Falko Leuschner

Falko Leuschner (born November 30, 1955 ) was a football player in the GDR . In their highest soccer league, the Oberliga , he played for 1. FC Union Berlin . He is a junior national player.

Athletic career

Via the small East Berlin sports community Fortuna Biesdorf, Leuschner came to the youth department of the football focus of the army sports association Vorwärts , FC Vorwärts Berlin . When the army club was transferred to Frankfurt (Oder) in 1971 , Leuschner moved to 1. FC Union Berlin at the age of 15. 1973 Leuschner belonged to the squad of the GDR junior national team and played as a defender on November 23, 1973 a junior international match (Bulgaria - GDR 0-0).

His debut in the first team of the Unioner was Leuschner after relegation from the league in the GDR league game Union Berlin - Construction Schwedt 4-0 on October 21, 1973. However, he was usually used in the third-rate district league team Union II . In the three GDR league seasons from 1973 to 1976 Leuschner only played in nine first-team matches, including two cup games in 1975. From November 1975 to April 1977 Leuschner did his military service, which he spent with the GDR league club Dynamo Schwerin .

When Leuschner returned to 1. FC Union Berlin, he was already playing in the major league again. For the 1977/78 season, however, Leuschner was nominated for the junior league and initially used there until the 8th matchday. For the first time in a league game he was on October 1, 1977 in the encounter Union Berlin - Wismut Aue (1-0). Coach Heinz Werner put him in place of Ulrich Werder , who was withdrawn from the army, in the right midfield. Leuschner also got a chance in the following two point games, after which he was returned to the junior division. He came twice this season as a substitute in the league, after which his career with the Union first team was over. For the 1978/79 season Leuschner was reported again for the junior league, but was eliminated at the end of 1978 at 1. FC Union. He left a record of 15 competitive games, which are divided into five league, seven GDR league and three cup games. Leuschner scored his only goal for the first team in 1975 in the GDR Cup competition.

From January 1979, Leuschner strengthened the East Berlin company sports community (BSG) Kabelwerk Oberspree , which played in the third-rate district league. He helped the team to the district championship and thus to promotion to the GDR league. In 1981 he was elected team captain. On July 1, 1982 Leuschner moved to league competitor BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt and played there until relegation in the summer of 1984. He then joined the GDR league club Motor Babelsberg , where he was 30 years old during the 1985/86 season as a career Competitive athlete finished. From 1996 to 2000 Leuschner worked as a coach of the national league team of SV Stahl Finow .

literature

• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 , p. 292.
• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , p. 297.
• Uwe Nuttelmann (Ed.): GDR Oberliga. 1962-1991. Self-published, Jade 2007, ISBN 978-3-930814-33-6 .

Web links

• Falko Leuschner in the database of the German Football Association
• Falko Leuschner on immerunioner.de