Karl Berg (soccer player)

Karl Berg
Personnel
birthday	January 12, 1921
place of birth	Saarbrücken ,  Saar area
date of death	September 25, 2007
position	right outrunner
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1939-1956	FV / 1. FC Saarbrücken
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1950-1955	Saarland	9 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Karl Berg (born January 12, 1921 in Saarbrücken , † September 25, 2007 ) was a German football player who played for the FV / 1. FC Saarbrücken came up and made nine appearances for the Saarland national team between 1950 and 1955 .

life and career

The FV Saarbruecken stepped mountain on 1 January 1932nd In 1939 he was promoted to the first team at the age of 18, during the 1941/42 season the right wing runner was used for the FVS in the Gauliga Westmark , including in the 6-0 defeat against the eventual Gaumeister 1. FC Kaiserslautern . In January 1943, Berg was stationed in the Libyan Buerat as a soldier in the German Africa Corps . In the course of the year he was taken prisoner in Algeria , so that he had no part in the "Molschder" s entry into the final of the German championship .

After the end of the Second World War, Berg played for 1. FC Saarbrücken, the successor to FV Saarbrücken, which was dissolved in November 1945. The club was initially affiliated with the German game operations, so that the outside runner was used between 1946 and 1948 in the Oberliga Südwest . After the exclusion, the club received a starting place in the second French division for the season 1948/49 and took first place there (unofficially, since playing out of competition); Berg has recorded nine appearances and eight goals this season. The following two years were marked by the International Saarland Cup and numerous friendly matches in Spain , France , England and Scandinavia , before the reintegration into the Oberliga Südwest took place in the summer of 1951. The 1951/52 season concluded the Saarbrücken sovereign as first in the table and thus qualified for the final round of the German football championship 1951/52 . After successfully defeating FC Schalke 04 , 1. FC Nürnberg and Hamburger SV in the group stage , the final on May 22, 1952 in Ludwigshafen was unfortunately lost 3-2 to VfB Stuttgart . After the 2-2 equalizer of the blue-blacks, the battered outside runner Berg moved to the right wing , which, however, suffered the defensive quality of the team and finally the hit fell to the final score. In the final quarter of an hour, Theodor Puff also had to guard the gate for Erwin Strempel, who was injured . On November 1, 1955 Berg came in the 4: 3 victory over AC Milan in San Siro for his only appearance in the European Cup . After 126 league games with 16 goals for 1. FC Saarbrücken, the "Molschder football legend" ended his career in 1956.

On November 22, 1950, Berg made his debut for the Saarland national team in their first game ever. In the 5-3 victory over Switzerland B, the right wing runner scored the first goal in Saarland's international history. His performance in the 3-2 win in the World Cup qualifier against Norway in June 1953 is considered outstanding . Shortly after the Norwegian leadership, defensive boss Waldemar Philippi had to be replaced with a torn muscle, while coach Helmut Schön brought on offensive player Karl Berg for him. After the game, Berg was given numerous compliments, Sepp Herberger described the performance as "extra class"; he himself commented:

“As a man hit, I played the game of my life. Norway's left winger could actually have gone home straight away. "

He played his last of a total of nine international matches on May 1, 1955 in a 1-1 draw against Switzerland .

"De Bersch Kaal", as he was called, played until 1967 in the old men's team of the "Molschder". A great hobby of the Saarlander was the keeping of carrier pigeons . Berg worked as a district manager at Saartoto until his retirement and lived in Walpershofen until his death at the age of 86 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Wilfried Burr: About the person. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from August 7, 1998.
2. ↑ Michael Emmerich: You are loyal and firm to the FCS. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from April 3, 2003.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Wilfried Burr: "De Bersch Kaal" from the FCS likes to chat about old times. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from January 12, 2001.
4. ↑ ^{a b} player profile Karl Berg. In: ludwigspark.de , accessed on November 26, 2019.
5. ↑ Wilfried Burr: Saarfußball mourns its legend Karl Berg. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung of September 29, 2007.
6. ^ Reinhard Klektiven , Herbert Günther: Die Molschder 1903-2003. 100 years of 1. FC Saarbrücken. Saarbrücken 2003, ISBN 3-00-012542-6 , pp. 53-59.
7. ↑ Wilfried Burr: Triumphant reception for the losers. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from February 14, 2013.
8. ↑ Werner Skrentny (Ed.): Teufelsangst vorm Erbsenberg. The history of the Oberliga Südwest 1946–1963. Klartext Verlag, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-394-5 , p. 197.
9. ↑ Saarland Football Association (ed.): Saarfußball. 5 years in FIFA. Saarbrücken 1957, [without ISBN], pp. 12-13.
10. ↑ Wilfried Burr: The Saarland football miracle of Oslo. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from June 24, 2003.
11. ↑ Former master Karl Berg 75. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung of January 12, 1996.