Ralf Sträßer

Ralf Sträßer
Sträßer in 1987 in the jersey of 1. FC Union Berlin
Personnel
Surname	Ralf Sträßer
birthday	June 20, 1958
place of birth	GDR
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
1966-1968	BSG Post Berlin
1968-1976	BFC Dynamo
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1976-1984	BFC Dynamo	144 (39)
1984-1987	1. FC Union Berlin	79 (39)
1987-1989	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	37 (10)
1989	BSG JENAer Glaswerk
1990	1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1990-1991	TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
1991-1995	TSV 1860 Scheinfeld
1995-1996	TSV Markt-Bibart
1996-1997	ASV Ippesheim
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1982-1986	GDR	4 (0)
1986	GDR (Olympic selection)	2 (0)
	DDR (U-21)	15 (3)
	GDR (U-18)	9 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
	ASV Ippesheim
2008-2009	TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
2009-2011	RSV Sugenheim
since 2012	TSV Markt-Bibart
1 Only league games are given.

Ralf Sträßer (born June 20, 1958 ) is a former German soccer player.

Player career

Sträßer (fifth from right) with the U-21 national team in the 1980 European Championship final

Sträßer started playing soccer at the BSG Post Berlin at the age of eight , before joining the youth department of the BFC Dynamo two years later . There he made the leap into the league team for the second team of the BFC even after his first appearances in the GDR league . Sträßer made his debut in the 1976/77 season on matchday 11 in a 2-0 home win against FC Vorwärts Frankfurt / Oder in the top division. With Dynamo Sträßer was champion six times in a row and played 144 league games (39 goals) and 19 missions (without scoring) in the European Cup. In addition, he was able to celebrate his debut for the national team of the GDR on March 2, 1982 in a game against the Iraqi national soccer team . Two years earlier, the U21 national team had finished second at the European Junior Championships .

After the 1983/1984 season, Sträßer was transferred to 1. FC Union Berlin - who had been relegated to the second division shortly before. Although he came from the Unioner's biggest rival as a former BFC player, he immediately managed to make himself popular with the fans. So he shot the club back into the league with 20 hits and was voted Unioner of the Year . In the following season, 1. FC Union was the surprise team and reached the FDGB Cup final (which, however, was lost 1: 5 to 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig ). Sträßer was also able to secure the title of top scorer in the league with 14 goals. Because of these good performances, he came to three more appearances in the DFV jersey and was nominated twice for the Olympic selection.

But in the following season, Sträßer's time with the Iron ended abruptly. Under circumstances that were not entirely clear, he was suspended from the club, whereupon he left Union and joined FC Carl Zeiss Jena . This was a change not approved by the state, so that Sträßer had to serve a long-term ban. Sträßer played a total of 97 competitive games for Union and scored 51 goals. In Jena, Sträßer hoped to be nominated again for the GDR selection. However, this no longer came true for him, and so it remained with his four missions for the GDR. But he again reached the FDGB Cup final, which he lost with Jena against his old club BFC Dynamo 2-0 after extra time, but still brought Jena qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup (the BFC was GDR champion for the national championship competition qualified). In his two years in Jena, Sträßer played a total of 55 competitive games and scored 20 goals - of which he scored ten in 37 games in the major league.

After he left FC Carl Zeiss after the 1988/1989 season, he played for BSG JENAer Glaswerk until the Berlin Wall came down and then moved to Bavaria . There he played for various lower class clubs (one after the other 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 , TSV Vestenbergsgreuth , TSV 1860 Scheinfeld and TSV Markt-Bibart) before finally ending his career at ASV Ippesheim and becoming a coach there.

Coaching career

After his engagement in Ippesheim, Sträßer returned to TSV Vestenbergsgreuth before the 2008/2009 season to train the local regional class team. After the missed promotion at the end of the season and a failed start to the following season, he resigned in August 2009. Two months later the training took over at RSV Sugenheim, also playing in the district class . After the 2010/11 season, the contract with RSV Sugenheim was not extended. During the winter break of 2011/2012 he took over the coaching position of the first men's team at TSV Markt Bibart.

Others

His son Carsten Sträßer is also a professional soccer player and played in the 2nd Bundesliga for Erzgebirge Aue. In summer 2008 he went back to FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Sträßer has been playing for Chemnitzer FC since 2010 and was promoted to the third division in the first season.

In the summer of 2007, Sträßer briefly provided a topic of conversation when he admitted that he had tested positive for doping during his time at 1. FC Union . He himself did not actively dop.

successes

• GDR champions (6): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984 (each with the BFC Dynamo)
• FDGB Cup finalist (5): 1979, 1982, 1984 (each with BFC Dynamo), 1986 (with 1. FC Union Berlin) and 1988 (with FC Carl Zeiss Jena)

literature

• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 , p. 476.
• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. 2nd Edition. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , p. 297.

Web links

Commons : Ralf Sträßer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ralf Sträßer in the database of the German Football Association
• Ralf Sträßer on immerunioner.de
• Ralf Sträßer at fcc-supporters.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paul Frömel: Ralf Strässer is no longer the TSV trainer. (No longer available online.) In: www.tsv-vestenbergsgreuth.de . August 24, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 22, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ Ralf Sträßer officially introduced as the new trainer. (No longer available online.) In: www.rsv-sugenheim.de . October 6, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 22, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Ralf Sträßer and the RSV end their cooperation. (No longer available online.) In: www.rsv-sugenheim.de . June 21, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 21, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ Renè Miller: "First GDR player confesses" Article in the Berliner Kurier of June 20, 2007.