Derwall, Jupp

▪ 2008

Josef Derwall 

      German association football (soccer) manager

born March 10, 1927, Würselen, Ger.

died June 26, 2007, Sankt Ingbert, Ger.

during his tenure as national coach (1978–84), guided West Germany to 45 wins (including a record 23 straight), 11 losses, and 11 ties; the 1980 European championship title; and the final of the 1982 World Cup, in which the team lost to Italy. After World War II, Derwall played professionally for Oberliga West, Alemania Aachen, and Fortuna Düsseldorf, and he made two appearances in 1954 with the national team. After retiring as a player in 1959, Derwall coached at the club level until he was recruited in 1970 as assistant to the national coach, Helmut Schön. He succeeded Schön as head coach soon after the 1978 World Cup (in which West Germany failed to advance past the second round), but he was replaced by Franz Beckenbauer after Germany did poorly in the 1984 European championship. Derwall unexpectedly moved to Istanbul, where he introduced European training techniques and built Galatasaray into one of Turkey's most successful clubs. He retired in 1988.

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