Manfred Großler

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Manfred Großler (born October 3, 1944 ) is a former German soccer player . The SpVgg Bayreuth offensive player played 134 league games between 1969 and 1974 in the then second -rate regional soccer league, scoring 54 goals. After the introduction of the 2nd Bundesliga for the 1974/75 season, the goalscorer, playmaker and captain was active in 262 second division games for Upper Franconia until 1982 and scored a further 76 goals.

career

Amateur League and Regional League South, until 1974

As a teenager, the technician, combination footballer and goalscorer played with the later stars of FC Bayern Munich, Sepp Maier and Gerd Müller , in the youth team of the Bavarian Football Association . In the senior division, he was the outstanding player in the black and yellow from the municipal stadium on Ellrodtweg . In the 1966/67 season he was the top scorer in the Bayernliga for the first time with 34 goals and increased his hit rate in the year of promotion to the Regionalliga Süd, 1968/69, to 35 goals. Against the equal points BC Augsburg the playoff for the championship in the "Schanzstadion" of ESV Ingolstadt was won with 4-0 goals. The neutral Ingolstadt press was enthusiastic about Manfred Großler: "The captain not only scored a clever goal and initiated two others, but also caused fear and horror in the BCA defense with his slalom runs, just like Persau." In 1969 in the second division of the Regionalliga he had scored 190 goals for the game association in the Bayernliga. Due to his consistently good club appearances for the old townspeople, Großerler was one of the top performers in Bavaria's successful association selection in the regional cup in 1968, 1970 and 1971. In the 2-1 win after extra time in the home stadium in Bayreuth against the selection from the Lower Rhine in the 1971 final, the Bavarian winning team included "Manne" Großesler and his teammates Adolf Ruff (goalkeeper), Hans Rauh and Herbert Horn .

With the attack line-up Kurt Persau , Bruno Dvorak , Hans Rauh, Herbert Horn and "Manne" Großesler, the game association made its debut on August 16, 1969 in the Regionalliga Süd. The home game against Kickers Stuttgart ended in a 1-1 draw in front of 8,500 spectators. The goal scorer for the Altstadt-Kicker was the playmaker on the wing, Manfred Großler, with a converted penalty in the 34th minute. In the 5-2 home win on September 13th against VfR Mannheim - Rainer Ulrich and Klaus Slatina formed the central defense of the lawn athletes from the square city and Wolfgang Platz and especially the young Dietmar Danner drew attention to their talent in midfield - he controlled three Hit at. When the "duel in Upper Franconia" between FC Bayern Hof and Bayreuth was played in front of 11,000 spectators in the Green Au stadium on September 27, it was unable to prevent the hosts from winning 3-0 at home, including the Bayreuth team native Wolfgang Breuer was promoted to the top scorer of the Regionalliga Süd. On the final day of the round, Großerler scored two goals for a 2-1 home win against VfR Heilbronn. Since four clubs from the 20s relay had to start relegation to the amateur camp, the teams from ESV Ingolstadt and Bayreuth had to play a decider to determine the fourth relegated team. The team of coach Willibald Hahn lost the game in Fürth with 2: 5 goals and Großerler and colleagues were back in the 1970/71 round of the Bayern League. He had played all 38 league games and scored 16 goals for the team of president and sponsor Hans Wölfel.

In the 1970/71 season, Großesler and colleagues won the championship with 89:26 goals and 61: 7 points in the Bavarian amateur upper house. In the home games, the champions and returning from the region achieved 33: 1 points and finished the round with a 15-point lead over runner-up SpVgg Weiden.

With coach Jenö Vincze , the climber reached the 13th place in the table in 1971/72 in the Regionalliga Süd; Larger had scored five goals in 29 league appearances. Bayreuth lost the premiere game on August 15, 1971 in the home stadium in front of 8,200 spectators with 0: 1 against Karlsruher SC. In the last two rounds of the old second-rate regional league, 1972/73 and 1973/74 , Larger played with the game association but clearly forward in the table. With the new entry Wolfgang Böhni in midfield and the 20-time goalscorer Bruno Dvorak , they reached fourth place in 1973. In the last round of the second-rate regional league, 1973/74, Larger came in 33 games to 20 goals and Bayreuth finished the round in fifth place. Between 1969 and 1974, the penalty and free kick specialist saw a total of 134 games with 54 goals in the Regionalliga Süd. Midfielder Herbert Horn tops the list with 140 games and eleven goals for Spielvereinigung Bayreuth.

2nd Bundesliga, 1974 to 1982

After the DFB for Round 1974/75 as base Bundesliga , the second Bundesliga was introduced in two seasons, played Größler and his team-mates from the Spielvereinigung in the Southern Group of the 2nd League. The long-time goal scorer of FC Bayern Hof, Wolfgang Breuer, returned to his hometown from Innsbruck. When the two veterans, both born in 1944, had to compensate for the youthful freshness and liveliness with a pronounced game overview, ability to combine and team service, they played their way into the top group of the 2nd Bundesliga with the black and yellow in 1977/78 and 1978/79. After the 19th matchday of the 1977/78 round, Bayreuth led the table after the preliminary round with 31: 7 points in the southern season. With the new coach Heinz Elzner and the young libero Rudolf Hannakampf , the team around Captain Großesler (28-9), playmaker Breuer and goal scorer Uwe Sommerer (25 goals) came fourth in the final ranking.

In the game round 1978/79 Bayreuth even ranked second; one point behind the master TSV 1860 Munich. The 1: 3 points against relegated KSV Baunatal and the 2: 4 defeat in the last home game against FSV Frankfurt could not make up for the 3: 1 points against the Munich “Löwen” and prevented the direct promotion to the Bundesliga by the "Old Town". Larger was 15 times goalscorer in 38 round games; he converted eight penalties. Friend and teammate "Bobby" Breuer scored 14 goals in 35 games. In the two relegation games against the north runner-up Bayer 05 Uerdingen on June 14 and 20, 1979 to determine the third Bundesliga climber, he was of course part of the team of “after-work professionals” from Bayreuth. In the 1-1 draw in the home stadium in front of 20,000 spectators, Großerler took the 1-0 lead in the 24th minute. In the Grotenburg Stadium, the protégés of coach Horst Buhtz prevailed in the second leg with 2-1 goals and the Upper Franconians continued to play in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Before the start of the round in 1979/80, Manfred Großler was honored for 800 games for the game association before the preparatory game against the CSSR national division club Inter Preßburg (1: 2). In the league, Bayreuth could no longer maintain the quality of the last two rounds - personally, Großerler made 37 appearances and scored twelve goals in the process - and the table went down. The 1979/80 DFB Cup developed into a sporting highlight . In the third main round, the game association welcomed FC Bayern Munich with its stars Paul Breitner and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge . On January 12, 1980, the second division had a 1-0 win on snow-covered ground, which was only thrown out of the competition in the quarter-finals after a 3-1 defeat at FC Schalke 04. After the 1981/82 season , Bayreuth was relegated to the amateur camp and Großerler had stepped in as interim coach in May and June 1982, the "playful winger" ended his playing career after 262 league games in the 2nd Bundesliga with 76 goals.

Larger was active as a city councilor in local politics and was awarded the Golden Ring of Honor by the city of Bayreuth.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephan Müller: Größlers husband, Count Gravina and Marquis Salou. Stories and anecdotes from Bayreuth. Wartberg publishing house. Gudensberg-Gleichen 2011. ISBN 978-3-8313-2404-0 . P. 66
  2. ↑ Werner Skrentny (ed.): The big book of the German football stadiums. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2001. ISBN 3-89533-306-9 . P. 27
  3. ↑ Kicker sports magazine. No. 63 of August 2, 1979. p. 15
personal data
SURNAME Bigger, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1944