Erich Ribbeck

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Erich Ribbeck
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Ribbeck around 1980
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-06-13) 13 June 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth Wuppertal, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
SSV 1904 Wuppertal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1959–1962 SSV 1904 Wuppertal
1962–1965 Viktoria Köln
Managerial career
1965–1967 Borussia Mönchengladbach (assistant)
1967–1968 Rot-Weiss Essen
1968–1973 Eintracht Frankfurt
1973–1978 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1978–1984 West Germany (assistant)
1984–1985 Borussia Dortmund
1985–1988 Bayer Leverkusen
1992–1993 Bayern Munich
1995–1996 Bayer Leverkusen
1998–2000 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erich Ribbeck (born 13 June 1937) is a German former professional football player and manager, best known for coaching in the Bundesliga. In 1988, he won the UEFA Cup as manager of Bayer Leverkusen, the first title in the club's history.

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Playing career

As a player, Ribbeck had a career spanning most of the 1950s into the early 1960s with SSV 1904 Wuppertal, which has since merged with TSG Vohwinkel to form Wuppertaler SV. He later spent the rest of his career playing for Viktoria Köln. The highest level Ribbeck played was the Oberliga, part of the first tier of Germany which was then split into five regional divisions.

Ribbeck nearly joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Bundesliga side Hertha BSC in 1965, but both deals fell through. He then retired from playing and joined Borussia Mönchengladbach as assistant to Hennes Weisweiler. [1]

Managerial career

Club

His first coaching position he held at the age of 30 in 1967–68, when he took Rot-Weiss Essen to the second place in the western division of Germany's Level 2 league and thus to the promotion tournament, where the club ended up losing out against Hertha Berlin.

The next ten years he shared evenly with engagements with Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In the Bundesliga these clubs remained on mediocre levels during his tenure. With Kaiserslautern he reached the German Cup final of 1976, losing 0–2 to Hamburger SV.

After working as assistant to Jupp Derwall with the Germany national football team, Ribbeck was appointed Bayer Leverkusen coach in 1985. The club qualified for European competition for the first time in their history in his first season. In 1988, Leverkusen and Ribbeck won their first ever major trophy, lifting the UEFA Cup. Leverkusen beat Austria Wien, Toulouse, Feyenoord, Barcelona and Werder Bremen to reach the two-legged final against RCD Espanyol. Despite losing 3-0 away, Leverkusen won the second leg at home 3-0 with three second-half goals and won the eventual penalty shoot-out. [1] [2]

Ribbeck joined FC Bayern Munich in March 1992, replacing Søren Lerby, as the team unexpectedly found themselves fighting relegation. Ribbeck guided Bayern to 10th place, which was still their worst league finish since 1978. The following season, Ribbeck's Bayern challenged for the title; going into the final day, they were level on points with Werder Bremen but behind by a single goal. Bayern drew 3-3 with Schalke and finished 2nd. [3]

Ribbeck was fired from Bayern in late 1993 after criticism from players and Uli Hoeneß, despite being just one point off the top of the Bundesliga. Franz Beckenbauer would replace Ribbeck and ultimately won the league. [4]

Ribbeck returned to Leverkusen in 1995 but lasted just a year. [1]

International

Ribbeck was originally considered as a candidate for the national team manager role after the resignation of Helmut Schön in 1978. Instead, Jupp Derwall was selected and it was not until 20 years later on 9 September 1998 [5] that Ribbeck emerged from retirement to take over the Germany national team when other candidates had declined. At 61, he was the oldest appointee to the job.

Ribbeck's two-year tenure marked the worst period in the modern history of Germany's national side. Ribbeck resigned on 21 June 2000 after a string of disappointing results culminating in a group stage exit from Euro 2000. [6] During that tournament, Ribbeck had rejected calls from Oliver Bierhoff, Oliver Kahn, Jens Nowotny and Mehmet Scholl to drop aging sweeper Lothar Matthäus. Ribbeck had insisted that Matthäus would earn his 150th cap, while threatening any rebellious national team members with a fine or exclusion from the squad. [7]

His results as Germany's coach were ten wins, six draws and eight losses, the worst managerial performance of all time for a coach of the Germany national team. [8]

Personal life

Ribbeck shares his residence between Pulheim and Tenerife, Spain. [1]

Managerial statistics

As of 22 January 2014
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %Ref.
Rot-Weiss Essen 1 July 196730 June 19684225116059.52
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 July 1968 [9] 30 June 1973 [9] 203834179040.89 [9]
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1 July 1973 [10] 30 June 1978 [10] 192853275044.27 [10]
Borussia Dortmund 28 October 1984 [11] 30 June 1985 [11] 2510411040.00 [11]
Bayer Leverkusen 1 July 1985 [12] 30 June 1988 [12] 125533636042.40 [12]
Bayern Munich 12 March 1992 [13] 27 December 1993 [13] 75372216049.33 [13]
Bayer Leverkusen10 April 1995 [12] 28 April 1996 [12] 48171813035.42 [12]
Germany 9 September 1998 [5] 21 June 2000 [6] 241068041.67 [14]
Total734320170244043.60—

Honours

Manager

Bayer Leverkusen

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  5. 1 2 "Nachfolge geklärt: Erich Ribbeck neuer Teamchef". kicker (in German). 9 September 1998. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Ribbeck quits as Germans head home". BBC. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Euro 2000: Bierhoff out as Matthaus row grows".
  8. ↑ Veth, Manuel. "Germany Fire Hansi Flick, But What Comes Next?". Forbes. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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