Rolf Retschlag

Rolf Retschlag (* 3. November 1940 ) was Soccer player in the highest GDR football class league and played there for the SC building / 1st FC Magdeburg . With him he became East German soccer champion in 1972 and East German cup winner in 1964 and 1969 .

Athletic career

Retschlag began to play football with the small company sports club Aufbau Börde Magdeburg . He played his first competitive game in the men's area for SC Aufbau Magdeburg at the age of 20 on September 17, 1961 in the league point game SC Aufbau Magdeburg - SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (0-0) on a neutral place in Schkopau. He came on in the 75th minute for Knut Wittenbecher . It took three years for the 1.77 m tall Retschlag to celebrate his first major success. On June 13, 1964 , he stood as a left defender with the SC structure in the final of the GDR soccer cup , which the Magdeburg team won 3-2 over SC Leipzig . In the successful cup defense in 1965, Retschlag was missing in the squad, but made the first four of a total of six encounters in the following games for the European Cup Winners' Cup . In the 1966/67 season Retschlag had to play after the descent of Magdeburg, now playing as 1. FC Magdeburg, from the major league in the second-rate GDR league . With 26 appearances in the 30-game season, he contributed to the immediate resurgence. After a surprisingly good third place for a newcomer in the new Bundesliga season 1967/68, the Magdeburg team won their third cup in 1969. On June 1, 1969 , 1. FC Magdeburg defeated FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 4-0, and this time Retschlag was back in the game. He was able to crown his last season at 1. FC Magdeburg with his greatest sporting success. In 1971/72 the Magdeburg team became GDR champions for the first time, and Retschlag, who was now 31 years old, was able to contribute with three appearances. In a friendly game on June 10, 1972 Retschlag was adopted from the first division team of 1. FC Magdeburg.

statistics

• 156 games in the GDR league
• 26 games in the GDR league
• 22 games in the GDR Cup
• 10 games in European Cup

literature

• German sport echo : born 1961–1972. ISSN  0323-8628
• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 , p. 386.
• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. 2nd Edition. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , p. 333.

Web links

• Rolf Retschlag in the database of the German Football Association