Germany

Karl-Heinz Feldkamp spent just a single season coaching Eintracht Frankfurt during his long career, but it was a successful one in 1987-88 as he led the Eagles to a fourth DFB-Pokal success. Schalke 04, SSV Ulm, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayer Uerdingen and Werder Bremen were...

Having established himself as a Bayern München legend for his coaching success there in the 70s, Udo Lattek returned and repeated the same trick the following decade too. His four-year second spell came to an end at the climax of the 1986-87 season with...

Champions of the world, champions of Europe, and always the most formidable of opponents thanks to the sheer quality and quantity of top-class talent being created - the 1970s was a wonderful decade for West Germany. The national teams that won the 1972 European...

With no previous club management experience, Udo Lattek took charge of Bayern in 1970 and celebrated the first of six Bundesliga titles he would win in Munich at the end of the 1971-72 season. To a team built around the backbone of Maier, Beckenbauer...

The East German national team set out on their qualifying campaign for the 1986 World Cup hoping to reach what would have been just their second-ever major tournament. Although ultimately unsuccessful, East Germany did come very close indeed, and their total of ten points...

The early 1990s was a good time for Eintracht Frankfurt with the club consistently competitive in the upper reaches of the Bundesliga. The 1990-91 season saw the club finish in 4th place on the back of exceptional home League form in which 4 goals...

Their strong Bundesliga showing the previous season meant that Eintracht Frankfurt kicked off the 1972-73 campaign participating in a UEFA-affiliated competition for the first time since their famous European Cup Final appearance in 1960. Unfortunate to be drawn against eventual winners Liverpool in the...

The best decade in East Germany's modern football history is remembered for that famous World Cup group stage win over West Germany in 1974, but probably more should have been achieved. With many of the state's greatest players like Jürgen Sparwasser, Joachim Streich, Hans-Jürgen...

Champions of the world, champions of Europe, and always the most formidable of opponents thanks to the sheer quality and quantity of top-class talent being created - the 1970s was a wonderful decade for West Germany. The national teams that won the 1972 European...

The 1971-72 season brought a strong Bundesliga campaign for Eintracht Frankfurt which resulted in a 5th placed finish and qualification for the following season's UEFA Cup. Erich Ribbeck had crafted a side which both scored and conceded goals freely and boasted a highly effective...

Jupp Heynckes succeeded Udo Lattek as coach in 1987 and enjoyed his first Bundesliga success during the 1988-89 season with a strong side that boasted both the best defence and the best attack in the division. This was very much a new look team...

West Germany began the 1960s with memories of the Miracle of Bern and the 1954 World Cup win still fresh in their minds. Standards were slipping, however, and a Quarter Final exit in the 1962 competition to Yugoslavia encouraged an agenda of change. Full...

The Olympic gold medal won in Montreal in 1976 aside, the shock 1-0 victory that the East German national team recorded over their neighbours, bitter rivals, and tournament hosts West Germany at the 1974 World Cup was the greatest achievement in the state's 38-year...