Peter Krieger (soccer player)

Peter "Pit" Krieger (born November 30, 1929 in Geislingen an der Steige ; † 1981 ) was a German football player who was also a Saarland national player .

career

Oberliga Süd, until 1954

Krieger, who was used as both a runner and a striker, began his career at SC Geislingen in 1948 . A year later he moved to VfB Stuttgart . He was part of the team of coach Georg Wurzer , who from 1950 to 1954 was able to win the runner-up and the championship title twice in the football league south . When the Swabians were able to conquer the German football championship as southern champions in the 1952 finals , “Pit” Krieger had completed all seven final round matches as the left-hand connector for VfB. Before that, he had only played in twelve games in the top division. Even when the Swabian defending champion was in the final of the German championship in 1953 , the development player was used in all seven games. After winning the second title in the south in 1953/54, the final round was shortened because of the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. In the two group matches against Berliner SV 92 and Hannover 96 , Krieger formed the VfB runner row together with Robert Schlienz and Karl Barufka . The Wurzer team held themselves harmless with the cup success against 1. FC Köln . Krieger completed all five games in the cup. After winning the DFB Cup with Stuttgart , Krieger moved to 1. FC Saarbrücken . From 1949 to 1954 he had played 82 games in the South Football League and scored 18 goals.

Oberliga Südwest, 1955 to 1962

Due to the refusal to release from Stuttgart, the move to Saarland was associated with a twelve-month ban for warriors and he was therefore only able to start playing in the Southwest Football League in the 1955/56 round . At the side of his teammates Herbert Binkert , Albert Keck , Herbert Martin , Peter Momber , Theo Puff and Gerhard Siedl , he completed all 30 league games, scored 16 goals and came third with 1. FC Saarbrücken. In this round he became a four-time national player in the then still autonomous Saarland and scored one goal. He is a member of the team that ended the history of the Saarland national football team with the game against Holland on June 6, 1956 in Amsterdam. In the 2-3 defeat in Amsterdam, the Saar attack played with Gerhard Siedl, Herbert Martin, Herbert Binkert, Krieger and Heinz Vollmar . 1. FC Saarbrücken represented Saarland in the first ever European Cup of 1955/56 . In the first leg, the Saarlanders surprisingly prevailed at AC Milan with a 4-3 win, to which Krieger had also contributed a goal. In Saarbrücken, Milan with the stars Nils Liedholm , Cesare Maldini , Gunnar Nordahl and Juan Schiaffino prevailed with a 4-1 victory.

In Saarland, too, “Pit” Krieger made it into the finals for the German championship twice. After the runner-up in 1957 and after winning the title in 1961. He completed all nine games. He had his last league assignment in the southwest on October 1, 1961 in a 2-2 home draw against Ludwigshafener SC . In the 85th minute of the game, he converted a penalty kick and ensured the 2-2 tie. From 1955 to 1961, Krieger played 158 league games and scored 40 goals.

After eight years in Saarbrücken, Krieger moved to the US club FC Chicago Hansa in 1962.

literature

• Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .
• 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 .
• Werner Skrentny (Ed.): The fear of the devil in front of the pea mountain. The history of the Oberliga Südwest 1946–1963. Klartext, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-394-5 .

Web links

• Peter Krieger at hefleswetzkick.de ( Memento from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Neu: The 44 national players of the SFB from A for Altmeyer to Z for Zegel. In: saar-nostalgie.de (December 31, 2016), accessed on January 1, 2017.