Heinz Lichtl

Heinz Lichtl (born October 10, 1931 in Andernach ; † November 9, 2015 ) was a German soccer player who mainly acted as a right wing runner in the midfield of the World Cup system at that time .

career

Lichtl played with his hometown club Spvgg Andernach in the 1952/53 season in the 2nd league southwest and took 3rd place there. For the 1953/54 season he signed a contract with FC St. Pauli in the first-class soccer Oberliga Nord and moved to Hamburg. Immediately Lichtl belonged to the inner circle of regulars and St. Pauli took the broadcast with 39:21 points to second place ; Surprisingly not behind the series champion of the north, Hamburger SV, but behind Hannover 96, which won the title in the final round of the German football championship against the favorites 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The defensive of the runner-up had mostly acted in the line-up with Harry Wunstorf (goalkeeper), the defenders Lichtl and Josef Famula and the runner row with Harald Stender , Otmar Sommerfeld and Harald Brüggen . Lichtl had played all 30 league games in the north. St. Pauli won both local derbies against HSV's "Rothosen" 3-0 and 2-0 respectively. In his second season, 1954/55, St. Pauli finished 7th with 31:29 points and Lichtl had again completed all 30 league games. Since this season his hometown club in Andernach had reached promotion to the Oberliga Südwest, Lichtl went back to his home country after two years with St. Pauli and joined SpVgg Andernach from the 1955/56 round.

In the first year, the sports association with the 14th rank succeeded in relegation, Lichtl had completed all 30 league games and scored three goals. In the second year, 1956/57, Lichtl rose with Andernach as 15th in the 2nd League Southwest. He had again scored three goals, but failed to play three games in the second year. But he stayed in the Oberliga Südwest; he got a new contract with 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the round 1957/58. He made his debut on September 1, 1957 at the local derby against VfR Kaiserslautern in the league eleven of the "Red Devils". He played as a middle runner in the 3-1 success. In his second league appearance, on September 8th, a 5-2 home win against Mainz 05, he played as a center forward and scored one goal. In total, the man from Andernach played 12 league games for 1. FCK and scored two goals; the Lauterer reached the runner-up. While Lichtl was the right defender on the last match day in the southwest on April 14, 1958 in a 6-2 home win against 1.FC Saarbrücken, he came in the two qualifying games on April 19 and 20, 1958 against 1. FC Köln (3: 3 a.d./0:3) not used.

Lichtl moved to Kickers Offenbach in the 1958/59 season in the football Oberliga Süd, where he was under contract from 1958 to 1961 and achieved his best result by reaching the final of the German championship in 1959 , against arch rivals and neighbors Eintracht Frankfurt was lost 3: 5 after extra time . For the runner-up in the south he was accrued in 27 games (1 goal). Most of the OFC runners were there with Lichtl, Helmut Sattler and Ernst Wade . Also in the second year in Offenbach, 1959/60, the team from Bieberer Berg reached the runner-up. As in the previous year, Lichtl had played 27 league games (1 goal). The qualifying game for participation in the final round of the German football championship was lost on May 7, 1960 in Hanover against Westfalia Herne with 0: 1. The Kickers defense started with Walter Zimmermann (goalkeeper), the defenders Sattler and Alfred Schultheis , as well as the runner row with Lichtl, Hermann Nuber and Wade against Herne, led by national goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski . In his third year in Offenbach, 1960/61, Lichtl played the first six rounds against Jahn Regensburg (3: 3), Eintracht Frankfurt (2: 1), Bayern Hof (0: 0), VfR Mannheim (0: 1), SpVgg Fürth (1: 0) and FC Schweinfurt 05 (4: 2) each as a right wing runner, but after that he ended his time as an active player in the league. Mostly Helmut Kleinböhl then took over as his Kickers successor.

After his active career, Lichtl stayed in Offenbach , where he worked for a long time in various functions at DJK Eiche Offenbach. He was a well-known restaurateur and owner of a taxi company.

successes

• German runner-up: 1959

literature

• Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne : Player Lexicon 1890 - 1963 . In: Encyclopedia of German League Football . tape 8 . AGON, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 232 .

Web links

• Heinz Lichtl in the database of sport.de
• Heinz Lichtl in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Heinz Lichtl in the weltfussball.de database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kickers mourn ex-player Heinz Lichtl (article from November 10, 2015)