Margret Kratz

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Margret Kratz (born January 11, 1962 ) is a former German soccer player, national player and current association trainer for the Saarland soccer association .

Margret Kratz

Career as a footballer

She played for SV Weiskirchen , 1. FC Kaiserslautern , VfR Saarbrücken and, since the introduction of the double-track Bundesliga, with 1. FC Saarbrücken . With 1. FC Kaiserslautern she reached the semi-finals of the DFB Cup for the first time and played two international matches in the senior national team during this time. During the time in Saarbrücken, she reached the semi-finals in the German championship and the DFB Cup several times, as well as in the national cup. Although she was still active, her club at the time entrusted her with the role of assistant coach in the two-pronged Saarbrücken Bundesliga from 1990 to 1995.

Career as a trainer

After studying sports, she became the second woman in Germany to acquire a football instructor license in 1992 after Tina Theune . After her active career, she took on the role of coach from 1995 to 2000 in Saarbrücken. In 1997 she led her team out of the double-track Bundesliga through direct promotion to the 1st Bundesliga. At the same time, in 1997 she became the head association trainer (since 1989 at the SFV) in the Saarland Football Association and is responsible for the following areas:

  • Trainer education and training for C and B trainers. She was the first woman in Germany to train men up to the B license.
  • Talent promotion for girls (U-12 / U-13 / U-14 / U-16 / U-18)
  • Sports director of the elite school for girls' and women’s football
  • Honorary Prize Winner 2015. Ms. Kratz was honored for her life's work at the sports gala in Saarbrücken "Election of Saarsportler 2015". She received the award through the choice of the Saarland Sports Journalists' Association (VSS), and it was presented by former national coach Tina Theune .

Probably the most successful and well-known players who emerged from their elite school and their selection teams are:

In addition to her main job as an association coach, she occasionally works part-time for the DFB, DOSB and FIFA (Member Technical Study Group TSG on the development in world women's football):

  • Assistant coach of the U-23 national team of the DFB from 2008 to 2012 under the direction of Ulrike Ballweg
  • Assistant coach of the U-16 national team of the DFB from 2012 to 2018 under the direction of Ulrike Ballweg
  • Deployment as national trainer in Namibia - December 2009 (DOSB)
  • Football development worker in Bolivia - November 2013 (DOSB)
  • TSG Member at the U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada - August 2014 (FIFA)
  • TSG Member at the Women's World Cup in Canada - June 2015 (FIFA)
  • TSG Member at the U17 Women's World Cup in Jordan - September / October 2016 (FIFA)
  • Commitment to UEFA in Hungary 2018/2019. Coach training project Women's Football Regional Development and Competition

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trainer education and training - official website Saarländischer Fußballverband eV (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 16, 2015 ; Retrieved April 27, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / saar-fv.de
  2. ↑ Juniors - Latest news. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 16, 2015 ; Retrieved April 27, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / saar-fv.de
  3. ↑ Elite schools of girls' and women’s football. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 16, 2015 ; Retrieved April 27, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / saar-fv.de
personal data
SURNAME Kratz, Margret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1962