Pál Csernai (born 21 October 1932) was a Hungarian football (soccer) player and coach. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered As a player he was denied great successes, but as a coach he revived the fortunes of Bayern Munich in the early 1980s after the end of their golden era. FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern
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The Player
Not many details of his achievements are known (→ talk:Pál Csernai). He played in Hungary's first division, with Csepel SC from Budapest and was reasonably good. Csepel SC is a Hungarian Sports club based in the XXI district of Budapest, Csepel, which is on an island in the Danube in the south of Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, After all, in 1955 he was called twice to play for his country, and that was still in the era of the all-dominating Magic Magyars. The Golden Team ( Aranycsapat) is one of several names that refer to the legendary Hungary national football team of the 1950s
Like so many other greats of the game in this era, he left Hungary as a consequence of the uprising in 1956. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ( Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom) was a spontaneous nationwide Revolt against the Stalinist government of He ended up playing in Germany where joined 1956 Karlsruher SC, then in the first division. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Karlsruher SC is a German football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. From 1959 to 1965 he played for Stuttgarter Kickers in the second division. Stuttgarter Kickers is a German football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September, In 1962 Csernai scored a decisive goal for the club, preventing them from being relegated to the third tier.
The Coach
In 1967 he acquired his coaching diploma under Hennes Weisweiler in Cologne. Hans ("Hennes" Weisweiler ( December 5, 1919 in Erftstadt-Lechenich near Cologne, Germany – July 5, 1983 A year later, in 1968 he coaches Wacker 04 Berlin in the West-Berlin division of the second tier of German football in those days. Alemannia Wacker Berlin is a German football club based in northern Berlin. In his two years at the helm there the team finishes on places 4 and 5. Afterwards he coaches SSV Reutlingen in the southern division, which under him finishes 15th. SSV Reutlingen is a German football club playing in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. The years before and after Reutlingen were 11th and 10th, respectively.
From 1971 to 1972 he coaches first division side Royal Antwerp FC in Belgium, but finds himself prematurely replaced by Eddy Wauters. Royal Antwerp FC is a Belgian football club from the city of Antwerp in Antwerp (province. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Eddy Wauters (born July 12, 1933) is the chairman of Royal Antwerp FC.
After this excursion he returns to Germany and in 1973 is appointed coach of the North Baden Football Association in southwest Germany, where he stayed for the next four years. Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. He also could celebrate his first success as coach there when he led the selection of the association to a victory in the Amateur States' Cup of 1973. This cup is basically a competition between the amateur sides of the German regional associations, mostly composed of players from the third divisions, the highest amateur level.
By 1 July 1977 he takes on a position of assistant to coach Gyula Lóránt with Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, Lóránt was another former Hungarian international and was part of the side that lost the 1954 FIFA World Cup final in Berne, This was by no means a particularly glamorous appointment. Gyula Lóránt ( February 6 1923, Kőszeg, Hungary – May 31 1981, Thessaloniki, Greece) also Eintracht Frankfurt is a German Sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its football team. The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the World Cup was held in Switzerland from June 16 to July 4. The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal The team, known as "capricious diva", was in those days always a contender for one of the first places in the league, but perennially disappointed. Lóránt did not have a particular fabulous image either, having never achieved any extraordinary successes. The range of clubs he had coached were all on the mediocre end at very best. A fifth place with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1967 was his top result.
Bayern Munich
Lóránt had been with Frankfurt only since November 1976. By November 1977 this appointment was over again. On 26 November Frankfurt defeats Bayern Munich 4-0. At that stage Bayern are on a relegation rank and Frankfurt 8th. Frankfurt and Bayern decided to enter into a pretty unusual manoeuvre and swap coaches. The football sage Dettmar Cramer moved to Frankfurt and the robust Lóránt and his assistant found themselves in the Bavarian capital. Dettmar Cramer (born 4 April 1925 in Dortmund) was a German football player and coach who led Bayern Munich to the Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 The season ends with Bayern as 12th, their worst Bundesliga placing hitherto, and Frankfurt 7th.
With the beginning of the new season Paul Breitner rejoins Bayern, which then had a reasonably impressive line up with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Branko Oblak, Klaus Augenthaler and other notable players. Paul Breitner (born September 5, 1951 in Kolbermoor, Bavaria) is a former German football player Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge (born September 25, 1955 in Lippstadt) is a German former football player Branko Oblak (born on May 27, 1947 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian football coach and Klaus Augenthaler (born 26 September 1957 in Fürstenzell, near Passau in Bavaria, Germany) is a former football player and now manager Bayern was desperate to return to the top as their last championship dated back to 1974. The German champions (in German Deutsche Meister is the general name given to winners of a bundesliga (national league sporting competition in Germany. Lóránt introduced the spatial defence to replace the marker system, which by then turned obsolete. By the end of the first half series Lóránt was fired. He had an image problem since he, amongst other issues, manhandled a TV team. When a 1-7 defeat in Düsseldorf was followed up with a home defeat to Hamburger SV his days were numbered.
For the time being Csernai was to run the team. President Wilhelm Neudecker wanted to replace him with Max Merkel, who was rejected by the team that considered him a too tough taskmaster. Maximilian ("Max" Merkel (born Vienna, 7 December 1918 &ndash died Putzbrunn (on the outskirts of Munich) Germany This resulted in a unanimous vote by the players who wanted Csernai to take over. The whole affair caused tremendous publicity. In the end Neudecker resigned and Pál Csernai became officially anointed as the new head coach. By the end of the season Bayern defeated the new champions Hamburg on their turf and finished fourth. The Bayern legend Gerd Müller left the club already in the course of the season after Csernai replaced him in the match in Frankfurt. Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German ˈgɛʀt ˈmʏlɐ born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former (West German football
With the beginning of the new season another Bayern legend, goalkeeper Sepp Maier had to end his career because of an accident, and the 1974 World Cup winner Georg Schwarzenbeck was generally unavailable due to injuries, Oblak retired from the big stage. Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier (born 28 February 1944) is a German former professional football Goalkeeper. Hans-Georg "Katsche" Schwarzenbeck (born on 3 April 1948 in Munich) is a retired German football player Csernai took the opportunity to restructure the team and its hierarchies, and refined the spatial defence, then colloquially known as "Pal System". Most importantly he formed of midfield conductor Paul Breitner and forward Karl-Heinz Rummenigge one of the great duos in footballing history. The team became commonly referred to as "FC Breitnigge". The highly gifted dribbler Rummenigge learned in this phase also to score and should become three times the league's top striker in this era.
By the end of his first full season at the reins of Bayern the club was German champion for the first time in six years, just two years after Csernai started his Bundesliga career as assistant in Frankfurt. He also led the club into the - in that season all German - semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, but Frankfurt prevailed on aggregate with 5-3 and ended up winning the trophy. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.
1980/81 Csernai, by then known for wearing silk scarves instead of ties, managed to defend the championship and once more enter a European semi-final. There Bayern had to give in to eventual winners Liverpool FC on away goals. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. A year later Bayern had to make do with the German Cup, as Hamburg under the legendary Austrian coach Ernst Happel took the championship honours. The DFB-Pokal ( Deutscher Fußball-Bund-Pokal or German Football-Federation Cup is an elimination football tournament held annually Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (born 29 November 1925 &ndash died 14 November 1992 was an Austrian football player and coach. On the European stage Bayern made it all the way to the final of the Champions Cup. Bayern played generally superior, but in the end a single goal by Peter Withe secured the title for Aston Villa FC. Peter Withe (born 30 August 1951 in Liverpool, Lancashire) is a much-travelled English footballer who played as a
In the next season Bayern fell behind in the championship end exited early from the cup. In European competition Bayern again was only stopped by the later winner, this time by Aberdeen FC under Alex Ferguson in the quarterfinals of the Cup Winners' Cup. Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons, The Reds and The Dandies) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE, (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager To boot, Pál Csernai had by then acquired a major publicity problem. When his widely perceived arrogance also put off the major sponsors of the club he was given his marching orders and Udo Lattek returned to Bayern. Udo Lattek (born 16 January 1935 in Bosemb near Sensburg (Żądźbork, East Prussia) is a former German Football (soccer player and coach
Odyssey of a Coach
Pál Csernai became coach of PAOK Thessaloniki. PAOK FC (ΠΑΟΚ - Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών - Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Already in the second round of the UEFA Cup he met his old team Bayern again. Both matches ended 0-0 and it came to a dramatic penalty shoot-out in which Bayern eventually prevailed 9-8. Bayern was ousted in the next round - by the eventual winners, this time Tottenham Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Csernai ended this season again without title. After only one year he moved on to SL Benfica. Sport Lisboa e Benfica (spɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i bɐ̃ĩˈfikɐ commonly referred to as simply Benfica, S
There Benfica grabbed the Portuguese cup with a 3-1 win against FC Porto. Csernai was highly unpopular with his players and for all practical purposes stripped of his powers by the time of the final for which the line-up was determined by senior players Carlos Manuel and Pietra. Carlos Manuel Correia dos Santos (born Moita, 15 January 1958 commonly known by Carlos Manuel, was a Portuguese football player and is a current Pietra is a Brand of beer from the Mediterranean island of Corsica. His tenure ended after this also officially.
In the next years he should coach Borussia Dortmund, Fenerbahçe SK in Istanbul, Eintracht Frankfurt, BSC Young Boys in Switzerland, and Hertha BSC Berlin. BV Borussia Dortmund is a German football club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the most successful clubs Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Fenerbahçe Sports Club commonly known as Fenerbahçe (feneːɾbatʃe is a professional Sports club based in the district of BSC Young Boys (officially Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sports club based in Berne. Hertha BSC Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC Berlin was a founding club of the DFB None of these tenures lasted through a whole season. In Dortmund he got close, being replaced only two matchdays before the end of the season, which the team finished 16th. Others ended up being were very short, eg. , in Frankfurt nine matchdays, and in Berlin even only six league matches.
Later he should return for a while to his home country to coach first division side MFC Sopron. FC Sopron, was a Hungarian football club from the town of Sopron, near the Austrian border His last assignment was with the national team of North Korea for the qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, an endeavour that ended without success. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994
Career Overview
| Coaching Career | ||
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| Period | Team | Titles |
| 1968-1970 |  Wacker 04 Berlin |
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| 1970-1971 | SSV Reutlingen |
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| 1971-1972 | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Royal Antwerp FC |
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| 1973-1977 | North Baden Football Assoc. Alemannia Wacker Berlin is a German football club based in northern Berlin. SSV Reutlingen is a German football club playing in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. Royal Antwerp FC is a Belgian football club from the city of Antwerp in Antwerp (province. |
1973 - States' Amateur Cup |
| 1977-1978 | Assistant coach to Gyula Lóránt with Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich |
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| 1978-1983 | FC Bayern Munich |
1980 - Championship 1981 - Cup 1981 - Championship |
| 1983-1984 |  PAOK Thessaloniki |
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| 1984-1985 |  SL Benfica |
1985 - Cup |
| 1985-1986 | Borussia Dortmund |
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| 1987-1988 |  Fenerbahçe SK Istanbul |
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| 1988-1988 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
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| 1990-1990 |  BSC Young Boys Berne |
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| 1990-1991 | Hertha BSC Berlin |
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| 199x-199x |  FC Sopron |
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| 1993-1994 |  North Korea |
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Links
- (German) Pál Csernai at eintracht-archiv.de
| Preceded by Yılmaz Yücetürk |
Fenerbahçe S.K. manager 1987-1988 |
Succeeded by Ercan Aktuna |
| Preceded by Karl-Heinz Feldkamp |
Eintracht Frankfurt Manager 1988 |
Succeeded by Jörg Berger |
| Preceded by José Maria Pedroto |
Cup of Portugal Winning Coach 1984-85 |
Succeeded by John Mortimore |
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