Siegfried Nathow

Siegfried Nathow (born February 18, 1941 ) is a former German soccer player. From 1964 to 1974 he played for SC Neubrandenburg , Lokomotive Stendal and FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the GDR Oberliga , the top division in GDR football .

Athletic career

Until 1961 Siegfried Nathow played in the then fourth-class district league Neubrandenburg for the company sports community (BSG) Einheit Templin , where he had started playing football at the age of 14. At the age of 20 he moved to BSG Turbine Neubrandenburg for the 1961/62 season in the third class II. GDR league . During the season, the BSG football section was incorporated into the newly founded sports club in Neubrandenburg. At the end of the season, the Neubrandenburg rose to the first GDR league . There 26 point games were played in the 1962/63 season, of which Nathow played 23. In the following season, 30 point games had to be played because the first GDR League (now only the GDR League) had been increased to 16 teams in two seasons due to the dissolution of the II. GDR League. Nathow was used in all 30 games as a defender and ensured with his team for promotion to the league. In the league season 1964/65 he remained a regular defender of Neubrandenburg, was called up 24 times in the 26 point games and scored one goal. The sports club failed to stay up and played in the GDR league again in the future.

Nathow moved after relegation to the upper division Lok Stendal. There he was first used as a striker in 1965/66, but soon returned to the defense. He played 20 league games and scored another goal. This season, the BSG Lok reached the final of the GDR soccer cup , but lost the final, in which Nathow was called up as a central defender, with 0: 1 against BSG Chemie Leipzig . In the following two seasons Nathow was used in all 26 league games, but scored no further goals. After the 1967/68 season, Nathow experienced relegation with Lok Stendal for the second time in his league career.

For the 1968/69 season Nathow joined the league team of FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt . There he replaced the retired long-time defender Gerhard Franke . By 1971 he played 60 games of the 78 league games played, in which he was usually used as a left defender. After the 1970/71 season he was relegated for the third time with his team, but this time stayed with her. During the GDR league season 1971/72 Nathow was injured for a long time and was only used again at the end when he played a point game and four of the eight promotion games. Red and White won the promotion round and played again in the league in 1972/73. Nathow fought back to his regular position as a defender, completed 22 point games and scored the third goal of his league career. For the 1973/74 season Nathow was only nominated for the squad of the GDR league team Rot-Weiß II. With her he played twelve of the 22 point games, but also helped out in six point games of the league team in the second half of the season. When the 2nd team in 1974/75 had to relegate from the GDR league, Nathow had played five point games with her, his career in higher-class football was over. In 1976 he was able to celebrate the district champion title with Rot-Weiß II.

literature

• German sport echo : born 1961–1976. ISSN  0323-8628
• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 , p. 333.
• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , pp. 311, 335, 342.

Web links

• Siegfried Nathow in the database of the German Football Association