Paul Oßwald

Paul Oßwald (right) together with Herbert Binkert in 1987

Paul Oßwald (born February 4, 1905 in Saalfeld , † November 10, 1993 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German football player and coach . As coach of Eintracht Frankfurt , he won the German football championship in 1959 .

Career

Beginnings, 1918–1928

At home in VfL Saalfeld / Thuringia, youth player Paul Oßwald started the soccer game. At Minerva 93 Berlin he later played as an active player mostly in the position of the right runner . As a graduate of the German University for Physical Education , he passed the examination to become a sports teacher in Berlin. Reich trainer Otto Nerz recognized the talent for team management and training management in the Thuringian early on and placed him as a trainer at Eintracht Frankfurt in 1929.

Trained before World War II, 1929–1941

With Eintracht Frankfurt, the young man won the southern German championship twice in 1930 and 1932 , after Eintracht had previously secured the regional title in the Main / Hessen district. In 1930 SpVgg Fürth was referred to the vice rank - in 1931 the Franks triumphed - and in 1932 Eintracht won the final 2-0 against FC Bayern Munich . Coach Paul Oßwald led Eintracht to the finals of the German football championship three times in a row . In 1930 the Riederwälder failed at Holstein Kiel and in 1931 at Hamburger SV . In 1932 , on the third attempt, the squad around the national players Rudolf Gramlich , Hugo Mantel , Franz Schütz and Hans Stubb successfully beat SV Hindenburg Allenstein , Tennis Borussia Berlin and FC Schalke 04 and made it to the final. There they competed on June 2, 1932 in Nuremberg against the southern vice Bayern Munich. The national players of FC Bayern - Ludwig Goldbrunner , Sigmund Haringer , Konrad Heidkamp and Oskar Rohr - turned the tables on the South German final and won the German soccer championship in 1932 with 2-0 goals.

After the interruption from 1933 to 1935 - Oßwald assisted Reich trainer Otto Nerz in connection with the soccer world championship in Italy in 1934 , he also looked after the 1. FSV Mainz 05 and the district selection Southwest - from 1935 to 1938 he was again the coach of the "Schlappekickern" “From Eintracht Frankfurt. As coach of the Gau Südwest he had triumphed 5-3 in the final of the Kampfspiel-Pokal on July 29, 1934 in Nuremberg against Bavaria in 1934. In the 1935/36 season he led the Southwest in two finals against Saxony. In the 1937/38 round , the championship in the Gauliga Südwest in front of Borussia Neunkirchen , Wormatia Worms and Kickers Offenbach could be celebrated with the Eintracht . In the group matches of the final round of the German championship, they failed because of the poorer goal difference at Hamburger SV. After the round, Paul Oßwald was appointed head of the municipal office for physical exercise in Frankenthal (Palatinate) and therefore had to give up the coaching position at Eintracht Frankfurt. He was in charge of VfR Frankenthal until 1941 .

Kickers Offenbach, 1946-1958

After the Second World War , the former Wehrmacht officer took over the training management on the Bieberer Berg at the Offenbacher Kickers from 1946 . He was a football teacher, a strict father figure and an absolute figure of respect. In twelve years he led the Kickers to the top of the league. Twice in 1949 and 1955 he celebrated winning the South German championship title. The third and fourth entry into the final round of the German football championship came in 1950 and 1957. The championship in the Oberliga Süd 1948/49 reached the OFC with eleven points ahead of the runner-up VfR Mannheim . The lawn athletes returned the favor in the final round in the second round match with a 2-1 victory against Offenbach and won the German championship in 1949 against Borussia Dortmund . In 1950, the Oßwald protégés moved into the DFB final against the southern vice VfB as third Stuttgart a. However, coach Georg Wurzer led the Swabians to a 2-1 win against Offenbach. Horst Buhtz , Gerhard Kaufhold , Willi Keim and Kurt Schreiner were part of Paul Oßwald's teams during this phase. In the group matches of the finals in 1955 ( Rot-Weiss Essen ) and 1957 (Borussia Dortmund), he failed each time at the later German champions. During these years he had completed the Kickers line-up with the players Engelbert Kraus , Hermann Nuber and Helmut Preisendörfer . After his twelfth season 1957/58 he said goodbye with the 5th place in the table and the successful installation of the young striker Siegfried Gast vom Bieberer Berg. Paul Oßwald is described as a perfectionist who had the eye for the talent and the patience to shape the young players. The football teacher was not too bad to go to the villages himself to see talent and then, if possible, hire them at home. As the head coach of the Kickers, he also took care of the A-youth. He attached great importance to trips abroad and games against foreign clubs: "You learn the most internationally". There is the following thesis of his real ability: "If you play badly once, have the referee against you and still win, then you are good". In 1968/69 he trained again for a year with the OFC in the Bundesliga . He could not prevent the descent of Offenbach and gave up his coaching post after November 16, 1969 for health reasons.

Eintracht Frankfurt, 1958 to April 17, 1964

In the summer of the 1958 World Cup , Paul Oßwald moved to the Main, and was the third time he was coach at Eintracht Frankfurt. He immediately won the South German championship with the Riederwäldern. In the final round he prevailed over Werder Bremen , 1. FC Köln and FK Pirmasens . In eight group games, Eintracht had eight wins. Ironically, he triumphed against his previous Offenbachers on June 28, 1959 in Berlin in the final of the German soccer championship 5-3 after extra time. In those days there was talk of the "Oßwald Derby", and for good reason. Because there were two teams facing each other in the Berlin Olympic Stadium who undoubtedly bore the signature of the same coach. The attack quality of Eintracht with Kreß, Sztani, Feigenspan, Lindner and Pfaff prevailed in the extension. In the 1959/60 European Cup , the motivator led after successes against Young Boys Bern , the Wiener Sport-Club and the Glasgow Rangers , Eintracht Frankfurt, the first German club in a final in this European club competition. On May 18, 1960, the two Real stars Ferenc Puskás and Alfredo Di Stéfano relegated Paul Oßwald's team to their sporting limits with four and three goals respectively: Real Madrid celebrated a 7-3 success at Hampden Park . In the rounds of 1961 and 1962, Eintracht moved back into the finals for the German championship. In the first season of the Bundesliga 1963/64 Paul Oßwald entered this new territory with Eintracht. Two heart attacks led to his resignation from the coaching office on April 17, 1964.

Kickers Offenbach, July 1, 1968 to November 30, 1969

With the beginning of the 1968/69 season he took over the coaching position at Kickers Offenbach. But he was relegated with the OFC after just one season from the Bundesliga. On November 16, 1969 he was in charge of Offenbach in the Regionalliga Süd as a coach for the last time. His contract ended on November 30, 1969. On December 1, 1969, he was replaced by Kurt Schreiner and then finally retired.

Others

Paul Oßwald was a co-founder and the first president (1957–1963) of the Association of German Football Teachers . He was made honorary chairman of the BDFL. In 1967 the DFB established an agency for coaches and players - the equal agency of the DFB - in order to put an end to illegal players' agents. Paul Oßwald headed the office, which was based in the Frankfurt DAG building on Bockenheimer Landstrasse. The parity exchange was supported by the BDFL and the German employees' union . In November 1993 the Frankfurt / Offenbacher coaching legend died in Sachsenhausen's post-war home.

successes

Eintracht Frankfurt

• German champion 1959
• European Cup Final 1960
• Three times South German champion (1930, 1932, 1959)
• Final for the German championship in 1932
• Gauliga champion 1938
• Six participations in the final round of the German championship

Kickers Offenbach

• Two South German champions (1949 and 1955)
• Final for the German championship in 1950
• Four participations in the final round of the German championship

literature

• Jürgen Bitter : The master makers. Wero press publisher. Pfaffenweiler 2004. ISBN 3-937588-02-7 .
• Jörg Heinisch: The game of the century. AGON Sportverlag. Kassel 2004. ISBN 3-89784-248-3 .
• Werner Skrentny (Ed.): When Morlock still met the moonlight. The history of the Oberliga Süd 1945–1963. Klartext, Essen 1993, ISBN 3-88474-055-5 .
• Klaus Querengässer: The German football championship. Part 1: 1903-1945 (= AGON Sportverlag statistics. Vol. 28). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-89609-106-9 .
• Klaus Querengässer: The German football championship. Part 2: 1948–1963 (= AGON Sportverlag statistics. Vol. 29). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-89609-107-7 .
• Matthias Kropp: Germany's great soccer teams, part 7: Eintracht Frankfurt. AGON Sportverlag. Kassel 1995. ISBN 3-928562-53-3 .
• OFC Kickers 1901 e. V. (Ed.): 100 years of Kickers Offenbach. Offenbach a. M. 2001.
• Ulrich Matheja: Eintracht Frankfurt. Schlappekicker and sky striker. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 1998. ISBN 3-89533-222-4 .