Werner Niebel
| Werner Niebel | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | June 4, 1928 | |
| place of birth | Unterbreizbach , Germany | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| -1950 | KSV Hessen Kassel | |
| 1950-1962 | FSV Frankfurt | 294 (10) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1953 | Germany B | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Werner Niebel (born June 4, 1928 in Unterbreizbach ; † January 9, 2018 ) was a German football player . For FSV Frankfurt , the native Thuringian played a total of 294 games in the football league south between 1950 and 1962 . He had previously been active for KSV Hessen Kassel . In 1953 he played under national coach Sepp Herberger once in the German B national team .
career
Around 1950/51, the attacker from Hessen Kassel from the Hessian amateur league came to the Bornheimer Hang for FSV Frankfurt. He made his debut on August 20, 1950 in the away game against VfB Mühlburg in the Oberliga Süd. He stormed in the 5-1 loss on the left wing. Teammates were goalkeeper Willi Rado , left defender Otto Dehm , right wing runner Philipp Nold and international striker Richard Herrmann . Overall, he came in his first league season on 17 missions and scored three goals. The FSV came in fifth and was three places ahead of Eintracht. In his second season in the black and blue FSV dress, 1951/52, he was first used as a left defender in the then practiced World Cup system . In his third season with the team from Bornheim, 1952/53, he became a regular player. Niebel completed all 30 league games and scored two goals for his club in the Oberliga Süd. National coach Sepp Herberger brought him on March 22, 1953, it was the fifth official B-international game in the history of the DFB, in Vienna in the international game against Austria in the German B-Elf as a left defender. Immediately before his appointment to the DFB, he played a goalless 0-0 draw against SpVgg Fürth with FSV on March 15, and on March 29, after the international match in Vienna, he won the second home game with FSV against Ulm 1846 with 4 : 1 goals. The international B match was lost with 1: 3 goals, despite the prominence in the attack with Felix Gerritzen , Alfred Preißler , Willi Schröder , Franz Islacker ( Rolf Blessing ) and Bernhard Termath .
The defensive strategist, who was brilliant with "good ball technique and outstanding positional play", was not able to show any demonstrable successes with FSV Frankfurt in 12 rounds in the soccer Oberliga Süd, but he did 294 competitive games in the first class with ten goals. The FSV was able to with the local number one, the Eintracht, the other main competition with Kickers Offenbach, and the southern top teams 1. FC Nürnberg, Karlsruher SC, VfB Stuttgart, FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich, at least from the middle / end of the No longer to keep up with the league era financially and athletically. The veteran played his last league game on April 15, 1962 in the 1-0 defeat at FC Bayern Hof. The Bornheimer rose as the penultimate in the 2nd division. At the side of teammates Karl Eisenhofer (goalkeeper), Ernst Gunne , Gerd Menne , Rudolf Stracke and Friedel Späth , he said goodbye as a contract footballer and ended his playing career.
In 1961 he was made honorary captain of FSV Frankfurt.
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 , p. 275.
- 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 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niebel, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unterbreizbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 2018 |