969-1972 Kayserispor 29 (4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1959-1964 Romania 12 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1972-1973 Steaua Bucharest (assistant coach)
1975-1988 Steaua Bucharest
1978-1979 Bihor Oradea FC
1981-1982 CS Târgovişte
1983-1984 Steaua Bucharest
1984-1986 Steaua Bucharest
1986-1990 Romania
1991 Steaua Bucharest
1992-1993 Hungary
1993 FC Fehérvár
1993-1994 Steaua Bucharest
1995-1996 Panionios Athens
1996 Universitatea Craiova
1998-1999 Steaua Bucharest
2000 Romania
1 Only league games are given.

Emerich Jenei (born March 22, 1937 in Agrişu Mic , Arad County , Romania ), full name Emeric-Alexandru Jenei , Hungarian Jenei Imre , is a former football player, coach and official. The national player Jenei, who belongs to the Hungarian minority in Romania, became known beyond his home country when the club Steaua Bucharest he coached sensationally won the European Cup in 1986 as the first Eastern European team . He led the national team to the 1990 World Cup and supervised them at the 2000 European Championship. After working for the national football association, he was also President of Steaua Bucharest for a short time in 2010.

career

player

The young Jenei joined the local club "7 Noiembrie" Arad in 1947. In 1950 he moved on to the more renowned Flamura Roșie Arad, today's FCM UTA Arad . There he played his first game in the first division in March 1955, just a few weeks before his 18th birthday. In 1957 he moved on to the then still CCA called capital club Steaua Bucharest where the defensive midfielder was able to celebrate three championships and cup wins until 1969.

Between 1959 and 1964 he also came to 12 missions with the Romanian national team. He also had two appearances with the national team at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where Romania was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Hungary. In 1969 Jenei, who is now 32 and who has scored 9 goals in 275 top division games and played 15 times in the European Cup, was allowed to move abroad.

For the state amateurs of the Eastern Bloc at the time, this meant a welcome opportunity not only to see something more of the world, but also a relatively good income in hard currency. Jenei ended his playing career in 1971 after two years with the Turkish second division club Kayserispor .

Trainer

He soon returned to Romania and, at the beginning of the 1972/73 season, found employment as an assistant coach at his former club Steaua. A year later he was head coach and led the team to fifth place. In 1976 he won his first title as a coach with the double of the cup and championship. A second championship followed in 1978, but at the end of that season he was transferred to FC Bihor Oradea . In 1979 the club was bottom of the table and relegated, which in turn led to a two-year break in Jeneis career.

In 1981 he was in charge of CS Târgoviște for one year . He led the climber to 9th place, which Jenei was again considered suitable for higher tasks. Again he was entrusted with the Steaua team. After he was only runner-up there in his second season, he was replaced - but brought back after just four months. The renewed trust paid off and Steaua became champions again in 1985 and 86 - and also won the trophy in 1985. More impressive, however, was that in 1985/86 he led the team to the final of the European Cup, which was held in Seville , Spain, with successes over Vejle BK , Honvéd Budapest , FC Kuusysi Lahti and Bayern defender RSC Anderlecht .

There it was in what was probably the weakest final in the history of the competition after 120 minutes 0-0 against FC Barcelona , trained by Terry Venables , who competed in midfield with the German Bernd Schuster . In the due penalty shootout, there was only the fifth shot with which Marius Lăcătuș made the Romanians 1-0 lead. Gavril Balint converted the next shot from Steaua and thus the first success of an Eastern Bloc team in this competition was certain. The great hero of Steaua in this final was goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam , who not only parried a hundred percent, but also all four of the Catalans' four penalties.

National team: European Championships 1988 and 2000 - World Cup 1990

Then Jenei was supposed to help bring a little more glamor and glory to the national team. He was therefore appointed as an assistant coach at Mircea Lucescu's side . However, this was replaced in November and in March 1987 Jenei headed the team for the first time under sole responsibility.

In qualifying for the European Championship in Germany in 1988 , he and Romania only narrowly failed to Spain - in the end only one point was missing. In the next two years, however, he had better luck qualifying for the 1990 World Cup . Romania was able to prevail against Denmark, Greece and the neighbors from Bulgaria. The first successful World Cup qualification in 22 years.

At the tournament in Italy Romania survived the first round with a win against the USSR and a draw against the vice world champion of the tournament, Argentina. The team around the 25-year-old superstar Gheorghe Hagi was formally shot by Roger Milla in the final phase of the game against the Cameroon national football team and lost 2-1. In the round of 16 it was 0-0 against Ireland after 120 minutes. Here Jenei had less luck on penalties and the Romanians were allowed to go home after a 4-5 defeat. In September, Jenei's engagement with the national team ended.

He returned to Steaua in early 1991 and stayed until the end of the calendar year. Between 1992 and 1993 he was hired by Hungary as national coach. The mission qualification for the World Cup in 1994 in the USA soon failed, so Jenei was released again in 1993.

The 1993/94 season saw Jenei again at the helm of Steaua Bucharest and he immediately managed to retract the fourth championship title with the club as a coach. In 1995/96 he coached the Greek first division club Panionios Athens . The following season, back in Romania, he sat on the bench at Universitatea Craiova . The engagement only lasted 10 games. Between 1998 and 2000 he returned to Steaua one last time. The highlight this time was winning the cup in 1999.

In 2000 he was reappointed as coach of the national team when the then coach Victor Pițurcă was dismissed as a result of a scandal that also implied players like Gheorghe Popescu and Gheorghe Hagi . At the European Football Championship 2000, which took place in Belgium and the Netherlands, the Romanians defeated the English 3-2 in the group stage and parted 1-1 in the game against Germany. Together with Portugal, his team advanced to the quarter-finals, where a 2-0 defeat against Italy meant the end. This was also the last international match for Hagi, who received a yellow-red card in that game.

Late years

Emerich Jenei has since completely withdrawn from the dugout. In the meantime, he was president of the second division FC Oradea from summer 2004 to May 31, 2005 and in spring 2006 sports director of FC Bihor Oradea and also an official at the national football association. He remained a sought-after contact for the press, which was always happy to ask for his opinion. In July 2010 he took on the role of President of Steaua Bucharest at the request of his former player Victor Pițurcă . Pițurcă himself had taken over the position of trainer at Steaua and integrated numerous colleagues from his active time into his concept. After the coach's falling out with the club's patron, George Becali , on August 6, 2010, Jenei gave up his post a short time later and was replaced by Helmuth Duckadam .

successes

player

Trainer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Serban Serfezi: Din nou acasă. In: Bihoreanul. October 31, 2005, archived from the original on July 12, 2012 ; accessed on March 29, 2020 (Romanian).
personal data
SURNAME Jenei, Emerich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jenei, Emeric-Alexandru; Jenei Imre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Agrișu Mic , Arad County