Sepp Herberger

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Josef (Sepp) Herberger (28 March 1897 in Mannheim, Germany — 20 April 1977 in Weinheim-Hohensachsen, Germany) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West German national team which won the 1954 FIFA World Cup - The Miracle of Bern.

Herberger played three times for the German football team between 1921 and 1925 before becoming assistant to Dr. Otto Nerz in 1932. Herberger succeeded him as national coach after Germany's uninspired loss to Norway at the 1936 Olympics. After the war he had a short club spell with Eintracht Frankfurt. He remained national coach until 1963, when he was succeeded by Helmut Schön. He died of pneumonia in Mannheim aged 80.

Herberger was noted for his ability to sum up the essence of the game in short phrases, many of which survive to this day, such as:

  • "The ball is round"
  • "The game lasts for 90 minutes"
  • "After the game is before the game"
  • "The next game is always the toughest one"
Preceded by
Flag of Uruguay Juan López		 FIFA World Cup winning managers
1954		 Succeeded by
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Flag of Germany Germany squad - 1938 FIFA World Cup Flag of Germany

GK Buchloh | FW Gauchel | FW Gellesch | MF Goldbrunn | FW Hahnemann | GK Jakob | DF Janes | MF Kitzinger | MF Kupfer | FW Lehner | MF Mock | MF Münzenberg | FW Neumer | FW Pesser | GK Raftl | DF Schmaus | FW Siffling | FW Skoumal | FW Streitle | FW Stroh | FW Szepan | MF Wagner | Coach Herberger
Flag of West Germany West Germany squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup Champions (1st Title) Flag of West Germany

1 Turek | 2 Laband | 3 Kohlmeyer | 4 Bauer | 5 Erhardt | 6 Eckel | 7 Posipal | 8 Mai | 9 Mebus | 10 Liebrich | 11 Metzner | 12 Rahn | 13 Morlock | 14 Klodt | 15 O. Walter | 16 F. Walter | 17 Herrmann | 18 Biesinger | 19 Pfaff | 20 Schäfer | 21 Kubsch | 22 Kwiatkowski | Coach: Herberger
Flag of West Germany West Germany squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place Flag of West Germany

1 Herkenrath | 2 Erhardt | 3 Juskowiak | 4 Eckel | 5 Wewers | 6 Szymaniak | 7 Stollenwerk | 8 Rahn | 9 Walter | 10 Schmidt | 11 Schäfer | 12 Seeler | 13 Klodt | 14 Cieslarczyk | 15 Kelbassa | 16 Sturm | 17 Schnellinger | 18 Hoffmann | 19 Peters | 20 Nuber | 21 Sawitzki | 22 Kwiatkowski | Coach: Herberger
Flag of West Germany West Germany squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup Flag of West Germany

1 Tilkowski | 2 Erhardt | 3 Schnellinger | 4 Schulz | 5 Wilden | 6 Szymaniak | 7 Koslowski | 8 Haller | 9 Seeler | 10 Brülls | 11 Schäfer | 12 Nowak | 13 Kurbjuhn | 14 Werner | 15 Giesemann | 16 Sturm | 17 Kraus | 18 Herrmann | 19 Strehl | 20 Vollmar | 21 Sawitzki | 22 Fahrian | Coach: Herberger
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