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Udo Klug
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-07-28)28 July 1928
Date of death 3 October 2000(2000-10-03) (aged 72)
Position(s) midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1943 FSV Frankfurt
1945–1947 FSV Frankfurt
1947–1948 1. FC Rödelheim 02
Managerial career
1966–1971 Eintracht Frankfurt II
1971–1976 SV Darmstadt 98
1976–1978 Kickers Offenbach
1978–1979 Eintracht Frankfurt (caretaker)
1981–1983 1. FC Nürnberg
1984–1986 SV Darmstadt 98
1986–1987 FC 08 Homburg
1988–1990 FC Wettingen
1991–1993 SV Eintracht Trier 05
1994–1995 SV Eintracht Trier 05
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Udo Klug (21 July 1928 – 3 October 2000) was a German football midfielder and later manager.[1]

Career

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As a player

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Udo Klug was initially active as a midfielder for FSV Frankfurt, among others. Between 1945 and 1947 he played at least 18 times for FSV in the Oberliga Süd. After his transfer to local rivals Rödelheimer FC in 1947, he played for them only once in the Oberliga. Later he was still active with SpVgg Bad Homburg, now as a goalkeeper. With this club he reached the final of the German Amateur Football Championship in 1955, which the Bad Homburg team lost 5-0 to Sportfreunde Siegen.[2] He was a goalkeeper for the club.[1]

As a coach

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As a coach, he worked for SV Darmstadt 98, Kickers Offenbach (also manager), 1. FC Nürnberg and FC 08 Homburg in the 1. and 2. Bundesliga and in Switzerland for the first division team FC Wettingen, as a manager for Eintracht Frankfurt, FC 08 Homburg and Dynamo Dresden.

On 1 May 1966, Klug became coach of Eintracht Frankfurt's amateurs, which he managed until 1971. He also coached Eintracht Frankfurt's U23s from 1969 to 1971 before taking his first job as head coach at SV Darmstadt 98 in the Regionalliga Süd in the 1971/72 season. He built a successful team there with players from Eintracht Frankfurt's second tier, which became Regionalliga Süd champions in 1973. In the 1976/77 season, he was given leave of absence on 9 November 1976. Just a few days later, he replaced Zlatko Čajkovski as coach at Kickers Offenbach. He remained there until the end of the 1977/78 season. In 1978-1981, he was employed as manager of Eintracht Frankfurt and stepped in as interim coach from 10 December 1978, to 7 January 1979, during the 1978/79 season. After his contract as manager at Eintracht Frankfurt expired, he accepted an offer from 1. FC Nürnberg in September 1981. There he became the fifth head coach to be hired by club president Michael A. Roth in 1981. Udo Klug lasted on the bench from 9 September 1981 until 25 October 1983, before he too was fired. Klug led the "Club" to the 1982 DFB Cup final against FC Bayern Munich, which was lost 4-2 after an initial 2-0 lead, however. In the 1985/1986 season, he once again coached SV Darmstadt 98 in the 2. Bundesliga. As manager of FC 08 Homburg, he stepped in during the 1986/1987 season in the Bundesliga as interim coach from 23 August 1986 to 11 May 1987. He then accepted an engagement in Switzerland with first-division club FC Wettingen, which he coached from March 1988 to 1 October 1990, leading it from League B to League A and the second round of the UEFA Cup, where it narrowly failed to beat SSC Napoli before being dismissed - with his team in last place. His involvement with Dynamo Dresden in the 1993/94 season was curious, as he asked for his managerial contract to be terminated after just six months. His last coaching stop was Eintracht Trier (Regionalliga West/Südwest) in 1994/95. He last worked for MSV Duisburg as a player observer until 1998 and died after a long serious illness on 3 October 2000.[3]

Stages as a trainer

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Year League Team Note
1971/1972 Regionalliga Süd SV Darmstadt 98
1972/1973 Regionalliga Süd SV Darmstadt 98
1973/1974 Regionalliga Süd SV Darmstadt 98
1974/1975 2. Bundesliga Süd SV Darmstadt 98
1975/1976 2. Bundesliga Süd SV Darmstadt 98
1976/1977 2. Bundesliga Süd SV Darmstadt 98 until 9 November 1976
1976/1977 2. Bundesliga Süd Kickers Offenbach (Coach / Manager Personalunion)
1977/1978 2. Bundesliga Süd Kickers Offenbach (Coach / Manager Personalunion)
1978/1979 Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt 10 December 1978 until 7 January 1979 (interim)
1981/1982 Bundesliga 1. FC Nürnberg from 9 September 1981
1982/1983 Bundesliga 1. FC Nürnberg
1983/1984 Bundesliga 1. FC Nürnberg from 25 October 1983
1984/1986 2. Bundesliga SV Darmstadt 98 from 29 September 1984 until 25 September 1986
1986/1987 Bundesliga FC 08 Homburg from 23 August 1986 until 11 May 1987
1988/1989 1st League Switzerland FC Wettingen
1989/1990 1st League Switzerland FC Wettingen
1990/1991 1st League Switzerland FC Wettingen until 1 October 1990
1991/1992 Oberliga Südwest Eintracht Trier from October 1991
1992/1993 Oberliga Südwest Eintracht Trier
1993/1994 Regionalliga West/Südwest Eintracht Trier from February 1994
1994/1995 Regionalliga West/Südwest Eintracht Trier

Achievements as coach

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  • Champion of the Regionallige Süd 1973 with SV Darmstadt 98
  • Participation with 1. FC Nürnberg in the 1982 DFB Cup final (lost 4-2 to FC Bayern München at Frankfurt's Waldstadion on 1 May 1982)

Stages as manager

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  • 1976–1978 Kickers Offenbach (Coach / Manager Personalunion)
  • 1978–1981 Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 1986–1987 FC 08 Homburg
  • 1993–1994 Dynamo Dresden (Resignation in February 1994)

References

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  1. ^ a b Udo Klug at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Vater des größten Erfolgs" (in German). Frankfurter Neue Presse. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Fussball: Ex-Wettinger Trainer gestorben" (in German). Swissinfo. 7 October 2000. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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