Football World Cup 1970 / Germany
The German national football team at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico :
qualification
Germany met Scotland, Austria and Cyprus. After arduous victories against Austria and 1-0 in Cyprus, Scotland was the main rival with star striker Denis Law . On April 16, 1969, the German team played in Glasgow and fought 1-1. Gerd Müller had put the Germans in the lead in the first half, Murdoch was able to equalize in the 85th minute. The decision had to bring the second leg in Hamburg.
On the rainy October 22, 1969, the Scots took the lead after just three minutes through Johnstone. Klaus Fichtel from FC Schalke 04 was able to equalize before half-time. After Gerd Müller took the lead for the German team in the second half, the Scots still didn't give up and fought for an equalizer through Gilzean. Stan Libuda finally brought the decision in the 79th minute and Germany went to the World Cup in Mexico.
Gerd Müller scored nine of the 20 German goals in qualification. The FC Bayern Munich player scored at least one goal in all six group matches. Most of Germany's players were playing for Bayern at the time. Four players had 17 appeals in the qualifying games. This was followed by 1. FC Köln, Eintracht Braunschweig, Werder Bremen and Borussia Mönchengladbach, each with eight assignments.
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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20: 3 | 11: 1 |
2 |
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18: 7 | 7: 5 |
3 |
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12: 7 | 6: 6 |
4th |
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2:35 | 0:12 |
Vienna , October 13, 1968 Prater Stadium |
Austria- | Germany | 0: 2 (0: 1) | Goal: 0: 1 G. Müller (16th), 0: 2 Eigenstiller (49th, own goal) |
Nicosia , November 23, 1968 GSP Stadium |
Cyprus- | Germany | 0: 1 (0: 0) | Goal: 0: 1 G. Müller (90.) |
Glasgow , April 16, 1969 Hampden Park |
Scotland- | Germany | 1: 1 (0: 1) | Goals: 0: 1 G. Müller (38.), 1: 1 Murdoch (85.) |
Nuremberg , May 10, 1969 Frankenstadion |
Germany- | Austria | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Goal: 1-0 G. Müller (88.) |
Essen , May 21, 1969 Georg Melches Stadium |
Germany- | Cyprus | 12: 0 (7: 0) | Goals: 1: 0 G. Müller (3rd), 2: 0 and 3: 0 Overath (5th), (12th), 4: 0 Haller (17th), 5: 0 Lorenz (39th), 6th : 0 Held (42nd), 7: 0 G. Müller (44th), 8: 0 Haller (46th), 9: 0 G. Müller, (48th), 10: 0 Höttges (50th), 11th : 0 Overath (63.), 12: 0 G. Müller (85.) |
Hamburg , October 22, 1969 Volksparkstadion |
Germany- | Scotland | 3: 2 (1: 1) | Goals: 0: 1 Johnstone (3rd), 1: 1 Fichtel (38th), 2: 1 G. Müller (60th), 2: 2 Gilzean (62nd), 3: 2 Libuda (79th) |
Contingent
Number / name | Association at the time | birthday | Caps / Goals (a) | Sp. | goal | red | yellow | |
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1 | Sepp Maier | FC Bayern Munich | 02/28/1944 | 19 ( | 0)5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21st | Manfred Manglitz | 1. FC Cologne | 03/08/1940 | 4 ( 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22nd | Horst Wolter | Eintracht Braunschweig | 06/08/1942 | 12 ( | 0)1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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4th | Franz Beckenbauer | FC Bayern Munich | 09/11/1945 | 38 ( | 8)5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Klaus Fichtel | FC Schalke 04 | 11/19/1944 | 13 ( | 1)5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Horst-Dieter Höttges | Werder Bremen | 09/10/1943 | 39 ( | 1)4th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15th | Bernd Patzke | Hertha BSC | March 14, 1943 | 19 ( | 0)3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | AC Milan | March 31, 1939 | 41 ( | 0)5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Willi Schulz | Hamburger SV | 04/10/1938 | 63 ( | 0)3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18th | Klaus-Dieter Sieloff | Borussia Monchengladbach | 02/27/1942 | 9 ( 4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7th | Berti Vogts | Borussia Monchengladbach | 12/30/1946 | 24 ( | 0)6th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6th | Wolfgang Weber | 1. FC Cologne | 06/26/1944 | 37 ( | 1)2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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19th | Peter Dietrich | Borussia Monchengladbach | 03/06/1944 | 1 ( 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8th | Helmut Haller | Juventus Turin | 07/21/1939 | 32 (13) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Max Lorenz | Eintracht Braunschweig | 08/19/1939 | 18 ( | 1)1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Wolfgang Overath | 1. FC Cologne | 09/29/1943 | 49 (13) | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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20th | Jürgen Grabowski | Eintracht Frankfurt | 07/07/1944 | 7 ( 0) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Sigfried Held | Borussia Dortmund | 08/07/1942 | 27 ( | 4)3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14th | Reinhard Libuda | FC Schalke 04 | 10/10/1943 | 15 ( | 2)5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17th | Johannes Löhr | 1. FC Cologne | 07/05/1942 | 13 ( | 5)6th | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Gerd Müller | FC Bayern Munich | 11/03/1945 | 19 (17) | 6th | 10 | 0 | 2 |
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Uwe Seeler ![]() |
Hamburger SV | 05/11/1936 | 65 (40) | 6th | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Trainer | ||||||||
Helmut Schön (national coach ) | September 15, 1915 | |||||||
Jupp Derwall ( Assistant Trainer ) | 03/10/1927 |
As a team doctor, Professor Hans Schoberth supervised the German contingent.
German games
Venues and district (Q) |
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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10: 4 | 6-0 |
2 |
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7: 5 | 4: 2 |
3 |
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5: 9 | 1: 5 |
3 |
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2: 6 | 1: 5 |
Germany - Morocco 2: 1 (0: 1) | |
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Data | Wednesday 3rd June 1970 in León , Estadio Guanajuato |
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Maier - Höttges (77th Löhr) - Willi Schulz, Haller (45th Grabowski), - Beckenbauer, Vogts, Overath, Seeler - Held, Fichtel, G. Müller
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Allal Ben Kassou (goalkeeper), Abdallah Lamrani, Boujamaa Benkhrif, Driss Kanoussi, Kassem Slimani, Mohamed Maaroufi, Ghandi Said, Driss Bamous (72nd Ahmed Faras ), Mohamed El Filali, Mahjoub Ghazouani (56th Abd Jarelkader El Khyati), Houmaneir
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Gates | 0: 1 Houmane Jarir (21st), 1: 1 Seeler (56th), 2: 1 G. Müller (78th) |
Germany competed as runner-up against World Cup newcomers Morocco on June 3rd and fell behind after just 12 minutes. After a mistake by Horst-Dieter Höttges from Bremen, Jarir scored. Only in the 56th minute was Seeler able to overcome the strong goalkeeper Allal Ben Kassou with a low shot. In the 80th minute, Gerd Müller headed the ball to the winning goal.
Germany - Bulgaria 5: 2 (2: 1) | |
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Data | Sunday 7 June 1970 in León , Estadio Guanajuato |
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Maier - Vogts, Höttges (45th Patzke), Fichtel, Schnellinger, Beckenbauer (72nd Weber), Overath, Löhr (58th Grabowski), Libuda, Seeler , G. Müller
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Simeon Simeonov (goalkeeper), Dimitar Penew , Hristo Bonev, Dinko Dermendschiew (45th Vasil Mikov), Milko Gaidarski, Dobromir Zhechev, Boris Gagalenov (58th Aleksandar Schalamanov), Asparuch Nikodimow, Todor Kolev, Dimitar Marashliev, Georgi Asparuchow![]() |
Gates | 0: 1 Nikodimov (12th), 1: 1 Libuda (20th), 2: 1 G. Müller (27th), 3: 1 G. Müller (52nd penalty kick), 4: 1 Seeler (70th), 5: 1 G. Müller (88.) 5: 2 Kolev (89.) |
Germany returned to Leon and had to catch up again: Bulgaria took the lead with an 11th-minute free-kick from Asparuch Nikodimov. Libuda, who made a very good game, equalized eight minutes later. National coach Schön replaced Helmut Haller with Libuda and Held with Löhr from the start. Müller and Seeler gave Germany a 5-1 lead. Shortly before the end of the game, Bulgarian Bojl Kolev scored a consolation goal .
Germany - Peru 3: 1 (3: 1) | |
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Data | Wednesday 10 June 1970 in León , Estadio Guanajuato |
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Maier - Höttges (45th Patzke), Schnellinger, Beckenbauer, Vogts, Overath, Seeler , Fichtel, G. Müller, Libuda (75th Grabowski), Löhr
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Luis Rubinos (goalkeeper), Orlando de la Torre, Héctor Chumpitaz , Nicolas Fuentes, Ramon Mifflin, Roberto Challe (72nd Luis Cruzado), Pedro Leon (56th Osvaldo Ramirez), Teófilo Cubillas , Alberto Gallardo, Pedro Gonzales, Hugo Sotil
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Gates | 1: 0 G. Müller (19th), 2: 0 G. Müller (26th), 3: 0 G. Müller (39th), 3: 1 Cubillas (44th) |
In the third group game, which took place again in Leon, it was a matter of group victory against Peru. They defeated Bulgaria 3-2 and Morocco 3-0. The winner would be group winners and should also play in the quarter-finals in Leon, a draw would have been drawn. Germany had the same starting line-up as they did against Bulgaria and were focused right from the start. Gerd Müller then decided the game with three goals within 19 minutes of crosses from Libuda, Löhr and Seeler. In the 43rd minute, the young Peruvian star striker Cubillas scored the connecting goal with a deflected free kick. In the second half, both of them worked out various chances, but the strikers repeatedly failed because of the opposing goalkeepers or missed the goal.
Quarter finals
Germany - England 3: 2 aet (2: 2, 0: 1) | |
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Data | Sunday 14 June 1970 in León , Estadio Guanajuato |
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Maier - Schnellinger - Vogts, Fichtel, Höttges (46th Schulz) - Beckenbauer, Overath, Seeler - Libuda (57th Grabowski), G. Müller, Löhr
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Bonetti - Newton , Cooper - Mullery , Labone , Moore - Lee , Ball , Hurst , Charlton (70th Bell ), Peters (81st Hunter )
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Gates | 0: 1 Mullery (31st), 0: 2 Peters (49th), 1: 2 Beckenbauer (69th), 2: 2 Seeler (82nd), 3: 2 G. Müller (108th) |
Semifinals
Italy quickly took the lead in this game and was able to hold the lead until the 90th minute of the game before Italian legionnaire Karl-Heinz Schnellinger was able to equalize. Germany took the lead in extra time, but the Italians were able to equalize again and make it 3-2 before the break. Gerd Müller scored the equalizer again in the second half, but Rivera scored only one minute later to make it 4: 3. This game is known today as the game of the century .
Italy - Germany 4: 3 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 0) | |
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Data | Wednesday June 17, 1970 in Mexico City , Estadio Azteca |
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Albertosi - Cera - Burgnich , Bertini , Rosato (94th Poletti ), Facchetti - Domenghini , Mazzola (46th Rivera ), De Sisti - Boninsegna , Riva![]() |
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Maier - Schnellinger - Vogts, Schulz, Patzke (66th hero) - Beckenbauer, Overath, Seeler - Grabowski, G. Müller, Löhr (52nd Libuda)
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Gates | 1: 0 Boninsegna (7th), 1: 1 Schnellinger (90th), 1: 2 G. Müller (95th), 2: 2 Burgnich (98th), 3: 2 Riva (104th), 3: 3 G. Müller (110.), 4: 3 Rivera (111.) |
Game for third place
Germany secured third place with a narrow 1-0 win over Uruguay. The Uruguayans were the stronger team, but failed because of Horst Wolter, who was given the chance to prove himself by Helmut Schön. In addition, the team had to do without Franz Beckenbauer, who had dislocated his shoulder in the semi-final against Italy.
Germany - Uruguay 1: 0 (1: 0) | |
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Data | Saturday June 20, 1970 in Mexico City , Estadio Azteca |
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Wolter - Schnellinger (46th Lorenz) - Vogts, Fichtel, Patzke - Weber, Overath, Seeler - Libuda (75th Löhr), G. Müller, Held
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Mazurkiewicz - Ancheta , Matosas , Montero , Ubiña , Mujica - Maneiro (67th Sandoval ), Cortés , Cubilla - Morales , Fontes (46th Espárrago )
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Gates | 1-0 Overath (27.) |
swell
- ↑ Homepage of the DFB The 1970 World Cup has to be selected from the menu.
- ↑ "WE CANNOT USE INDIVIDUALISTS", Spiegel from June 8, 1970
- ↑ Match report on Weltfussball.de
- ↑ Match report on Weltfussball.de
- ↑ Match report on Weltfussball.de
- ^ WC 1970 West Germany vs. Peru 3-1 (06/10/1970)
Web links
- dfb.de: "The 1970 World Cup in Mexico - the game of the century at the height of Mexico" ( Memento from August 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )