Karl-Heinz Ferschl

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Karl-Heinz Ferschl (born July 7, 1944 in Nuremberg ) is a former German soccer player . The midfielder and defender played a total of 235 games (6 goals) in the Bundesliga with clubs 1. FC Nürnberg and Hertha BSC from 1963 to 1972 . With the "Club" he won the German championship in 1968 .

career

1. FC Nuremberg

The trained locksmith began his football career at DJK Süd Nürnberg , but switched to 1. FC Nürnberg as a teenager . In 1961 he received a contract as a player for the 1st team. However, he made his debut in the 1962/63 season in the Oberliga Süd and came there to five missions. The universally deployable defensive player made his debut on February 3, 1963, of all things, in the away game in the derby against SpVgg. Fürth in the Oberliga Süd. In the 5-3 success he and Horst Leupold formed the defenders of the team of coach Herbert Widmayer . This was followed in sequence against Ulm 1846 (1: 2), Schwaben Augsburg (3: 2), SSV Reutlingen (2: 0) and the fifth and final round on March 10, 1963 in a 1: 3 home defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt. Since Ferschl defended in front of 30,000 spectators on the side of Helmut Hilpert . From the 1963/64 season, the Bundesliga continued. There he played as a defender from day one - on August 24, 1963 in a 1-1 draw away at Hertha BSC as a left defender - until 1968 a total of 115 Bundesliga games (5 goals) for the club . However, he only became a real regular player in the 1967/68 season , when he won the German championship with 1. FC Nürnberg and scored four goals in 32 league games under coach Max Merkel . The reliable team player had already in the difficult round 1966/67 , the "club" needed three coaches Jenö Csaknady , Jenö Vincze and Max Merkel to reach 10th place in the table, with 25 league appearances (1 goal) were among the performers. In the defense, which was reinforced under Merkel, mostly defense chief Ferdinand Wenauer , "Nandl" was supported by Fritz Popp , Horst Leupold and Helmut Hilpert on the full-back position, while Ludwig Müller and Ferschl took on the special tasks in front of the cleaning team Wenauer.

When Nuremberg won the Bundesliga championship in 1968, Ferschl was used in 32 games and scored four goals. In the Bundesliga chronicle it is noted in the lap balance: "Libero Wenauer played an outstanding season, supported by the hard-core Ludwig Müller and Ferschl as the central clearer." With 47:21 points and 71:37 goals, the "club" achieved the unexpected championship success. In the home games, the new champions achieved 28: 6 points with 46:17 goals and, after the first half of the season, topped the table with 27: 7 points and seven points ahead.

Since he was never fully appreciated in Nuremberg, he had been put on the transfer list during the championship season . After initially negotiating with VfB Stuttgart , he finally moved to Hertha BSC in Berlin . At 1. FC Nürnberg, it was only after he left the following season that it was discovered how much he was really worth. The master couldn't cope with his departure and was relegated with an unstable defense.

Hertha BSC

When Hertha BSC returned to the Bundesliga, they strengthened themselves before the start of the round in 1968/69 with the three Nuremberg players Franz Brungs , Tasso Wild and Ferschl. But also goalkeepers Gernot Fraydl , Hermann Bredenfeld , Ivan Šangulin , Jürgen Weber and the Berlin winger talent Arno Steffenhagen made their debut at Hertha under coach Helmut Kronsbein in the Bundesliga. At Hertha, Ferschl was initially in the midfield, but was withdrawn back into the defense from his second season. The Berlin team opened the round on August 17, 1968 with a 2-0 away defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt. With Werner Ipta and Rudolf Kröner , Ferschl formed the Hertha midfield. He played in 32 league games and the Bundesliga returnee finished 14th with 32:36 points. In the following two rounds, 1969/70 and 1970/71, Hertha moved up to the front of the table and finished third behind Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich. Strong and dangerous newcomers like Lorenz Horr and Wolfgang Gayer reinforced the offensive, as was also possible on the defensive through Bernd Patzke . With 58 league appearances, Ferschl also belonged to the Hertha regular formation in the second and third round. From 1968 to 1972 he played 120 Bundesliga games (1 goal) for Berlin, missed only 16 games and was almost always in the starting line-up.

Bundesliga scandal

Because of his involvement in the Bundesliga scandal , the German Football Association banned him from June 21, 1972 to June 20, 1974, and he also had to pay a fine of 15,000 D-Marks. Despite his pardon on November 26, 1973, his career was over.

Later employment

After the end of his career as a professional footballer, Ferschl ran a Toto Lotto acceptance point in Schwaig .

literature

  • Christoph Bausenwein, Bernd Siegler, Harald Kaiser: The legend of the club. The history of 1. FC Nürnberg. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89533-907-3 , p. 423.
  • Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Player Lexicon 1963–1994. Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 , p. 131.
  • Michael Jahn: We're just not going home. The history of Hertha BSC Berlin. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-89533-535-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Bitter: Germany's football. The encyclopedia. FA Herbig. Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7766-2558-5 , p. 198.
  2. ^ Ulrich Merk, Andre Schulin: Bundesliga Chronicle 1966/67. Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2005, ISBN 3-89784-086-3 , p. 32.
  3. ^ Ulrich Merk, André Schulin, Maik Grossmann: Bundesliga Chronicle 1967/68. Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-087-1 , p. 14.
  4. ^ Ulrich Merk, André Schulin, Maik Grossmann: Bundesliga Chronicle 1967/68. Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-087-1 , p. 50.

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personal data
SURNAME Ferschl, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg