Klaus Fichtel

Klaus Fichtel
Klaus Fichtel in 2008 in Wittmund
Personnel
birthday	November 19, 1944
place of birth	Castrop-Rauxel ,  Germany
size	176 cm
position	Defense and midfielder
Juniors
Years	station
1955–196?	Arminia Ickern
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
0000-1965	Arminia Ickern
1965-1980	FC Schalke 04	437 (14)
1980-1984	SV Werder Bremen	117 0(0)
1984-1988	FC Schalke 04	40 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	Germany U-23	3 0(0)
1967-1971	Germany	23 0(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1984-1989	FC Schalke 04 (assistant coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Klaus "Tanne" Fichtel (born November 19, 1944 in Castrop-Rauxel ) is a former German soccer player who played 23 international matches for the German national soccer team from 1967 to 1971 and scored one goal. At 43 years, six months and two days at the time of his last appearance on May 21, 1988, he has since been the player in the Bundesliga who holds the age record for active players.

career

Clubs until 1988

FC Schalke 04, 1965 to 1980

From Arminia Ickern , from the district of Castrop-Rauxel, where he learned the job of miner in the Zeche Victor and played the point games with the Arminen in the Association League Westphalia against VfL Bochum, Lüner SV, Sportfreunde Siegen and SG Wattenscheid 09 amateur footballer Klaus Fichtel moved to Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga in the summer of 1965 at the age of 20 . Coach Fritz Langner was after the 1964/65 round, Schalke had occupied the last place in the table in the 16-league with 22:38 points and the previous regular players Willi Koslowski , Reinhard Libuda , Hans Nowak , Willi Schulz , Waldemar Gerhardt and Egon Horst had Schalke Turned his back on a complete rebuild. For the 1965/66 round, the Bundesliga was expanded to 18 teams, Hertha BSC was relegated back to the Regionalliga, Tasmania 1900 was added to the league as a Berlin representative and the two teams at the bottom of the table, Karlsruher SC and Schalke 04, were left in the Bundesliga. In addition to Alfred Pyka from 1860 Munich and Heinz Pliska from Hamborn 07, the 20-time amateur national player Gerhard Neuser from Sportfreunde Siegen was already a well-known newcomer to the Schalke market. The defensive talent Fichtel, however, as well as the other additions Josef Elting , Heinz-Dieter Lömm and Klaus Senger beyond the local area, in higher-class football, was completely unknown. In his 34 appearances in his first Bundesliga season, Arminia Ickern's man impressively demonstrated what a jewel coach Langner had brought to the Glückauf-Kampfbahn. Klaus Fichtel hit the ground running and defensive organizer and Schalke kept the class with 14th place. Fichtel played the first Bundesliga game on August 14, 1965 in the 0-1 away defeat against VfB Stuttgart, where he made the decisive own goal in the 21st minute of the game. Schalke played in defense with Horst Mühlmann - Hans-Jürgen Becher , Friedel Rausch - Alfred Pyka, Klaus Fichtel and Heinz Pliska. With an average grade of 2.65, Fichtel ranked eighth in the 1966 world championship year. With his teammates Günter Herrmann and Friedel Rausch he was also elected to the Revier team for the 1965/66 round. The atmosphere in the stadium, the passionate support of the fans in the relegation battle culminated in the 2-0 win against Borussia Neunkirchen in the chant "But one thing, but one thing, that will stay, FC Schalke will never go down", with 38,000 spectators on 14 May 1966 celebrated relegation in the Glückauf-Kampfbahn. After the end of his long career, Klaus Fichtel described this game as the "greatest" experience of his career.

Schalke only got away from the relegation places in the 1968/69 round, although Klaus Fichtel immediately established himself among the best defensive players in the Bundesliga - in 1967/68 Fichtel was second among all Bundesliga players with an average of 2.47 - and already on February 22, 1967 in Karlsruhe in the international match against Morocco in the national team celebrated his debut. With Rudi Gutendorf new momentum came into the “royal blue” squad from November 22, 1968 and the result was the best back round record and seventh place in the final table. In addition, the men around Klaus Fichtel and the newcomers Franz Hasil and Heinz van Haaren moved into the DFB Cup final on June 14, 1969 in Frankfurt against Bayern Munich. Branko Zebec led Bayern to the double and Schalke took part in the European Cup Winners' Cup despite the 2-1 defeat in the 1969/70 round . There Schalke failed only in the semi-finals at Manchester City .

With the new center forward Klaus Fischer , the team around defense chief Klaus Fichtel took sixth place in the Bundesliga in the 1970/71 season and the sporting perspective seemed excellent. If only it hadn't been for the fateful game against Arminia Bielefeld on April 17, 1971 , which Schalke lost 1-0 to a goal from Gerd Roggensack in the 83rd minute. Klaus Fichtel only played in the first half and was replaced by Manfred Pohlschmidt in the 46th minute . After the revelations by Horst-Gregorio Canellas and the investigation by the DFB prosecutor Hans Kindermann , almost all Schalke players in 1973 were sentenced to bans and fines because of the Bielefeld victory they had "bought". Fichtel was banned from March 18, 1973 to March 17, 1975 and pardoned on January 24, 1974. On January 26, 1974, he again directed the Schalke back team in the 2-1 away win at Kickers Offenbach. After he was sentenced to a fine for perjury at the Essen regional court on December 22, 1975 , the DFB imposed another ban. Klaus Fichtel was the last to be banned from January 4th to January 22nd, 1978. This closed the chapter “ Bundesliga scandal ” on Schalke after seven years.

In spite of the investigation, Schalke played a successful sporting season in 1971/72. Coach Ivica Horvat and Klaus Fichtel led the team to the autumn championship on December 11, 1971, three points ahead of Bayern Munich. On the 34th matchday, however, the “Knappen” lost the match at Bayern with 1: 5 goals and the Munich team won the championship ahead of the “runner-up” from Schalke. Fichtel had played 33 games this season. With a 5: 2 win after extra time in the second leg, Schalke made up for the 1: 4 defeat at 1. FC Köln in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup and moved into the final after 6: 5 on penalties . On July 1, 1972, 1. FC Kaiserslautern in Hanover had no chance against the Bundesliga champions when they lost 5-0. For Fichtel, this title win represented a small compensation for not being considered for the European Championship finals in Belgium, for which he was not considered by the DFB because of Schalke's involvement in the Bundesliga scandal.

The effects of the scandal prevented a repetition of this successful season in the next few years. Only with the young coach Friedel Rausch and the new players Abramczik, Bongartz and Oblak did Fichtel play another round for the championship with Schalke in the 1976/77 season. One point behind champions Borussia Mönchengladbach - on matchday 30, Schalke won the home game 1-0 - "Royal Blue" landed in second place with 43:25 points. Libero Fichtel had played all 34 games for Schalke in his twelfth Bundesliga year. After the 1979/80 season - Schalke had landed in eighth place despite the employment of three coaches (Lorant / Schwager / Jusufi) and the veteran "Tanne" Fichtel had contributed his usual reliable performance in the defense center in 29 games - he switched to Bundesliga relegated Werder Bremen .

Werder Bremen, 1980 to 1984

Fichtel played all 42 games in the 2nd Bundesliga for Werder in 1980/81 . The eleven of the coaches Kuno Klötzer and Otto Rehhagel showed the best defense with the defensive boss Fichtel with 33 goals conceded and immediately returned to the Bundesliga as champions. In his third year at the Weser, in 1982/83 , "Tanne" again missed winning the German championship by a wafer-thin margin. Equal on points behind the champions Hamburger SV, both scored 52:16 points, Werder came second with defensive conductor Fichtel, who had played 33 games. In the UEFA Cup , he had led the Werder defense in all six matches against Vorwärts Frankfurt / Oder , Brage IK Borlänge and Dundee United . For the 1983/84 season, Bremen signed Bruno Pezzey, a successor for Fichtel, and "Tanne" said goodbye on matchday 34, May 26, 1984, with a 2-1 away win in Braunschweig after 75 Bundesliga games, 42 second division appearances, 14 DFB Cup matches and six EC matches from Bremen and returned to Schalke at the age of 39.

Schalke 04, 1984 to 1988

Klaus Fichtel returned to Schalke for the round 1984/85 as an assistant coach at Diethelm Ferner's side . After the failure of Bernard Dietz, he moved into the defense center of the licensed team and played another 26 games until 1986. On August 26, 1986, the official farewell game for Fichtel took place in the presence of the three honorary captains of the national soccer team - Fritz Walter, Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer - in the Park Stadium. An international selection - with Johann Cruyff, Hans Krankl, Hans Ettmayer, Rene Vandereycken - played against the Schalke Bundesliga team, which was reinforced by Klaus Fischer, Rolf Rüssmann, Rüdiger Abramczik and Helmut Kremers and looked after by Fritz Langner. But it was only a temporary farewell. At the age of 43 years, six months and two days - the highest age of an active Bundesliga player to date - Klaus Fichtel actually played his last Bundesliga game on May 21, 1988 (against Werder Bremen) and then left the Bundesliga as an active player. For Schalke he had 477 Bundesliga appearances, 53 cup games and 20 matches in the European Cup.

National team, 1967 to 1971

The defensive talent of Schalke was appointed to a DFB team for the first time on October 12, 1966 in Saarbrücken at the junior international match against Turkey. The German juniors won the game with 3-0 goals with the runners Rudi Assauer , Fichtel and Jürgen Friedrich . National coach Helmut Schön tested five debutants with Jupp Heynckes , Hannes Löhr , Horst Wolter , Klaus Zaczyk and Fichtel at the international match on February 22, 1967 in the Karlsruhe Wildpark Stadium against Morocco . With the runner series Franz Beckenbauer , Willi Schulz and Fichtel the game was won with 5: 1 goals. The third appointment to the German national team took place on May 3, 1967 in Belgrade during the European Championship qualifier against Yugoslavia. In the 1-0 defeat, Berti Vogt made his defense debut . In June 1968 Ludwig Müller , Fichtel and Wolfgang Weber formed the national team's high-performance runners in the two historic successes against England and Brazil. On June 1st there was a 1-0 win in Hanover against England and on June 16 in Stuttgart against Brazil a 2-1 win. The agile, headball and two-way strong Schalke player was also equipped with solid technology and a good start, so that his overview in the defense organization could come into its own. Two days after the first victory in international match history against England, on June 1, 1968, Fichtel also faced the English juniors as the German defense chief in Kassel on June 3. In the Auestadion, however, the British prevailed 1-0. It was his third appearance in the junior national team. In the decisive World Cup qualifier on October 22, 1969 in Hamburg against Scotland, "Tanne" scored the 1-1 equalizer in the 38th minute and club colleague Reinhard Libuda scored the winning goal in the 79th minute after going it alone of the German team. In front of 72,000 spectators, the Scots with Billy Bremner , Tommy Gemmell , Alan Gilzean and Jimmy Johnstone showed an excellent performance and demanded everything from the team of national coach Helmut Schön. It was Fichtel's twelfth international appearance. At the Football World Cup in Mexico in 1970, Fichtel played five games against Morocco, Bulgaria, Peru, England and the victorious game for third place against Uruguay. In terms of drama, the 3-2 win after extra time against defending champions England on June 14th in Leon was outstanding. In qualifying for the European Football Championship in 1972, he was used on October 17, 1970 in Cologne against Turkey and the two encounters against Poland in October and November 1971. Due to Schalke 04's involvement in the “Bundesliga scandal”, the 23rd international match against Poland on November 17, 1971 in Hamburg was Klaus Fichtel's last appointment to the national soccer team. Due to the DFB ban, he was no longer a member of the winning teams in the 1972 European Championship and the 1974 World Cup.

After the active playing career

Klaus Fichtel was a passionate pigeon fancier and fan of trotting. After his active time he initially worked as a youth and amateur trainer, later he gave up the coaching job and worked for his club as a scout. He lives with his family in Waltrop .

literature

• Matthias Kropp: Germany's big soccer teams, part 1: Schalke 04 . Kasseler Sport-Verlag, 1992, ISBN 3-928562-18-5 .
• Matthias Kropp: Schalke in numbers . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2002, ISBN 3-89784-194-0 .
• Jürgen Bitter : Germany's national soccer player: the lexicon . SVB Sportverlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00749-0 .
• Matthias Weinrich: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 3: 35 years of the Bundesliga. Part 1. The founding years 1963–1975. Stories, pictures, constellations, tables. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1998, ISBN 3-89784-132-0 .
• 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 .
• Matthias Kropp: Triumphs in the European Cup. All games of the German clubs since 1955 (= "AGON Sportverlag statistics." Volume 20). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-75-4 .

Web links

• Klaus Fichtel in the database of weltfussball.de
• Klaus Fichtel in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Klaus Fichtel in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Klaus Fichtel in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Note in: Echt - Das Stadionmagazin, Issue 59 of May 18, 2013, p. 86.
2. ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/klaus-fichtel/profil/trainer/1833
3. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Klaus Fichtel - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. September 2, 2015. Accessed September 7, 2015.
4. ↑ "Lehmann:" National team would be an incentive "" , article from the online edition of kicker from April 4, 2009.
5. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Klaus Fichtel - International Appearances . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. September 2, 2015. Accessed September 7, 2015.

See also

• Germany at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico