Friedhelm Haebermann

Haebermann in September 1971 before an international match against Bulgaria

Friedhelm Haebermann (* 24. July 1946 in Duisburg ) is a former German football player who with the German national football team of amateurs at the Olympic football tournament in 1972 took part.

career

Clubs, 1956 to 1978

Beginnings

In the youth of VfvB Ruhrort-Laar , the student Friedhelm Haebermann began playing football in Duisburg . With the club Eintracht Duisburg , which was created by the merger of old champions Duisburger SpV and TuS Duisburg 48/99 in 1964 , he made it to the Regionalliga West in the 1967/68 season . The team of coach Günter Werschy rose in 17th place but immediately again in the 1968/69 season. Haebermann had played 32 games and scored one goal. However, the DFB noticed his talent. The coach of the amateur national team, Udo Lattek , used him on April 7 and May 1, 1969 in two international matches for amateurs. Helmuth Johannsen , the Bundesliga coach of Eintracht Braunschweig , believed in the talent from Ruhrort and gave him a contract for the 1969/70 round.

Eintracht Braunschweig, 1969 to 1978

The newcomers to the team from the stadium on Hamburger Straße in Braunschweig, in addition to Haebermann, were Max Lorenz , Bernd Gersdorff and Franz Merkhoffer , all of them belonged to the regular eleven of the 1969/70 round, but Eintracht was only just in 16th place in the class receive. Coach Johannsen ended his activity and with Otto Knefler the man from Ruhrort experienced the second coach in his second round in the Bundesliga. Braunschweig landed almost sensationally in fourth place in the 1970/71 round - Haebermann had played 25 games and Lothar Ulsaß had made a major contribution with 18 goals on the offensive - and thus moved into the UEFA Cup in the 1971/72 round . The defensive conductor gained valuable experience in the international matches against Glentoran Belfast , Athletic Bilbao and Ferencváros Budapest . All the greater was his disappointment when he and his teammates could not avoid relegation in 1972/73. Immediately succeeded with the defense chief Haebermann of Eintracht 1973/74 the rise. From the 1974/75 round, Haebermann had to deal with coach Branko Zebec . The advocate of spatial coverage, consistent adherence to tactical guidelines and immense running training did Haebermann and Eintracht good. Over the ranks nine and five he almost led them to the title in the 1976/77 round, at the end of the lap the team led by Libero Haebermann landed in 3rd place, one point behind the champions Borussia Mönchengladbach . In 34 games, the Eintracht defense around central defender Habermann only allowed 38 goals. In the fourth year with coach Zebec, sponsor Günter Mast , the liqueur manufacturer from Wolfenbüttel, wanted to realize the dream of the championship by force, Paul Breitner moved from Real Madrid to Braunschweig. At the end of the 1977/78 round, the team with the 32-year-old Libero Haebermann ended up in 13th place in the table. Also in the European Cup, after successes against Dynamo Kiev and Start Kristiansand , they failed in the third round at the later UEFA Cup winner PSV Eindhoven . Friedhelm Haebermann ended his career in the Bundesliga in the summer of 1978. From 1969 to 1978, the 1.80 m tall Libero had played 229 games with eight goals in the Bundesliga and 34 (2) in the Regionalliga Nord 1973/74 for the blue-yellow Eintracht-Löwen and no reds in eight rounds of Bundesliga football Card received, only one yellow card was the defensive specialist, who acted with eye and positional play.

In addition to the round games in the Bundesliga and Regional League, he was also in action for the Blue-Yellows in the DFB Cup (25-1), in the European Cup (15-0) and in the BL promotion round (8-0). Overall, he is listed in the Eintracht statistics with 313 competitive games and 13 goals.

Amateur national team, 1969 to 1972

The defender from Duisburg-Ruhrort played the first two international matches with the DFB amateurs in 1969 in Eintracht Duisburg's dress. In his nine rounds in Braunschweig, 35 more appointments followed. The sporting highlight was the immediate preparation and the 1972 Olympic tournament itself. In the year of the European Football Championship and the 1972 Olympic Games, Friedhelm Haebermann played 16 international games with the amateur national team. Together with Heiner Baltes , Bernd Nickel and Egon Schmitt , he played all six games of the Olympic soccer tournament from start to finish for the German team. After losing 2: 3 goals in Munich on September 8, 1972 against the GDR, he ended his career in the amateur national team after 37 missions.

Bundesliga scandal, 1971

In 1971 Haebermann was sentenced to a fine of 4,400 DM for his involvement in the Bundesliga scandal . The BTSV players had not postponed a game, but only received a bonus from a third party.

After the playing career

Haebermann switched to the coaching camp and gained his first experience with the Eintracht amateurs. He later became an association trainer in Berlin. After working as an association coach, he was also very successful as a club coach, for example at SV Yesilyurt and at WFC Corso99 / Vineta.

literature

• Jürgen Bitter : Germany's football. The encyclopedia. Sportverlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00857-8 .
• 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 Kropp: Triumphs in the European Cup. All games of the German clubs since 1955 (= "AGON Sportverlag statistics." Volume 20). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-75-4 .
• KICKER, Football Almanach '93, Copress-Verlag, 1992, ISBN 3-7679-0398-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Horst Bläsig, Alex Leppert: A red lion on the chest. The story of Eintracht Braunschweig. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2010. ISBN 978-3-89533-675-1 . P. 360.