Kurt Geinzer

Kurt Geinzer (born July 3, 1948 ) is a former German soccer player who played 264 games with 19 goals in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1974 to 1983 for the clubs 1. FC Nürnberg and Kickers Offenbach .

career

Amateur and Regionalliga Süd, until 1974

Kurt Geinzer, originally from Erlangen, came to 1. FC Nürnberg via SpVgg Büchenbach and SpVgg Bayreuth and played his first games in the Regionalliga Süd at the “Club” in the 1971/72 season . As an amateur, the ball-safe midfielder and libero made two appearances in the German national soccer team of amateurs against Tunisia and Spain. In the season before the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga, 1973/74, Nuremberg with coach Hans Tilkowski reached the runner-up in the south behind champions FC Augsburg ( Helmut Haller ) and thus moved into the Bundesliga promotion round. Geinzer had completed 32 games with four goals and Dieter Nüssing topped the Franconian scorers list with 15 goals. Equal with 11: 5 points, Eintracht Braunschweig decided the race for promotion. Geinzer was used in all eight promotion round games. From 1971 to 1974 Kurt Geinzer played 79 games with six goals in the Regionalliga Süd.

2nd Bundesliga, 1974 to 1983

This was followed by three rounds in the 2nd Bundesliga group south. In the 1975/76 season - Geinzer had participated in 24 missions - the "Club" came second in the table and therefore took part in the decider to determine the third climber against the north vice-runner Borussia Dortmund . In both matches that Dortmund won, Geinzer was not used. In Horst Buhtz's first year as coach , 1976/77, he was an indispensable regular player with 30 appearances and six goals. After 77 appearances with nine goals from 1974 to 1977 in the 2nd Bundesliga, Geinzer signed a contract with league rivals Kickers Offenbach for the 1977/78 round and moved to Bieberer Berg . He played a total of 297 games for 1. FC Nürnberg from 1971 to 1977.

In the fourth round, 1980/81, Geinzer and his new club were successful for the first time. The Franconian had completed 35 games under coach Franz Brungs , the offensive talent Uwe Bein shone with 25 goals and the Kickers landed in second place. In the two playoffs of the group runners-up against Eintracht Braunschweig, Geinzer directed the Offenbach defense. After Hesse's 1-0 home win, the North representative decided the promotion for themselves with a 2-0 game in Braunschweig. In the 1981/82 season, the OFC came in third place and Geinzer was also an interim coach in May and June 1982. In his last active year in the 2nd division in 1982/83, Geinzer and coach Lothar Buchmann experienced Offenbach's direct promotion to the Bundesliga by reaching second place . In 31 encounters he had once again successfully directed the defense. The 35-year-old ended his activity in Offenbach after the promotion and took over the player coaching position at Viktoria Aschaffenburg for the 1983/84 round . In total, Geinzer had played 187 games with ten goals for Kickers in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Trainer

Kurt Geinzer led Viktoria Aschaffenburg to the 2nd Bundesliga as a player coach in the 1984/85 season and then finally ended his playing career. Until April 1986 he looked after the team from the stadium at Schönbusch and was then replaced by coach Horst Heese . His second engagement as a second division coach was with Viktoria from July 1988 to April 1989, before he was replaced by Werner Nickel . Kurt Geinzer returned to Offenbach in 1989, initially as assistant trainer to Niko Semlitsch , and from April 3, 1990 as head trainer, and held this position until June 30, 1992. From 1995 to 1998 Geinzer was again a trainer at Viktoria Aschaffenburg.

literature

• Matthias Weinrich: Second League Almanac. All players. All clubs. All results. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-190-8 .
• Ulrich Homann (Hrsg.): Hellfire on Ascension. The history of the promotion rounds to the Bundesliga 1963–1974. Klartext, Essen 1990, ISBN 3-88474-346-5 .
• Bausenwein, Kaiser, Siegler: 1. FC Nuremberg. Die Legende vom Club, Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 1996, ISBN 3-89533-163-5 .