Janos Gyarmati
János Gyarmati (born February 8, 1910 in Tápiószele , † August 29, 1974 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian football player and coach . From 1955 to 1957 he was the coach of the GDR national soccer team .
As a player Gyarmati was active in the 1930s for Ferencváros Budapest and Szeged FC and completed three international matches for Hungary . He made his debut on November 14, 1937 in Budapest against Switzerland (2-0). In January 1938, two more international matches followed in Portugal (0: 4) and in Luxembourg (0: 6).
He trained alongside the GDR national team VP Dresden , SC DHfK Leipzig , ASK Vorwärts Berlin and SC Dynamo Berlin .
On September 18, 1955, he took over the post of senior national coach of the GDR. Almost every month two to three day training camps were held in Bad Blankenburg under his direction . Gyarmati, together with Johannes Siegert and Fritz Belger, also looked after the B national team and the youngsters.
When he took office, Gyarmati identified three problems: "There are too many uninformed officials who believe they know better, there are no prerequisites for cooperation between clubs, players and coaches, and the players have severe physical deficits".
The Hungarian declared that he would not allow himself to be influenced by politics and now proceeded purely according to sporting criteria when nominating the national players. Gyarmati has been praised many times by the media. The football week , for example, wrote about Gyarmati's work: "Fortunately, the work on the further development of our selection now seems to be more principled than before [...] Now those proven forces are being brought in again who were out of the question for our national team for a long time." - The GDR achieved their first victory in the seventh game and the first under Gyarmati when the team beat Romania 3-2 away. The national team, however, suffered from international isolation. Since the GDR neither played against the strong national teams from the capitalist countries, nor against the only outstanding team from a socialist country at the time, the Hungarians , the signs for further development were bad.
It was not until March 10, 1957 that the GDR took on the national team of a capitalist country for the first time, when the team defeated Luxembourg 3-0.
Surprisingly, the GDR registered for the first time to qualify for the World Cup in the same year . After the euphoria from the Federal Republic of Germany spread to fans from the GDR after winning the World Cup in 1954 , the SED was forced to change its attitude towards football and agree to the GDR's participation in qualifying. The national team was drawn into a group with Czechoslovakia and Wales in the qualifying round . For the opening game against Wales on May 19, 1957 in the central stadium in Leipzig, there were around 500,000 ticket requests. The game officially took place with 100,000 spectators. In fact, however, the GDR defeated Wales 2-1 in front of around 120,000 spectators in the overcrowded central stadium. However, the GDR lost the following three qualifying games and ended up in third and thus last place in the group. Gyarmati, who no longer wanted the permanent intervention of the sports officials, resigned after failing in the qualifying games on October 27, 1957.
literature
- Otto Altendorfer: The GDR national soccer coach between SED and State Security - A biographical documentation , Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-86583-848-3 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gyarmati, Janos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tápiószele |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th August 1974 |
| Place of death | Budapest |