Horst Pohl (soccer player)

Horst Pohl (born February 2, 1944 in Munich ) is a former German soccer player and coach who played 18 international matches and scored two goals in the German amateur soccer team from 1966 to 1972 .

career

FC Wacker Munich, 1954 to 1976

Horst Pohl, who grew up in Sendling , played for 22 years at FC Wacker Munich, which is based in the district . From his youth, from 1954, up to the 1975/76 Bayern league round, he was an active player for the “Bluestars”. As A-Junior, coach Hans-Wolfgang Weber built him into the first team in 1962 and the offensive talent immediately celebrated promotion to the first amateur league in Southern Bavaria. With the newcomer, Pohl took second place in 1962/63 behind champions TSV Straubing , ahead of Helios Munich . The 20-year-old prevailed with Wacker in 1964 against SSV Jahn Regensburg and 1. FC Haßfurt and rose to the second division of the Regionalliga Süd . The Bayern Munich won the championship in 1965 in the south and continued into the promotion round by and pulled into the Bundesliga. The FC Wacker, on the other hand, the third force in Munich, was relegated to the amateur camp in 17th place. Horst Pohl made 27 regional league appearances in this round and scored 13 goals as a half-forward. Bayern players Rudolf Nafziger (12), Dieter Brenninger (11) and Dieter Koulmann (10) ranked behind him with their hit rate. Goalkeeper Hans Dallmayr played all 36 games for Wacker and center runner Wilhelm Zott also impressed in this league. Wacker had an average of 4,605 ​​spectators in the 18 home games. Pohl was active in both derbies against FC Bayern. In the first half of the season he scored a goal on September 23, 1964 in the clear 2: 9 home defeat in front of 12,000 spectators. In the narrow 1-0 defeat on February 28, 1965 in the second half of the season with a goal by Gerd Müller in the 24th minute, his game played a key role in the midfield so that Bayern could not hold a second shooting festival.

Even after relegation, Pohl stayed with FC Wacker and won the runner-up in the first amateur league in Bavaria with his comrades in the 1967/68 series, making it into the final round of the German amateur championship. Under the leadership of trainer Karl Mai and technical director Alfred Fackler, Pohl and his teammates Günter Prockl , Peter von Kummant and Gerd Mansfeld eliminated SC Staaken, SSV Reutlingen and in the semifinals Hammer SpVgg and moved into the final on June 9, 1968 in Bochum against Marathon Remscheid. After 90 minutes, the final was a 2-2 draw in front of 10,000 spectators. Remscheid prevailed in extra time with 5: 3 goals.

In the rounds of 1969/70 and 1971/72 Pohl again celebrated two championships with Wacker in Bavaria and each rose to the Regionalliga Süd. Both times, however, the descent was immediate. In the 1970/71 regional round he played 33 games with 10 goals. Adolf Kunstwadl strengthened the team's defense, but Wacker was immediately relegated from the league with the two promoters SV Göppingen (Willi Hoffmann, Heinz Stickel) and Viktoria Aschaffenburg . The highlights were the games against the champions 1. FC Nürnberg (Rudi Kröner, Dieter Nüssing, Roland Stegmayer, Amand Theis, Ferdinand Wenauer) and the municipal derby against the Bundesliga relegated TSV 1860 Munich (Horst Blankenburg, Hermann Bredenfeld, Gernot Fraydl, Franz Hiller, Hans Rebele). On September 23, 1970, the home game against the "Lions" took place in front of a record crowd of 15,000 spectators. Horst Pohl dealt with the 60s midfield in the line-up with Bredenfeld, Hiller and Rebele. The 1-1 draw on February 13, 1971 at the eventual champions 1. FC Nürnberg - Pohl put Wacker 1-0 ahead in the 41st minute - and that on March 6, 1971 only in the 90th minute with 1: Two goals lost in the second round match against 1860 were among the outstanding games of the Wacker team this season. Also in 1972/73 - Pohl played 30 games with four goals - the games against the Bavarian rivals 1860 Munich (Ferdinand Keller, Bernd Helmschrot, Günter Kroth), 1. FC Nürnberg (Manfred Drexler, Kurt Geinzer, Dieter Nüssing), SpVgg Bayreuth stood out (Manfred Großler, Wolfgang Böhni), SpVgg Fürth (Peter Löwer), Jahn Regensburg, Bayern Hof and Schweinfurt 05. The companions in the amateur camp were Ludwigsburg and Reutlingen, while the two other climbers Waldhof Mannheim and VfR Bürstadt were able to secure their league.

In the Bayern League followed in 1974 and 1975 places two and three, before Horst Pohl was able to win the championship title with FC Wacker again as player-coach in the 1975/76 round after a play-off against FV Würzburg 04. After the board of directors waived the promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga group south for financial reasons, the deeply disappointed Pohl switched to MTV 1881 Ingolstadt after 22 years of playing for Wacker Munich as a player coach .

Ingolstadt, 1976 to 1980

Right off the bat, Pohl and the MTV team succeeded in winning the title in the regional league in 1976/77 and thus advancing to the Bayern league. Twelve months later, in 1977/78, the player-coach had led the promoted team to runner-up in the highest amateur relay in Bavaria. Since the champions FC Haßfurt renounced the promotion, the MTV rose to the 2nd Bundesliga South for the round 1978/79. Pohl - he just wanted to keep playing football and not just work as a coach - stayed as a player-coach in the Bayern League and took over local rivals ESV Ingolstadt-Ringsee . After the round of 1978/79 he faced the same problem, he was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga Group South with ESV as a champion - before FC Amberg and FC Schweinfurt 05 - and had in the two finals on 27 and 30. June 1969 against Hertha 03 Zehlendorf also brought the title of German amateur champion to Ingolstadt. The foundation stone was laid in the ESV stadium with a 4-1 success. Pohl conducted his team's game as a libero in the finals. Supporters of the master team were goalkeepers Heinz Mahr , Werner Michalka , Michael Richthammer and Walter Ziegelmeier in the defense, as well as Norbert Hartmann , Herfried Ruhs , Walter Mühldorfer , Josef Bittl , Peter Krzyzanowski and the former Bayern striker Gustl Jung in midfield and attack. In the 2nd Bundesliga 1979/80 Pohl acted as coach of the black and white. The team was strengthened with the newcomers Werner Killmaier , Dieter Schwemmle , Gerhard Hummel and Dusan Basic . In the first home game, the 3-2 win against Karlsruher SC was a respectable success. After the sixth round - a 3-1 home win against Worms in the catch-up game on September 5, 1979 - coach Pohl's team was in 3rd place with 8: 4 points. On the seventh match day, 1. FC Nürnberg brought the newcomer's euphoria back down to earth with a 3-1 win in the ESV stadium in front of 14,000 spectators. After the 21st matchday, January 20, 1980, the ESV had reached a draw with 1: 1 in Worms, the team of Pohl was with 20:22 points in 11th place. In February Horst Pohl was dismissed and replaced by his successor Karl-Heinz Schmal . ESV Ingolstadt managed to stay in the league as 17th and Pohl went back to the amateur camp as a player-coach.

Further stations

After Ingolstadt he came back to FC Wacker for a round and then took over SC Fürstenfeldbruck from 1981 to 1983 . The specialist teacher for art education and sport then trained in Landshut, Aichach, Dasing, Schleissheim and Aubing.

Selection appointments

BFV trainer Horst Sturz called the 19-year-old talent Horst Pohl into the Bavarian association selection in the 1962/63 round. In the national cup of amateurs, Bavaria won the final in 1963 with 3-1 goals against Hessen. Sepp Maier guarded the goal, Pohl played as the right runner at the side of club mate and stopper Wilhelm Zott and the attack was led by Heinz-Herbert Kreh and Dieter Zettelmaier . In 1968 - Faltermeier, Kunstwadl, Mansfeld, Nüssing, Ritschel -, 1970 - Großer, Sohnle, Stegmayer - and 1971 - Helgert, Jörg, Linz - three more titles followed, with Pohl as captain of the third and fourth cup successes led the BFV team in the highest amateur competition. The North American trip with the Bavarian Football Association in 1967 with four games overseas was another experience, which contributed to the fact that the midfielder, who is also interesting for higher-class clubs, was satisfied with his amateur status and remained loyal to FC Wacker Munich. With his 39 appearances in the regional cup, Pohl is Bavaria's record selection player in competitive games. In total, he played around 60 games for the Bavarian Football Association.

On November 16, 1966, Pohl made his debut in the international match in Eskisehir against Turkey in the UEFA Amateur Cup in the German national soccer team of amateurs . In the 0-1 defeat, the 22-year-old newcomer acted alongside the veterans Walter Birkhold , Dieter Zorc and Horst Kunzmann . Two more missions followed by May 1967 - but he was not used in the Olympic qualifying games in October / November 1967 against Great Britain. In December 1967 / January 1968 he was part of the DFB crew, which carried out an extensive trip to Asia. Pohl made four more international appearances against Burma, Malaysia, the Philippines and Japan. In the 1971/72 season he completed his last three international matches in the amateur national team. Significant for the selection criteria in the 1972 Olympic year was the attacking line-up when he last played at the DFB on January 12, 1972 in Utrecht against Holland (juniors). The playmaker of FC Wacker Munich from the Bayern League acted as the only player from the amateur game next to four Bundesliga players in the 2-0 success of the Derwall team. Rudolf Seliger (MSV Duisburg), Bernd Nickel (Eintracht Frankfurt), Klaus Wunder (MSV Duisburg) and Roland Stegmayer (Arminia Bielefeld) together with Pohl formed the attack of the amateur national team. At the Olympics he was not part of the tournament team, he was just available on call. Pohl presents this non-nomination as a minus point in his longstanding selection appointments and, in retrospect, is convinced that “if I had been a Bundesliga player then, I would have played”. But Pohl asserts that it was really the only time he regretted never daring to jump up. He says: “The sport is the greatest, actually it's not so important where you play, but rather that you play. And you have to learn that there are always better ones, you have to learn to accept that. "

After football

Horst Pohl is a retired teacher and plays golf as a hobby.

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Reinhard Huebner: Munich football class. Knürr, 2008, ISBN 978-3-928432-42-9 , p. 27.

literature

• Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 2: Bundesliga & Co. 1963 to today. 1st division, 2nd division, GDR Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-89609-113-1 .
• Reinhard Huebner: Munich football team. Edited by the Bavarian Football Association. Knürr, 2008, ISBN 978-3-928432-42-9 .
• Uwe Nuttelmann (Ed.): Promotion rounds. Regional leagues 1963–1974. Part 2: Regionalliga West / Regionalliga Süd. 2002, ISBN 3-930814-28-5 .
• Bavarian Football Association (Hrsg.): 50 years of the Bavarian Football Association. Vindelica, Gersthofen 1996.
• Ludolf Hyll: Southern Germany's football history from 1897–1988 in tabular form. Karlsruhe 1989.
• Raphael Keppel: Chronicle of the 2nd Bundesliga 1974–1989. Hitzel, Hürth 1990, ISBN 3-9802172-7-2 .
• Kicker-Almanach 1989. Copress, 1988, ISBN 3-7679-0245-1 .