Hannes Löhr

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Hannes Löhr
Hannes. Löhr (Cutout) .jpg
Personnel
Surname Johannes Löhr
birthday July 5, 1942
place of birth Eitorf ,  German Empire
date of death February 29, 2016
Place of death Cologne ,  Germany
size 176 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1948-1960 SV 09 Eitorf
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1960–1962 SV 09 Eitorf
1962-1964 Sportfreunde 05 Saarbrücken 60 0(53)
1964-1988 1. FC Cologne 381 (166)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1965 Germany U-23 1 00(0)
1967-1971 Germany 20 00(5)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1979-1980 1. FC Köln (assistant coach)
1983-1986 1. FC Cologne
1990-2002 Germany U-21
1 Only league games are given.

Johannes "Hannes" Löhr (born July 5, 1942 in Eitorf , † February 29, 2016 in Cologne ) was a German football player and coach . The striker played 381 Bundesliga appearances for 1. FC Köln from 1964 to 1978 , scoring 166 goals. The twenty times national team (five goals) won with 1. FC Cologne in 1978 the German championship and in the years 1968 , 1977 and 1978 the German Cup .

Career

Before the Bundesliga, until 1964

Since his older brother was guarding the goal at his home club, Hannes Löhr began playing football in the youth department of SV 09 Eitorf in July 1948 . His talent led him over the district to the Middle Rhine selection. At the age of 18 he stormed for two years from 1960 to 1962 in the first team of Eitorf. In a game with the Middle Rhine selection in the regional cup - Löhr, who played with Eitorf in the district class, was in the final against the 1-0 victorious Westphalia on May 20, 1962 in Siegen with the Middle Rhine - he was discovered by observers of the Südwestoberligisten Sportfreunde 05 Saarbrücken and then equipped with a contract from the 1962/63 round. Thus began the career of the fast left winger with scoring qualities in high-class football in 1962 in Saarbrücken. In addition to football, he had completed an apprenticeship as a machinist.

The former Italian professional Horst Buhtz began his coaching career with the sports fans from the Burbach district in the last year of the old first-class league era, 1962/63 . It became an advantageous situation for all three partners - club, coach, player. Buhtz, Löhr and an overall good and compact Burbach team surprised the opponents in the southwest and led the league table with 12: 2 points after seven match days. The 2-1 home win on October 28, 1962 against eventual champions 1. FC Kaiserslautern also went well with this. In the attack formation with Manfred Gärtner , Hans-Dieter Spengler , Hans-Jürgen Massion , Löhr and Josef Christ a victory against the "Red Devils" succeeded. After the preliminary round, the Sportfreunde were in fifth place with 21: 9 points, two points behind the table leader and local rival 1. FC Saarbrücken. Like Buhtz, Löhr had proven to be a stroke of luck. The “dangers” of the city when moving from the local village, which the twenty-year-old had dealt with, was well under control, not least because “because the mentality and milieu in Saarbrücken's west did not actually require a change in his accustomed way of life. The association was almost a family community in which camaraderie and constructive cooperation were intensively cultivated. ”In addition to Buhtz's professional competence, the family-like connection in a Burbach bakery also contributed to the good development of the young attacker. Decades later, Löhr said: “I was well looked after. I was very lucky with this apartment in the strange city; it was like a real home for me. ”At the end of the round, Löhr and Sportfreunde took sixth place and had scored 18 goals in 24 league games. Since two participants from the south-west with 1. FC Kaiserslautern and local rivals 1. FCS had been nominated for the debut round of the Bundesliga 1963/64 , he played with his club in 1963/64 in the newly installed regional soccer league Southwest .

In his second year with the Sportfreunde, 1963/64 , the team could no longer follow his rapid development. Coach Buhtz had taken over Borussia Neunkirchen and led the team from the Ellenfeldstadion to the championship and promotion to the Bundesliga. The lightning-fast, tech-savvy attacker stormed vehemently to the top of the scorers list in the southwest; his club, however, only came in eighth. Leaving behind the rest, Borussia Neunkirchen, FK Pirmasens and Wormatia Worms played the championship in a round of three. The talented striker from Eitorf was the top scorer with 35 goals in 36 league appearances. The rivals Helmut Kapitulski (30), Dieter Kraft (27), Hugo Dausmann , Günter Kuntz and Elmar May followed with 25 goals each.

In the last international match of national coach Sepp Herberger , on June 7, 1964 in Helsinki against Finland, Löhr was the only regional league player on the DFB squad. He was the courted player in the Federal Republic of Germany in spring / summer 1964. While doing basic military service as a pioneer in the Falckenstein barracks in Koblenz-Lützel, he signed a contract with the first Bundesliga champions 1. FC Cologne; In addition to the sporting appeal of being part of the championship team, the proximity to Eitorf's home country also played a role in his decision-making.

1. FC Köln, 1964 to 1978

Hannes Löhr (left) in the 1968 European Cup

The successful attack line-up with Karl-Heinz Thielen , Hans Schäfer , Christian Müller , Wolfgang Overath and Heinz Hornig from the championship round 1963/64 went completely into the second Bundesliga year 1964/65 in Cologne and also had the best conditions to continue to occupy the usual regular positions. In addition to Löhr, another attacker came to the "billy goats" with the Brazilian Zézé and was supposed to bring Brazilian football art to the cathedral city. On the third match day, September 5, 1964, the man from Eitorf made his Bundesliga debut in a 4-3 home win against newly promoted Saarland club Borussia Neunkirchen. He stormed on the left winger at the side of half-forward Overath and center forward Christian Müller scored three goals. Löhr played 17 games in the Bundesliga under coach Georg Knöpfle in 1964/65 and scored five goals. The title defense did not succeed; behind champions Werder Bremen Cologne reached the runner-up . The three games in the European Cup against the English champions FC Liverpool were outstanding for Löhr and colleagues . Löhr played in all three games and scored the goal for a 2-2 draw in the 48th minute in the decider on March 24th in Rotterdam. Cologne only lost with the " Rotterdam coin toss ". His performance in the first year of the Bundesliga led him to play in the DFB's U23 junior team on June 25, 1965 . The Cologne-based player stormed the international match in Freiburg against England in a 1-0 victory alongside his attacking colleagues Horst Gecks , Hans Schulz , Sigfried Held and Horst Wild .

His second Bundesliga season, 1965/66, he played without the 54 world champion Hans Schäfer, who had ended his long playing career in the summer of 1965 and whose playing role the Danish international Ole Sørensen should take over. That didn't work; Löhr, on the other hand, became Cologne's most successful goalscorer in 33 league games with 18 goals. From the 1966/67 season, coach Willi Multhaup was supposed to bring success to 1. FC Köln again. At the end of the second Multhaup year, the Cologne team won the DFB Cup in 1968 . Personally, Löhr's record was even more impressive with 34 league games and 27 goals; he got himself the top scorer cannon . He also impressively confirmed his debut in the national soccer team in February 1967. The death of the purposefully planning club president Franz Kremer in November 1967 overshadowed this success; For years, its negative long-term consequences prevented Cologne from regaining or even expanding the top position of the early 1960s.

With Multhaup's successor Hans Merkle , a chain of constant coach changes at 1. FC Köln began in 1968; A continuous improvement in the quality of the team was made more difficult by this alone, although the quality of the players' squad was of the highest class. Two years Merkle, one season Ernst Ocffekt , just under a round Gyula Lóránt , a little over a round Rudolf Schlott , one and a half rounds Zlatko Čajkovski , six months Georg Stollenwerk and at the end of Löhr's playing career from July 1, 1976, Hennes Weisweiler . Those were the names of the coaches during the goal scorer's career at FC. Despite this unrest in the coaching area, Löhr only experienced two seasons with double-digit positions in the rounds of 1968/69 (13th) and 1970/71 (11th). As an apology for coach Merkle, it must be noted that the always reliable Torgarant could not play the first eleven point games of the 1968/69 season because of a tuberculosis disease and a resulting spa stay in the Black Forest and the FC accordingly made a bad round start. In addition, the broken leg of the regular goalkeeper Milutin Šoškić contributed to the misery. On the last match day, June 7, 1969, the Cologne team saved themselves from relegation to the Regionalliga West with a 3-0 home win against defending champions and relegated 1. FC Nürnberg. With Carl-Heinz Rühl and Heinz Hornig, Löhr formed the attack formation. In the European Cup Winners' Cup , Löhr and colleagues failed in the semi-finals against FC Barcelona in April 1969, despite the weak Bundesliga round. In the European club competitions, the striker scored 30 goals in 58 games for the Domstadt team.

In the DFB Cup, in contrast to the Bundesliga, FC was clearly one of the most successful teams in the Löhr era. Löhr experienced six entries into the final from 1968 to 1978 with three finals won in 1968, 1977 and 1978. In the last final on April 15, 1978 in Gelsenkirchen against Fortuna Düsseldorf (2-0), he was no longer on the field, but had previously participated in the three main rounds and in the quarter-finals. The two cup competitions in 1972 and 1973 were legendary: in the 1972 semi-finals , Cologne won the first leg against FC Schalke 04 4-1 (two goals from Löhr), lost the second leg after extra time with 2: 5 (two goals from Löhr) and the subsequent one Penalty shoot-out with 5-6 (Löhr converted his penalty). The following year, on June 23, 1973, the two rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln faced each other in Düsseldorf. The 30th cup final in history is described in the sports press as one of the "best, most playful and most exciting in the history of this competition". It ended in the 93rd minute with Günter Netzer's angle shot to make it 2-1 for Mönchengladbach.

After the 1974/75 round, he actually wanted to end his playing career. At the insistence of the club, he was reactivated after an injury to center forward Dieter Müller from the fourth day of the game in 1975/76. With 15 goals at the end of the round, he led the internal goalscorer list when he reached fourth place. He then made himself available to Hennes Weisweiler, who had returned to Spain, when he started work in the 1976/77 round. When he won the Cup against Hertha BSC, he formed the three-way attack from Cologne together with Roger van Gool and Dieter Müller. When FC managed the double in their second Weisweiler year, 1977/78 , the 35-year-old attacker played eight league games (one goal) at the beginning of the round and moved into the second after signing 42-time Japanese international striker Yasuhiko Okudera Line.

His 166 goals are still the Bundesliga club record for Cologne. Löhr is in ninth place in the Bundesliga all-time goalscorer list. In 1968, 1977 and 1978 he won the DFB Cup with Cologne and was also German champion in 1978 . Overall, he is listed in the statistics of 1. FC Köln with 724 games and 421 goals.

Together with his friend Wolfgang Weber , he played his farewell game against the German national soccer team on October 25, 1978 in Cologne. After 32 minutes, the two ex-national players left the field with a score of 1: 1 through a line formed by the FC and national team to stormy applause. In front of 25,000 spectators, they had previously shown their skills in the FC-Elf, which was supervised by Hennes Weisweiler, in their long-term regular positions. Bernd Schuster and Holger Willmer were substituted on for the two well-deserved players. Gerd Zewe scored the 2-1 final score for the DFB selection with a goal in the 43rd minute.

National team, 1967 to 1970

He played 20 international matches between 1967 and 1970, in which he scored a total of five goals. When he made his international debut on February 22, 1967 against Morocco, the players Horst Wolter , Klaus Fichtel , Jupp Heynckes and Klaus Zaczyk also made their first appearance in the national team. In this game, which was won 5-1, Löhr scored his first goal for the DFB selection. The Cologne attacker was active in all eight international matches in 1967 under national coach Helmut Schön ; including the four European Championship qualifiers against Albania and Yugoslavia. While the DFB-Elf had won the first leg on April 8th in Dortmund against Albania 6-0 (goal scorers: 4 goals Gerd Müller , 2 goals Löhr), the unexpected 0-0 draw on 17th December in Tirana the end for the team around captain Willi Schulz . Despite midfield greats like Günter Netzer , Wolfgang Overath and Hans Küppers as well as the three goal-scoring tips Sigfried Held , Peter Meyer and Löhr, no goal was successful.

Due to his lung disease, he only came to three more appearances against Belgium (3: 1), Switzerland (0: 0) and England (1: 0) in 1968 and 1969. His break lasted 15 international matches, from June 1, 1968 to May 9, 1970. During the World Cup course from May 4 to 14, 1970 in Malente, he played on May 9 in the preparatory international match against Ireland (2: 1) in Berlin his 12th international calling. He stormed left winger and scored a goal. After the second international preparatory game on May 13 in Hanover against Yugoslavia (1-0) he was part of the final squad for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico . In the tournament he played the games against Morocco (2: 1), Bulgaria (5: 2), Peru (3: 1) and England (3: 2 a.s.) as well as the legendary semi-final against Italy on June 17 (3 : 4 after extra time) and the game for third place against Uruguay (1-0).

After winning 3rd place at the 1970 World Cup, he received - like all members of the German squad - the silver laurel leaf.

With his 20th international match on September 9, 1970 in Nuremberg in a 3-1 win against Hungary, his international appointments in the national team ended. He was still a member of the squad for the European Championship in Belgium in 1972 , but was no longer used.

Löhr also played international matches with 1. FC Köln in the European Champion Clubs ' Cup , European Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup ; in a total of 58 games he scored 30 goals.

His career suffered from his fragile health. He survived tuberculosis , liver disease and severe blood poisoning .

After the career

After his active career as a player - Löhr had successfully completed his training as a soccer teacher under course leader Weisweiler at the German Sport University Cologne in 1967 - he first became an assistant coach, then in 1980 a manager and in 1983 after the dismissal of Rinus Michels, coach at 1. FC Cologne. In February 1986 he was fired from management. He then went to the DFB as a coach , for which he oversaw the U-21 and Olympic national teams for many years. It was not until 2002 that he passed the U-21 on to Jürgen Kohler . At the age of 58 he finished his sports studies at the German Sport University Cologne , where he worked on the subject of "The Bosman judgment and its effects on the playing times of young players".

Honorary positions

Löhr was among other things chairman of the Association of Friends and Patrons of the Catholic Church Community St. Pankratius e. V. Cologne .

Private

Hannes Löhr was also known in Cologne as “De Nas” (High German: “The nose”). As a season ticket holder for 1. FC Köln, he regularly attended FC home games. At the age of 19 he became an orphan. Löhr was married; his wife Annemarie died in 2010. He has a daughter with her. He lived in Cologne-Junkersdorf until his death in February 2016 and was buried in the local cemetery.

Titles, achievements and honors

As a player

As a trainer

Honors

See also

literature

  • Thomas Hardt, Thomas Hohndorf, Bruno Morbitzer, Hubert Dahlkamp, ​​Hardy Grüne: Hennes & Co. The history of 1. FC Cologne. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2005. ISBN 3-89533-470-7 .
  • Jürgen Bitter : Germany's national soccer player: the lexicon . SVB Sportverlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00749-0 .
  • Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 9: Player Lexicon 1963-1994. Bundesliga, regional league, 2nd league. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tobias Lempe, Arno Schmitz, Irmgard Stoffels, Marcel Jarjour: FC legend: Cologne football veteran Hannes Löhr is dead. In: express.de. February 29, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017 .
  2. ^ German Sports Club for Football Statistics (DSFS): West Chronicle. Football in West Germany 1958–1963. Berlin 2013. p. 196.
  3. ↑ a b Werner Skrentny (Ed.): Teufelsangst vorm Erbsenberg. The history of the Oberliga Südwest 1946–1963. Klartext, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-394-5 , p. 51.
  4. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Johannes Löhr - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. October 1, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  5. ^ German sports club for football statistics (DSFS): Südwest-Chronik. Football in south-west Germany 1963/64 - 1968/69. Seelze 2014. p. 17.
  6. ^ Raphael Keppel : Germany's international soccer games. Documentation from 1908–1989. Sport- und Spielverlag Hitzel, Hürth 1989, ISBN 3-9802172-4-8 , p. 292.
  7. ↑ Marcel Haisma: John Loehr - Matches in European Cups . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. October 1, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  8. ^ Matthias Weinrich, Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 6: German Cup history since 1935. Pictures, statistics, stories, constellations. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-89784-146-0 , p. 272.
  9. ^ Matthias Kropp: Germany's great football teams. Part 10: 1. FC Cologne. AGON Sportverlag. Kassel 1997. ISBN 3-928562-96-7 . P. 44.
  10. ↑ Kicker sports magazine: No. 87/43. Week. October 26, 1978. p. 3.
  11. ^ Information given to the Bundestag by the Federal Government on September 29, 1973 - Printed matter 7/1040 - Annex 3, pages 54 ff., Here page 59.
  12. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Johannes Löhr - Goals in International Matches . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. October 1, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  13. ↑ a b Note at DFB.de , accessed on July 28, 2013.
  14. ↑ Homepage of the German Sport University Cologne: Well-known students and alumni of the German Sport University Cologne
  15. ↑ Peter Ahrens: Football idol Löhr has died: Cologne will miss him. In: Spiegel Online . February 29, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Markus Krücken: Annemarie (54) succumbed to cancer - FC legend Hannes Löhr mourns his wife. In: Express. Volume 48, March 17, 2010, p. 35.
  17. ↑ Hannes Löhr's grave. knerger.de, accessed on December 7, 2017 .
  18. ↑ HALL OF FAME opened , fc.de, accessed on November 23, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Löhr, Hannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löhr, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Eitorf
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 2016
Place of death Cologne