Uwe Klimaschefski

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Uwe Klimaschefski
Personnel
birthday December 11, 1938
place of birth Bremerhaven ,  German Empire
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1948-1956 TuS Bremerhaven 93
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1956-1960 TuS Bremerhaven 93 56 (11)
1960-1963 Bayer 04 Leverkusen at least 25 (10)
1963-1965 Hertha BSC 57 0(7)
1965-1969 1. FC Kaiserslautern 102 0(5)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1970-1971 FC 08 Homburg
1972 Hapoel Haifa
1972-1974 FC 08 Homburg
1974 1. FSV Mainz 05
1974-1980 FC 08 Homburg
1980-1981 Hertha BSC
1982-1986 1. FC Saarbrücken
1986-1987 FC St. Gallen
1987 FC 08 Homburg
1987-1988 TSV 1860 Munich
1990 SV Darmstadt 98
1991 Blue-White 90 Berlin
1993-1994 FC 08 Homburg
1 Only league games are given.

Uwe Klimaschefski (born December 11, 1938 in Bremerhaven ) is a former German football player and coach . In the 2nd Bundesliga he held the record with the most second division games as a coach until 2012 (404 games). In the meantime, Benno Möhlmann has overtaken him in these statistics.

Life

“Klima” grew up as the son of a port worker in Bremerhaven, first in the Leherheide district and later in Lehe. Professionally, he completed an apprenticeship as a building plumber and plumber.

Career as a footballer (1958–1969)

Klimaschefski played football on the street when he was young and joined the youth department of TuS 1893 Bremerhaven at the age of ten. In addition to football, he also boxed and athletics in his youth. His career aspiration was a footballer from an early age.

In the Oberliga Nord he received more money than his father as a 17-year-old and earned his first spurs at Bremerhaven 93 as a 20-year-old . From 1958 to 1960 he played 56 major league games on the Zollinlandplatz and scored eleven goals. His most famous trainer in his sporting development phase in Bremerhaven was the ex-Nuremberg Robert Gebhardt . Then he moved to the 2nd League West to Bayer 04 Leverkusen . There he was a member of the championship eleven of the 1961/62 season, which also achieved promotion to the Oberliga West . In the final season 1962/63 of the league, he was in 25 games with ten goals for the color city in use.

Since Leverkusen was not accepted into the new Bundesliga in 1963, he accepted Hertha BSC's offer for the 1963/64 season and moved to Berlin. For financial reasons, he had turned down the other offers from 1. FC Saarbrücken and Meidericher SV . In the two following seasons he was missing only three encounters; he played 57 games for Hertha and contributed seven goals. At Hertha, the defender was usually given the opponent's playmaker or goal scorer. Teammates were also his later coaching colleagues Otto Rehhagel , Carl-Heinz Rühl and Jürgen Sundermann .

After the compulsory relegation of Berlin because of license violations by the DFB in 1965, he signed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the 1965/66 season and thus remained in the Bundesliga. In the four years up to 1969 he played 102 Bundesliga games for Kaiserslautern and scored five goals. Especially on the Betzenberg, the rustic defense style of the defensive department of 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the era of Klimaschefski, Otto Rehhagel and Dietmar Schwager instilled a great deal of respect into the guest teams. On April 23, 1966, in the 1: 2 home defeat against FC Bayern Munich , referee Horst Herden from Hamburg drew four red cards. Three times against Kaiserslautern, for Neumann, Klimaschefski and Wrenger, once against Bayern, for Koulmann. In the 1966/67 season, Klimaschefski was sent off again in the home game on February 25, 1967 against 1860 Munich. It is no coincidence that the label of the “bad boys from Betzenberg” was in the gazettes.

A complicated meniscus operation, which signaled the end of his career as a player, gave the decisive impetus to start training as a soccer teacher in Cologne. In the last course of the course leader Hennes Weisweiler in 1970 he went through the training to become a soccer coach for the Bundesliga together with Sigfried Held , Otto Rehhagel and Hans Tilkowski at the sports university in Cologne.

Career as a coach

FC Homburg, 1970-1994

Hennes Weisweiler placed Klimaschefski in his first coaching position in 1970 at FC 08 Homburg in the Regionalliga Südwest, where the new chairman Udo Geitlinger was looking for a young, ambitious coach. A friendship quickly developed between the active entrepreneur Geitlinger and the rogue young trainer Klimaschefski, which was also due to the interim activities of “Klima” at Hapoel Haifa in Israel from 1971 to October 1, 1972 and the three-month intermezzo at Mainz 05 from July to September 1974 did not end. With 3rd place in the 1973/74 season in the Regionalliga Südwest, strengthened by a 1-0 win on the last match day at FK Pirmasens, Homburg moved into the 2nd Bundesliga .

The man from Bremerhaven looked after the Homburgers in the 2nd division for six seasons. Twice he finished 3rd with his players in 1976 and 1978. He played with offside traps, attacking full-backs ( Albert Müller and Horst Ehrmantraut ) and was particularly powerful in the Waldstadion at home. More than just one opponent from the Bundesliga should experience that in the DFB Cup . The 3: 1 success on October 15, 1977 against the Munich Bavarians trained by Dettmar Cramer in front of 20,000 spectators in the Waldstadion, with a brilliant performance by Sepp Maier in the opposing goal, is one of the highlights. The team Geitlinger / Klimaschefski has done a lot through its commitment to FC for the level of awareness of the district town of the Saar-Palatinate district with its 45,000 inhabitants.

After the 1979/80 season, Klimaschefski moved from the tranquil small town to the pulsating big city in the hope of being able to work there as a coach with far better opportunities. He signed for the 1980/81 season with Hertha BSC in the 2nd Bundesliga Group North and thus said goodbye to Saarland.

After the relegation of FC Homburg as third from bottom of the 1st Bundesliga through relegation games against the third of the 2nd Bundesliga at the end of the 1986/87 season, Uwe Klimaschefski returned as coach in 1987/88. However, the balance of power had shifted significantly within the FCH leadership due to the presence of President Manfred Ommer . Now it wasn't just the “twins Udo and Uwe” who set the tone. Now the financial juggler Manfred Ommer played a major role in the directional decisions. In addition, with Udo Klug, there was also a manager in office who, as a recognized experienced coach, was able to contribute an audible opinion on football issues. After the bang of the 3-2 home win on August 22, 1987, on the fourth match day of the season, against FC Bayern Munich with two goals from the former “cup hero” from Bayer Uerdingen in 1985, Wolfgang Schäfer , hope sprouted, a competitive one To have the Bundesliga team at FCH. But since a victory was only achieved on matchday 9, September 17, with a 5-2 win against Eintracht Frankfurt , the paths of “Klima” and Homburg parted after their 3-0 defeat at 1. FC Köln . From October 2, 1987, Klimaschefski and FC Homburg went their separate ways. On October 3rd, managing director Gerd Schwickert took over the coaching position.

This did not end the Klimaschefski - Homburg chapter. On January 4, 1993, the man from Bremerhaven was the fifth time coach at FC Homburg. He took over the training management in order to keep the class in the 2nd Bundesliga, which he actually managed with 16th place and 43:49 points. Before the 1993/94 round, Rodolfo Cardoso moved to SC Freiburg , opening up a playful gap. After the goalless 0-0 on March 27, 1994 in the home game against VfL Wolfsburg, Klimaschefski was dismissed on March 30, 1994. Manfred Lenz became his successor . Homburg was in 15th place in the 2nd Bundesliga with 22:28 points after 25 games. The season was marked by constant turbulence in the management of the FCH between Geitlinger and Ommer and the tense relationship between the coach and the team. Geitlinger resigned as chairman before Easter after the club separated from his friend Klimaschefski. Less than two weeks later, he was provisionally resumed after President Ommer had been removed from office. In the Kicker sports magazine it was said about the coach's dismissal: “At the request of the team, which had spoken out unanimously against the coach, the Saarlanders Uwe Klimaschefski took a leave of absence. As a consequence, Udo Geitlinger resigned, who had headed the club for 24 years. Because of his training methods, which the players called 'out of date', the climate had been extremely tense for weeks due to the stimulus figure 'Climate'. "

Hertha BSC, 1980-1981

Until December 9, 1981 in the 2nd Bundesliga Group North, at Hertha BSC, he failed with one point behind Eintracht Braunschweig in promotion to the Bundesliga in the 1980/81 season. By the two home defeats against the champions Werder Bremen on April 16 in front of 71,488 spectators with 1: 2 and the competitor for second place, Eintracht Braunschweig, on May 16, 1981 in front of 68,767 spectators with 2: 4, Klimaschefski took Hertha at the end of the season only 3rd place. In the DFB Cup, "Klima" had led Hertha to the semi-finals against Eintracht Frankfurt , where they were eliminated on April 4, 1981 in the Frankfurt Waldstadion with 0-1 goals against the eventual cup winners. The 1: 2 home defeat, however, in the cup of the 1981/82 season on December 4, 1981 against Ulm was one of the decisive factors for his replacement in December 1981 at Hertha BSC. With his difficulties in working with the Presidium and the Economic Council, President Wolfgang Holst was ultimately no longer able to support him after the Cup .

1. FC Saarbrücken, 1982-1986

On March 29, 1982 Uwe Klimaschefski took up his job at 1. FC Saarbrücken in the amateur league southwest. In the following season 1982/83 he celebrated the championship in the southwest with Saarbrücken and after the games against SSV Ulm 1846 , VfR Bürstadt and SpVgg Unterhaching in the promotion round, the entry into the 2nd Bundesliga. With the promoted team he reached the 10th place in the table at the end of the season in 1983/84 with 38:38 points. In his second year in the 2nd Bundesliga he came third with Saarbrücken and had the chance to make promotion to the 1st Bundesliga possible through the relegation games against the third-bottom player in the 1st Bundesliga, Arminia Bielefeld . The first leg on June 13, 1985 in the local Ludwigspark brought a 2-0 victory for the "Klima" -Elf. On the Bielefelder Alm, the 1-1 draw was enough for the players around veteran Wolfgang Seel to move up to the Bundesliga. Saarbrücken had already drawn impressive attention to itself in the 1984/85 DFB Cup. Klimaschefski led his team through Rot-Weiss Essen , 1. FC Nürnberg , VfB Stuttgart and Hannover 96 into the semifinals against Bayer 05 Uerdingen. In front of 32,000 spectators on April 6, 1985 with a 0: 1 the entry into the final was missed. The Uerdinger were surprisingly cup winners against FC Bayern Munich on May 26th with a 2-1 victory.

The first half of the 1985/86 season was still satisfactory in the Bundesliga for the newcomer from Saarbrücken. On December 14th, after the 3-1 home win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Klimaschefski's team was in 14th place in the table after 19 games with 15:23 points. After the 1: 3 points from the two home games against Düsseldorf and Uerdingen on April 5 and 8, 1986 respectively, Klimaschefski was released on April 11, 1986. His previously often praised "strength of recognizing talents, to build them up in a targeted manner, to integrate them into a team or to create a team with many of them", he had not been able to prove again in the course of this season.

FC St. Gallen, 1986-87

For the 1986/87 season Klimaschefski was hired by the Swiss first division club FC St. Gallen as the successor to the former German master coach Helmuth Johannsen . There he stood out primarily for his pithy slogans - and that he had a groundskeeper tie to the post and players shoot him. However, this did not increase the team's performance to the desired extent and Klimaschefski was replaced in early March 1987 by Markus Frei , who led the club out of the relegation zone to seventh place in the table.

Darmstadt 98, 1990

Klimaschefski had one of the shortest engagements as a coach in 1990. Here he was in office from April 2, 1990 to April 6, 1990.

Private

Today Uwe Klimaschefski lives with his family in his adopted home Homburg in Saarland.

Sayings from Klimaschefski

  • After the cup triumph over the Bavarians trained by Dettmar Cramer: "Before I came to Homburg, they played with bales of straw there!"
  • When in the cup against Hertha BSC a repetition was achieved in the Olympic Stadium: “A great success - because of the trip. FCH would have hitchhiked to Berlin 20 years ago, now we can fly! "
  • Again in the cup, at 1. FC Köln after the 7: 0 in the 36th minute to Managing Director Guillaume: "Call the Wickert Institute and let them extrapolate how things stand after 90 minutes!"
  • Back from Israel, where he trained Hapoel Haifa: "First of all, I took the boys to Nasser's grave to encourage them ...!" His pupils played too scary for him.
  • When asked why he is not forcing a possible move to Munich to Bayern or to Berlin: "Only in Homburg can I cross the intersection with a red light with impunity!"
  • In a press conference after a game he said: “No further questions, I have to go to my players now. They are so blind that they cannot find the way from the cabin to the bus without me. "
  • “He hurt himself in bed. I don't know how he did it either… ”Helpless comment on the failure of his player Michael Blättel (Saarbrücken).
  • After a weak game: "My players are intellectuals - they have n't come to terms with Mao's death last week!" (Probably after FC Homburg's 3: 3 at SV Darmstadt 98 on September 11, 1976)
  • "Our players can play 50-meter passes: five meters wide and 45 meters high."
  • "Now dress warmly! Now I'll rip your ass off! Up to the seam! "
  • "We once showed the Stuttgarters that we don't play in rubber boots either!" - Klimaschefski after 1. FC Saarbrücken's surprising victory in the DFB Cup against the then champions VfB Stuttgart in 1984.

Antics

Klimaschefski was known as a rabid person as well as a trainer in his active time. Klimaschefski confirmed various events from this time in an interview:

  • In 1974 a fan of 1. FSV Mainz 05 verbally insulted Klimaschefski. Klimaschefski kindly asked him to hold the roll he was eating and hit him on the chin.
  • Due to illness, many players at FC Homburg were canceled, so that the success of the next game was jeopardized. Klimaschefski instructed the groundskeeper to water the center circle overnight, so that black ice was formed. The referee consequently canceled the game after the site inspection.
  • In 1976, the heavily drunk groundskeeper forbade the FC Homburg team from using the grass pitch, whereupon Klimaschefski had him tied to a goal post. The players then shot at him with the game balls until the groundskeeper's wife cut him loose with a knife.
  • In the early 1980s, Klimaschefski observed that an American soldier had beaten up an elderly man. Klimaschefski hired the man, but was threatened with a knife. He then grabbed a sledgehammer he had in the car and rammed it into the soldier's stomach. Then he called the police.
  • When Klimaschefski heard that only around 1,000 spectators were expected at a home game of FC 08 Homburg, he promised a race of topless models via the media for half time. More than 3,000 spectators came to the game, but the race was invented by him.
  • He deliberately kicked one of his team's players in the training game because this player was drunk and deliberately volleyed a ball on Klimaschefski and hit him. On the same evening, this player tried to touch a woman indecently at a party and was additionally slapped in the face by the president of FC Homburg.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Möhlmann extended in Frankfurt , accessed on December 16, 2012 (with reference to the record setting).
  2. ↑ Kicker-Sportmagazin, No. 27, March 31, 1994.
  3. ↑ St. Galler Trainer: The sixth German , St. Galler Tagblatt , September 17, 2015
  4. ↑ Note from weltfußball.de accessed on August 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ cf. Fussballdaten.de
  6. ↑ Hans Eiberle: Shot and Goal, 1985/86 season . Page 74; ISBN 3-517-00893-1 .
  7. ↑ 11 Freunde.de, September 7, 2012, interview with Uwe Klimaschefski accessed on October 22, 2012.

Web link

Players A – Z (bung bottle) , visited on March 17, 2020

personal data
SURNAME Klimaschefski, Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremerhaven