Léon Semmeling
| Léon Semmeling | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Léon Joseph Semmeling | |
| birthday | 4th January 1940 | |
| place of birth | Moelingen , Belgium | |
| size | 169 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| -1959 | RCS Visé | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1959-1974 | Standard Liege | 449 (73) |
| 1974-1976 | UR Namur | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1961-1973 | Belgium | 35 (2) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| UR Namur | ||
| RAA La Louvière | ||
| RFC Tilleur | ||
| 1981-1986 | Standard Liège (assistance) | |
| 1986-1987 | RFC seraing | |
| 1988-1997 | Standard Liège (assistance) | |
| 1999 | Union Sportif Monastir | |
| 2002-2003 | RCS Visé (Assistant) | |
| 2004-2006 | RAA La Louvière | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Léon Joseph Semmeling (born January 4, 1940 in Moelingen ) is a former Belgian football player on the position of midfielder .
career
player
Semmeling played in the First Division exclusively for Standard Liège . He played 449 games in which he scored 73 goals. With Liège he was five times Belgian champion and twice cup winner . In 1974 he left Standard Liège and played for UR Namur for two more years , where he ended his active career.
Trainer
After the end of his career as a player, he initially took over the coaching position at his last club, UR Namur. The stations RAA La Louvière and Tilleur FC followed . In 1981 he became assistant coach at his old club, Standard Liège, under his former national coach Raymond Goethals . After Goethals was banned in 1984 because of his involvement in a bribery scandal and left Belgium, he took over the post of head coach for a short time. With the exception of a detour to RFC Seraing in the 1986/87 season, he worked until 1997 at Standard in the position of assistant.
In 1999 he took over the Tunisian team US Monastir . In 2002 he returned to his youth club RCS Visé for a year as an assistant coach . From 2004 to 2006 he was again active in the coaching staff of La Louvière.
National team
Between 1961 and 1973 he played 35 games for the Belgian national team , in which he scored two goals. He was part of the Belgian squad at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico and the 1972 European Football Championship in his own country.
successes
- Belgian champion (5): 1961, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971
- Belgian Cup Winner (2): 1966, 1967
Web links
- Léon Semmeling ( Memento from August 11, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) on playerhistory.com (English)
- Léon Semmeling in the database of the Belgian Football Association (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Semmeling, Leon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Semmeling, Léon Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moelingen , Belgium |