Max Schäfer

This article is about the soccer player and coach Max Schäfer. For the artist see Maximilian Schäfer .

Max Schäfer
Personnel
birthday	January 17, 1907
place of birth	Landshut ,  German Empire
date of death	September 15, 1990
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
0000-1927	SpVgg Landshut
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1927-1937	TSV 1860 Munich
1942-1943	TSV 1860 Munich
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1934	Germany	1 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1937-1938	TSV 1860 Munich
1941-1945	TSV 1860 Munich
1947-1951	TSV 1860 Munich
1951-1953	FC Bayern Munich
1953-1956	TSV 1860 Munich
1 Only league games are given.

Max Schäfer (born January 17, 1907 in Landshut ; † September 15, 1990 ) was a German football player and coach . As a player in TSV 1860 Munich , he was appointed to an international match in the senior national team in 1934 . As a trainer, he won the Tschammer Cup in 1942 with the “Löwen” .

Career

Player, until 1943

20-year-old Max Schäfer came from SpVgg Landshut to SV 1860 Munich for the 1927/28 season . The lions played their association games in the Bavarian district league, Südbayern group . On December 11, 1927, the newcomer from Landshut made his debut in the local derby against FC Bayern Munich in the league team of the 1960s, which was trained by former international Max Breunig . Acting on the center forward, he made a dream debut with three goals for the 5: 4 success of the Löwen . “In general, the internal trio with Hornauer-Schäfer-Stiglbauer was perfectly cast. In addition, a middle runner of the qualities of Pledl behind it, that was the strength of the 1860er Elf ” , called the Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten the decisive plus of the white-blue team. In his second and third year of the Löwen Schäfer got to know the coaching work of Richard Kohn , known as "Little Dombi", before Max Breunig took over the training management of the now with Ludwig Lachner eleven for the 1930/31 season . In the meantime, Schäfer had moved back into the defense and usually formed the defender pair with Josef Wendl in front of goalkeeper Alwin Riemke, who had come from Leipzig . Under Breunig, the 1960s developed a confusing combination game that led to a continuous increase in performance over the course of the season and made the team one of the most popular in Germany within a few months.

In the district league, however, they still had to be content with second place behind FC Bayern Munich. In the South German finals of the second / third round, however, the “Löwen” finally got their best form and won first place with 26: 2 points ahead of 1. FC Nürnberg with 20: 8 points, thus qualifying for a qualifying game in the final round of the German championship. In the replay on May 13th, the Breunig protégés prevailed with 2-1 goals against FC Phönix Ludwigshafen and were the third representative of southern Germany in the final round of the German football championship, alongside the southern German champions SpVgg Fürth and the southern vice-runner Eintracht Frankfurt . Due to an injury, Max Schäfer was absent in the first game (4: 1) against the Meidericher Spielverein. In the quarter-finals (1-0 win against Tennis Borussia Berlin ), in the semifinals (2-0 win against Holstein Kiel ) and in the final on June 14, 1931 in Cologne against defending champion Hertha BSC , Schäfer was back in defense alongside Josef Wendl in action. Willi Kirsei scored the 3-2 winner in the 89th minute for the team around star striker Hanne Sobek and the 60s had to be content with the praise of the press. The sports journalist Friedebert Becker stated in the Berlin BZ at noon :

“ The real German champion would be Munich 1860. Not only because Bayern were better this time against the badly presented Hertha, but because - there is no doubt about it - they play the most mature, finest and smartest combination football in Germany today. "

In 1933 Max Schäfer once again experienced the tension in the games for the German championship. After successes against VfL Benrath (2-0) and Beuthener SuSV (3-0; two goals from Schäfer), he failed with his team- mates Georg Ertl , Josef Wendl , Alois Pledl , Ludwig Stiglbauer and Ludwig Lachner in the semifinals on 28. May 1933 in Leipzig with 0: 4 goals against the upcoming successful eleven of FC Schalke 04 . In the finals, Schäfer was attacked.

After the introduction of the Gauligen for the 1933/34 season , the White-Blue could no longer play a prominent role in the Gauliga Bayern until the end of Max Schäfer's playing career after the 1936/37 season . Personally, however, Schäfer received special awards through the nominations for the Bavarian regional selection in the competition of the Federal Cup on January 6, 1935 and in particular on January 14, 1934 in Frankfurt am Main in the international match of the senior national team against the selection of Hungary . In the 3-1 victory of Reich coach Otto Nerz , he was substituted on for the injured FC Bayern defender Sigmund Haringer in the 33rd minute . His club colleague Lachner played on half right and with Edmund Conen , Rudolf Noack and Karl Politz three other players made their debut in the national team. Schäfer still took part in the World Cup course from May 7th to 19th, 1934, but no further appointments were made to the DFB team. After the 1936/37 season he ended his playing career and took over the coaching position at 1860 Munich for the first time. The “soccer professor”, as the high school teacher with a doctorate was called, was considered a man who thought about soccer like a business game.

Trainer, 1937-1956

In his first year as a coach with the White-Blue team , in 1937/38, the lions in the Gauliga Bayern made it to runner-up behind champions 1. FC Nürnberg. However, he did not continue his successful work at his club, he went to Post-SV Munich after the end of the season and was also a Gausport teacher. In the Reichsbund Cup of 1939/40 he prevailed in the final on June 30, 1940 in Augsburg with the district selection Bavaria 3-1 against the district selection Saxony . As the defending champion, he and his team lost on September 7, 1941 in the final of the 1940/41 season in Chemnitz, the revenge against Gauselection Saxony with 0-2 goals. Saxony competed with nine players from Dresdner SC and with Lothar Richter from Chemnitzer BC and Ernst Willimowski from PSV Chemnitz . From the 1941/42 season , however, Schäfer was again active as a coach in 1860. In the Bayern division, he came third behind 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 and SpVgg Fürth . The games for the Tschammerpokal in 1942 developed from the final round to the finals - played on July 19 through November 15, 1942 - to a great success for 1860 Munich and coach Schäfer. After successes over the SK Rapid Wien , the Stuttgarter Kickers , the SG SS Strasbourg , the FV Stadt Dudelange and the TuS Lipine , the Schäfer protégés competed in the final on November 15, 1942 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium against the favorites FC Schalke 04 . The Knappen -Elf around Ernst Kuzorra and Fritz Szepan had won the sixth German championship title on July 5th with a 2-0 win over Vienna Wien . With goals from Ernst Willimowski and Engelbert Schmidhuber , the Lions surprisingly won the trophy against a Schalke eleven who were not in top form. 1860 was generally described as a deserved winner, with the defense around Franz Schmeiser , Alois Pledl and Georg Bayerer being seen as a decisive advantage. In the following season 1942/43 , the Bavarian Gauliga was divided into a southern and a northern group because of the 50 kilometer limits. In the south, the Schäfer-Elf prevailed against BC Augsburg and FC Bayern Munich in 18 games with 97:15 goals. During the league round, as a result of the war, Schäfer also played a part again as a player. In the final round of the German championship, VfB Stuttgart was eliminated 3-0 in the preliminary round and Kickers Offenbach 2-0 in the round of 16 . In the quarter-finals, however, Schäfer lost with his protégés in the Vienna Prater Stadium with 0: 2 goals against Vienna Wien and was eliminated from the rest of the competition. At Vienna, Rudolf Noack from Hamburg scored the 1-0 opening goal in the 38th minute, before Karl Decker made the final score with a converted penalty in the 60th minute.

In southern Germany, the start of the newly created Oberliga Süd was kicked off on November 4, 1945 and it ended on July 14, 1946. VfB Stuttgart celebrated with top scorer Robert Schlienz (42 goals) as the first champion and in 1860 Munich occupied ninth place in the field of 16. The training was initially taken over by ex-goalkeeper Georg Ertl , who had repeatedly acted as interim coach in the 1930s and was supported by Ludwig Goldbrunner as a player -coach . In the further course of the season Max Schäfer returned and took over the training management again. From April 1946 Adalbert Wetzel had taken over the management of the football department and coach Schäfer led the lions to the runner-up in the 1947/48 season behind champions 1. FC Nürnberg. In Munich, on March 14, 1948, when the Nuremberg team played, there was almost a catastrophe, when a never-before-seen 58,200 spectators crowded into the stadium on Grünwalder Strasse, which officially only had 45,000 seats, in the 2-1 home win of the Weiß-Blauen and for set a record for the stadium that still exists today. The runner row with Fritz Sommer , Georg Bayerer and Franz Hammerl stabilized the team of the runner-up and in attack Otto Thanner on the side of Helmut Fottner , Ludwig Janda , Engelbert Schmidhuber and Josef Lammers primarily ensured the necessary goals. In the summer of 1948 the lions played for the sixth time in their club history for the German championship. In the very first game, however, the Schäfer-Elf faced a favorite for the championship trophy on July 18, 1948 in Worms with Südwestmeister 1. FC Kaiserslautern . With Fritz Walter the Palatinate had probably the best footballer of those days in their ranks and with Ottmar Walter (51 goals in the Southwest League) and Werner Baßler (28 goals in the Southwest League) two dangerous strikers in attack. The 60s proved to be strong opponents for almost 70 minutes, but in the final minutes they suffered a clear 1: 5 defeat.

For the 1948/49 season , the DFB introduced the contract player statute with a maximum limit of 320 DM per month and each player also had to continue to pursue a "civilian job". Schäfer and his team - one point behind the local competition from FC Bayern Munich - came in fourth. The departure of the two top performers Georg Bayerer and Ludwig Janda proved to be a sporty introduction to the regression. Middle runner Bayerer moved to FC Bayern Munich in the summer of 1949 and Janda was the first German to move to the “lire paradise” of Italy (Padua) in October of the same year. The result of the 1949/50 season was ninth with 31:29 points. In the sixth league year, 1950/51 , things went up again with the lions . Schäfer's football, which was learned with scientific meticulousness, led his team to sixth place in the table with 42:26 points, three points behind second place, which also allowed them to reach the final round of the German championship. With 97 hits, 1860 scored the most hits in the southern league, three more than the champions 1. FC Nürnberg. Schäfer was now drawn to Bayern , which he took over for the 1951/52 season.

In the Reds , however, he was unable to make the leap into the top group of the Oberliga Süd in two seasons, it was only enough to rank eight (1952) and seven ( 1953 ). Schäfer returned to the Lions in the summer of 1953 and took over the team that had been relegated to the 2nd League South . In the second year, 1954/55 , one could celebrate the championship in the II. Division and thus the return to the league. Immediately in 1956, however, the relegation to the second division took place. Hans Hipp was chosen as his successor for the new season, with which the coaching career of the now 49-year-old Schäfer came to an end.

Schäfer, who later taught at the Oskar-von-Miller-Gymnasium Munich with a doctorate in physical education at the level of a high school professor, was considered a strict, sometimes relentless motivational artist. Georg Pledl, who played under him from 1945 to 1955, said of him:

“ He knew how to inspire us so much that we even thought in friendly matches that it was about the World Cup. "

Web links

• Max Schäfer in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joachim Schweer: The Munich Derby 1860 - Bavaria. Agon, Kassel 1995, ISBN 3-928562-63-0 , p. 15.
2. ↑ Green, Melchior: Legends in white and blue. P. 50.
3. ↑ Hardy Greens: 100 Years of the German Championship. Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-410-3 , p. 178.
4. ↑ Green, Melchior: Legends in white and blue. P. 83.
5. ↑ Green, Melchior: Legends in white and blue. P. 90.
6. ^ Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: The Bavarians - The history of the record champion . Publishing house DIE WERKSTATT. 2009, ISBN 978-3-89533-669-0 - p. 663.
7. ↑ kicker die sportrevue , January 23, 1967, page 39.
8. ↑ Green, Melchior: Legends in white and blue. P. 332.

literature

• Hardy Grüne , Claus Melchior: Legends in White and Blue. 100 years of football history for a traditional Munich club. The workshop, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-89533-256-9 .
• Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne : Player Lexicon 1890 - 1963 . In: Encyclopedia of German League Football . tape 8 . AGON, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .
• Jürgen Bitter : Germany's national soccer player: the lexicon . SVB Sportverlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00749-0 .
• Kicker Edition: 100 years of German international matches. 2008.
• Claudius Mayer: History of a traditional club - TSV Munich from 1860. 3rd edition. Gotteswinter, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-00-002204-X , p. 16 f.