Matthias Hemmersbach – Wikipedia

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Matthias Hemmersbach (Born July 26, 1941 in Hürth-Efferen [first] ; † June 14, 1997) was a German football player. From 1963 to 1973, the midfield and defender played 249 league games with 13 goals in the Bundesliga at 1. FC Köln. Before that, he played 44 league games with ten goals in the last two rounds of the old first-class football Oberliga West for the “Geißbock-Elf”. Hemmersbach won the German Football Championship with Cologne in 1962 and 1964 and the DFB Cup in 1968 [2] .

The defender played at 1. FC Köln for twelve years and was almost always a regular player. A symbol of reliability. As the most successful shooter in his club BC Efferen , he came to FC in 1961. Already at the end of his first season at the billy goats, which was later converted into a defender, he became German champion. Hemmersbach debut on August 6, 1961 in a 5: 3 home win against SV Sodingen in the Oberliga West. Together with Leo Wilden and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, he formed the FC runner series. At the end of the round, he was able to celebrate the championship with a point ahead of FC Schalke 04 in the Oberliga West. He had scored six goals in 20 league games. In the final round for the German championship, he was used in the two group games against Hamburger SV (1-0) and FK Pirmasens (10: 0) before he was 4-0 with his teammates in Berlin on May 12th in Berlin against the defending champion 1. FC Nürnberg. In front of goalkeeper Fritz Ewert, he formed the defensive with Fritz Pott, Schnellinger, Wilden and Hans Sturm [3] of the new German master. In his first round at 1. FC Köln, 1961/62, he was immediately used in the European competition of the trade fair cup. In the games against the European top team Inter Milan with Giacinto Facchetti, Gerry Hitchens and Luis Suárez, the former amateur footballer ran on September 27, 1961 (4-2 home success; a goal from Hemmersbach) and in the 0: 2 away defeat on 11 October [4] for Cologne. In the last year of the first -class Oberliga, 1962/63, the title defense – Hemmersbach had scored four goals in 24 league games in the Oberliga West – but the final for the German championship was lost 1: 3 against the West Vice Master Borussia Dortmund without Hemmersbach. On October 24, 1962, Hemmersbach was appointed to the junior national team U 23 in Lyon on October 24, 1962 in a game against France (0: 1). In keeping with this round, the appearance on September 5, 1962 was also in the European Cup of the national champions at the Scots from FC Dundee: The German champion lost 1: 8. Only the early violation of goalkeeper Fritz Ewert from the 4th minute of play and replace it in the second half of the game by field player Toni Regh was able to make this drastic slump a little more understandable. On the return flight from Scotland, coach “Tschik” Cajkovski expressed his soul situation with the words [5] : “Better, plane crashes!” Hemmersbach, Cajkovsi and 1. FC Köln survived and won the championship in the new Bundesliga under the new coach Georg Knöpfle in 1963/64. Hemmersbach made his debut in the Bundesliga on September 21, 1963 in a 3-0 away win against Hertha BSC. He played stoppers for the prevented Leo Wilden. He had made his contribution to the title of the German Championship in 17 league games. On April 29, 1964, he played his second international match in the U 23 against Czechoslovakia (1-0) and also came against the CF Valencia (1: 4, 2: 0) during this period in the two semi -final games in the 1963/64 trade fair cup) [6] for use.

When Hemmersbach had to be satisfied with the runner -up championship in the Bundesliga with the 1st FC Köln in 1964/65 in the Bundesliga, the three encounters in the quarter -finals of the European Cup against FC Liverpool previously protruded in February and March 1965. In the extremely competitive game on March 17, he was used as a stopper in front of 48,948 spectators in front of 48,948 spectators in front of 48,948 spectators. Hans Schäfer and center forward Christian Müller were also missing. The 90 minutes developed into a single defense battle of the billy goats, which in Toni Schumacher, Wolfgang Weber and the actual reservist Hemmersbach [7] had. After two goalless games 0-0, on March 24, 1965 in Rotterdam, we went into a decision game. Again Hemmersbach represented the regular stopper Wilden and the game ended 2-2 after extension. Liverpool moved into the semi -finals by coin talent.

The DFB Cup was a special chapter in Hemmersbach’s career. In 1968 he won the trophy with 4: 1 against VfL Bochum, but lost the end games in 1970 against Kickers Offenbach (1: 2) and 1971 against FC Bayern Munich again with 1: 2, but now in extra time . In the 1971/72 competition, he belonged to the team of 1. FC Köln in the semi -finals on May 30th and June 10 against FC Schalke 04, which was lost 5: 6 against the later cup winner after a dramatic penalty shootout in Schalke. 16 players competed in the penalty shootout before Bernhard Cullmann with a post hit [8] the Schalke brought into the final.

His coaches included Zlatko Čajkovski, under which he started at FC, Georg Knöpfle and Gyula Lóránt. His teammates included the icons of 1. FC Köln Wolfgang Overath, Hans Schäfer, Heinz Flohe, Josef Röhrig, Hans Sturm and Wolfgang Weber. Hemmersbach completed his last Bundesliga game in the 1972/73 season when the runner -up was reached under coach Rudi Schlott. With the catch -up game on May 22, 1973 against FC Schalke 04 (2-2), he said goodbye to the Bundesliga.

For the 1973/74 season he moved to the archrival Bayer 04 Leverkusen to the association league Middle Rhine. After two championships in 1975 the promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, in 1975/76, played 23 second division games. At the end of his active career, he started again for his home club, the BC Efferen.

  • 1962 German champion
  • 1963 German vice champion
  • 1964 German champion
  • 1965 German vice champion
  • 1968 DFB Cup winner
  • 1970 DFB Cup final
  • 1971 DFB Cup final
  • 1973 German vice champion
  • 1973 DFB Cup final
  1. ↑ Matthias Hemmersbach – player profile. Accessed on February 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Jürgen Bitter: Germany’s football. The encyclopedia. FA. Herbig. Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-7766-2558-5. P. 295
  3. ↑ Klaus Qurengässer: The German Football Championship, Part 2: 1948–1963. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 1997. ISBN 3-89609-107-7. Pp. 132–133
  4. ↑ Matthias Kropp: Triumph in the European Cup. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 1996. ISBN 3-928562-75-4. P. 27
  5. ↑ Thomas Hardt, Thomas Hohndorf, Bruno Morbitzer, Hubert Dahlkamp, ​​Hardy Greens: Hennes & Co. The story of 1. FC Köln. Verlag the workshop. Göttingen 2005. ISBN 3-89533-470-7. P. 85
  6. ↑ Matthias Kropp: Triumph in the European Cup. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 1996. ISBN 3-928562-75-4. P. 38
  7. ↑ Matthias Weinrich: The European Cup, Volume 1, 1955 to 1974. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2007. ISBN 978-3897842 526. p. 186
  8. ↑ Matthias Weinrich, Hardy Greens: German Cup history since 1935. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2000. ISBN 3-89784-146-0. P. 267