Sepp Herberger

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Sepp Herberger
Full name	Joseph "Sepp" Herberger
Date of birth	28 March 1897(1897-03-28)
Place of birth	Mannheim, Germany
Date of death	20 April 1977 (aged 80)
Place of death	Weinheim Hohensachen, Germany
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1914–1921 1921–1926 1926–1930 Total	Waldhof Mannheim VfR Mannheim Tennis Borussia Berlin
National team
1921–1930	Germany	03 (2)
Teams managed
1930–1932 1936–1964	Tennis Borussia Berlin Germany
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Josef "Sepp" Herberger (March 28, 1897 in Mannheim, Germany — April 20, 1977 in Weinheim-Hohensachsen, Germany) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West German national team which won the 1954 FIFA World Cup - The Miracle of Bern.

Herberger played three times for the German football team between 1921 and 1925 before becoming assistant to Dr. Otto Nerz in 1932. Herberger succeeded him as national coach after Germany's uninspired loss to Norway at the 1936 Olympics. After the war he had a short club spell with Eintracht Frankfurt. He remained national coach until 1964, when he was succeeded by Helmut Schön. He died of pneumonia in Mannheim aged 80.

Herberger was noted for his ability to sum up the essence of the game in short phrases, many of which survive to this day, such as:

"The ball is round" (which is the classic quotation of deceased news anchor Ng Fong-wing)
"The game lasts for 90 minutes"
"After the game is before the game"
"The next game is always the toughest one" ("The next opponent is always the toughest one")
"The ball has always the best condition"

Three of these sayings are quoted in the 1998 film Run Lola Run.

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Preceded by Juan López	FIFA World Cup winning managers 1954	Succeeded by Vicente Feola

v • d • e Germany squad - 1938 FIFA World Cup

GK Buchloh • GK Jakob • GK Raftl • DF Janes • DF Schmaus • MF Goldbrunner • MF Kitzinger • MF Kupfer • MF Mock • MF Münzenberg • MF Wagner • FW Gauchel • FW Gellesch • FW Hahnemann • FW Lehner • FW Neumer • FW Pesser • FW Siffling • FW Skoumal • FW Streitle • FW Stroh • FW Szepan • Coach: Herberger

v • d • e

Eintracht Frankfurt – Managers

Sohn (1919) • Kürschner (1921–1922) • Parry (1925–1926) • Dietrich & Egly (1926–1927) • Wieser (1927–1928) • Oßwald (1928–1933) • Spreng (1933–1935) • Oßwald (1935–1938) • Boer (1939) • Szabó (1939–1941) • Lindner (1941) • Szabó (1942–1943) • Balles (1942) • Pfeifer (a.i.) (1945) • Herberger (a.i.) (1945–1946) • Melcher (1946–1947) • Treml (1947–1948) • Kellerhoff (1948) • Hollstein (1949–1950) • Windmann (1950–1956) • Patek (1956–1958) • Oßwald (1958–1964) • Horvat (1964–1965) • Schwartz (1965–1968) • Ribbeck (1968–1973) • Weise (1973–1976) • Roos (1976) • Lóránt (1976–1977) • Grabowski (a.i.) (1977) • Cramer (1977–1978) • Knefler (1978) • Klug (a.i.) (1978–1979) • Rausch (1979–1980) • Buchmann (1980–1982) • Senekowitsch (1982) • Zebec (1982–1983) • Mank (a.i.) (1983) • Weise (1983–1986) • Zahnleiter (1986–1987) • Feldkamp (1987–1988) • Csernai (1988) • Berger (1988–1991) • Stepanović (1991–1993) • Heese (1993) • Toppmöller (1993–1994) • Körbel (a.i.) (1994) • Heynckes (1994–1995) • Körbel (1995–1996) • Stepanović (1996) • Bommer (a.i.) (1996) • Ehrmantraut (1997–1998) • Lippert (a.i.) (1998) • Fanz (1998–1999) • Berger (1999) • Magath (1999–2001) • Dohmen (a.i.) (2001) • Rausch (2001) • Andermatt (2001–2002) • Kraaz (a.i.) (2002) • Reimann (2002–2004) • Funkel (2004–)

v • d • e West Germany squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title)

1 Turek • 2 Laband • 3 Kohlmeyer • 4 Bauer • 5 Erhardt • 6 Eckel • 7 Posipal • 8 Mai • 9 Mebus • 10 Liebrich • 11 Metzner • 12 Rahn • 13 Morlock • 14 Klodt • 15 O. Walter • 16 F. Walter • 17 Herrmann • 18 Biesinger • 19 Pfaff • 20 Schäfer • 21 Kubsch • 22 Kwiatkowski • Coach: Herberger

v • d • e West Germany squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Herkenrath • 2 Erhardt • 3 Juskowiak • 4 Eckel • 5 Wewers • 6 Szymaniak • 7 Stollenwerk • 8 Rahn • 9 Walter • 10 Schmidt • 11 Schäfer • 12 Seeler • 13 Klodt • 14 Cieslarczyk • 15 Kelbassa • 16 Sturm • 17 Schnellinger • 18 Hoffmann • 19 Peters • 20 Nuber • 21 Sawitzki • 22 Kwiatkowski • Coach: Herberger

v • d • e West Germany squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup

1 Tilkowski • 2 Erhardt • 3 Schnellinger • 4 Schulz • 5 Wilden • 6 Szymaniak • 7 Koslowski • 8 Haller • 9 Seeler • 10 Brülls • 11 Schäfer • 12 Nowak • 13 Kurbjuhn • 14 Werner • 15 Giesemann • 16 Sturm • 17 Kraus • 18 Herrmann • 19 Strehl • 20 Vollmar • 21 Sawitzki • 22 Fahrian • Coach: Herberger

v • d • e Germany national football team – Managers

DFB committee (1908–27) • Nerz (1928–36) • Herberger (1936–64) • Schön (1964–78) • Derwall (1978–84) • Beckenbauer (1984–90) • Vogts (1990–98) • Ribbeck (1998–2000) • Völler (2000–04) • Klinsmann (2004–06) • Löw (2006–)