List of FDGB Cup winning coaches

This list of the FDGB Cup winning coaches names all football coaches who have won the FDGB Cup of the German Democratic Republic. At 29 years and 193 days, Hans Meyer was the youngest coach to be successful in the final. The oldest trainer was Alfred Kunze at the age of 56 years and 234 days.

The winning coach

Hans Meyer (photo from 1990) is together with Heinz Krügel the record-winning coach (three titles each). He was also the youngest winning coach at the age of 29.

Jürgen Bogs was able to win the cup twice; the photo shows him after the successful final in 1989.

Hans-Ulrich Thomale was also twice as successful; here on a photo from 1987.

Georg Buschner won the trophy in 1960 and coached the GDR national team from 1970 to 1981. The photo shows him in 1974.

Uwe Reinders (photo from 1990) won the last FDGB trophy held in 1991.

• Season: states the playing time of the cup. There is a link to the seasonal article.
• Name: Mention the name of the coach at the time of the final.
• Nationality: states the nationality of the winning coach through the flag of the country.
• Club: Name the club that the coach led to the cup victory. The sorting is primarily based on the name of the city.
• Age: states the age of the coach on the day of the final.

season	Surname	Nat.	society	Age
1949	Johannes Manthey		BSG Waggonbau Dessau	35
1949/1950	Kurt advance purchase		BSG Eisenhüttenwerk Thale	52
1951/1952	Paul Döring		SG Volkspolizei Dresden	41
1952/1954	Kurt advance purchase		ZSK Forward KVP Berlin	56
1954/1955	Karl Dittes		SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	37
1956	Horst Sockoll		SC Chemie Halle-Leuna	31
1957	Fritz Wittenbecher		SC Lokomotive Leipzig	47
1958	Hans Siegert		SC unit Dresden	44
1959	Fritz Bachmann		SC Dynamo Berlin	38
1960	Georg Buschner		SC Motor Jena	34
1961/1962	Heinz Krügel		SC Chemistry Hall	41
1962/1963	Karl Dittes		BSG Motor Zwickau	45
1963/1964	Ernst Caraway		SC construction Magdeburg	39
1964/1965	Ernst Caraway		SC construction Magdeburg	40
1965/1966	Alfred Kunze		BSG Chemie Leipzig	56
1966/1967	Horst Oettler		BSG Motor Zwickau	44
1967/1968	Werner Schwenzfeier		1. FC Union Berlin	43
1968/1969	Heinz Krügel		1. FC Magdeburg	48
1969/1970	Fritz Belger		FC Forward Berlin	56
1970/1971	Walter Fritzsch		SG Dynamo Dresden	50
1971/1972	Hans Meyer		FC Carl Zeiss Jena	29
1972/1973	Heinz Krügel		1. FC Magdeburg	52
1973/1974	Hans Meyer		FC Carl Zeiss Jena	31
1974/1975	Karl-Heinz Kluge		BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	45
1975/1976	Horst Scherbaum		1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	50
1976/1977	Walter Fritzsch		SG Dynamo Dresden	56
1977/1978	Klaus Urbanczyk		1. FC Magdeburg	37
1978/1979	Klaus Urbanczyk		1. FC Magdeburg	38
1979/1980	Hans Meyer		FC Carl Zeiss Jena	37
1980/1981	Harro Miller		1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	41
1981/1982	Gerhard Prautzsch		SG Dynamo Dresden	40
1982/1983	Claus Kreul		1. FC Magdeburg	39
1983/1984	Klaus Sammer		SG Dynamo Dresden	41
1984/1985	Klaus Sammer		SG Dynamo Dresden	42
1985/1986	Hans-Ulrich Thomale		1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	41
1986/1987	Hans-Ulrich Thomale		1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	42
1987/1988	Jürgen Bogs		BFC Dynamo	41
1988/1989	Jürgen Bogs		BFC Dynamo	42
1989/1990	Reinhard Häfner		SG Dynamo Dresden	38
1990/1991	Uwe Reinders		Hansa Rostock	36

The most successful trainers

• Place: Indicates the order of the winning coaches. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
• Name: Name of the winning coach.
• Title: states the number of cup wins. Only coaches with at least two cup wins will be considered.
• Years: Name the years in which the coach was able to win the trophy.

space	Surname	title	Years
1.	Heinz Krügel	3	1962, 1969, 1973
1.	Hans Meyer	3	1972, 1974, 1980
3.	Jürgen Bogs	2	1988, 1989
3.	Karl Dittes	2	1955, 1963
3.	Walter Fritzsch	2	1971, 1977
3.	Ernst Caraway	2	1964, 1965
3.	Klaus Sammer	2	1984, 1985
3.	Hans-Ulrich Thomale	2	1986, 1987
3.	Klaus Urbanczyk	2	1978, 1979
3.	Kurt advance purchase	2	1950, 1954

There are also eighteen coaches who have each won the trophy.

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• All final line-ups with coaches on rsssf.com