Josef Pöttinger

Josef Pöttinger (16 April 1903 – 9 September 1970) was a German football player. His nicknames were Sepp and Pötschge. During his career he played for Bayern Munich and had 14 appearances for Germany.[1]

Josef Pöttinger
Personal information
Date of birth (1903-04-16)16 April 1903
Place of birth Munich, German Empire
Date of death 9 September 1970(1970-09-09) (aged 67)
Place of death Munich, West Germany
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1931 FC Bayern Munich
National team
1926–1930 Germany 14 (9)
Teams managed
1934–1938 1. SV Jena
1939 VfB Stuttgart
1946–1947 FC Bayern Munich
1949–1951 BC Augsburg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Pöttinger debuted with 16 years in the first team of Bayern Munich. He was a striker, renowned for his technical excellence. His opponents' difficulties to stop him often resulted in brutal fouls, which led to constant injuries for Pöttinger and eventually to an early end of his career.

When Bayern Munich won the southgerman championship 1925–26 he had scored 57 times during the season. 1928 was the year of his greatest success with the club, when they reached the semifinals of the German championship. He had to end his career in 1930 due to knee-injury.

An interesting match among the friendly matches in the season 1926–27 was the game between Bayern Munich and FC Basel. Not only because of the result, Bayern won by ten goals to nil, but because of the goal scoring. On 3 April 1927, Bayern played at home in Munich and Pöttinger scored a "perfect" hat-trick within the first 12 minutes of the game (3', 10', 12') and in the second half he scored five consequetive goals (52', 60', 62', 68', 83').[2]

National team

His first game for the German national team was on 18 April 1926 in Düsseldorf against the Netherlands.[3] In the 4:2 win he scored three times. He participated with his team in the Olympic Games 1928.

Coach

Pöttinger coached the VfB Pankow, 1. SV Jena, Teutonia Munich, VfB Stuttgart, FC Bayern Munich, 1. FC Lichtenfels, and BC Augsburg.

References
  1. Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich (2003). Die Bayern. Die Geschichte des deutschen Rekordmeisters (in German). Die Werkstatt. p. 637. ISBN 3-89533-426-X.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". "FC Bayern München - FC Basel 10:0 (5:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. Arnhold, Matthias (22 September 2016). "Josef Pöttinger - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 September 2016.


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