Georg Buschner

German footballer and manager

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Georg Buschner
Personal information

Date of birth	(1925-12-26)26 December 1925
Place of birth	Gera, Weimar Republic
Date of death	12 February 2007(2007-02-12) (aged 81)
Place of death	Jena, Germany
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1935–?	1. SpVgg Gera 04
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1952	BSG Motor Gera
1952–1958	SC Motor Jena
International career
1954–1957	East Germany	6	(0)
Managerial career
1958–1971	SC Motor Jena
1970–1981	East Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georg Buschner (26 December 1925 – 12 February 2007) was an East German football player and manager.

Buschner played in the East German top-flight for Motor Gera and Motor Jena.^[1] He earned six caps for the East Germany national football team between 1954 and 1957,^[2] and later coached the team from 1970 to 1981. He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Georg" from 1966 to 1971.^[3] He was the coach when East Germany played in their only World Cup appearance in 1974, and produced one of their most famous victories upset by beating West Germany in the first round. He also led East Germany to the bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics and the gold medal in the 1976 Olympics.^[4]

He died on 12 February 2007.^[5]

External links

Georg Buschner at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Georg Buschner at WorldFootball.net
Georg Buschner at National-Football-Teams.com

References

^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 July 2015). "Georg Buschner – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 July 2015). "Georg Buschner – International Matches as Coach". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ Kluge, Reimann: Buschner, Georg.
^ "Trainer-Legende – Kick mit der Staatssicherheit". einestages.spiegel.de. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ "DDR-Trainerlegende Georg Buschner ist tot". Die Welt. 12 February 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

Summer Olympics football tournament winning managers

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

East Germany squads

v t e East Germany football squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists
1 Croy 2 Kurbjuweit 3 Zapf 4 Weise 5 Bransch 6 Irmscher 7 Pommerenke 8 Schulenberg 9 Sparwasser 10 Kreische 11 Streich 12 Häfner 13 Seguin 14 Ducke 15 Vogel 16 Tyll 17 Wätzlich 18 Ganzera 19 Schneider Coach: Buschner

v t e East Germany squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup
1 Croy 2 Kurbjuweit 3 Bransch (c) 4 Weise 5 Fritsche 6 Schnuphase 7 Pommerenke 8 Löwe 9 Ducke 10 Kreische 11 Streich 12 Wätzlich 13 Lauck 14 Sparwasser 15 Vogel 16 Irmscher 17 Hamann 18 Kische 19 Seguin 20 Hoffmann 21 Blochwitz 22 Friese Coach: Buschner

v t e East Germany football squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists
1 Croy 2 Weber 3 Dörner 4 Weise 5 Kurbjuweit 6 Lauck 7 Heidler 8 Häfner 9 Riediger 10 Bransch 11 Hoffmann 12 Kische 13 Löwe 14 Schade 15 Riedel 16 Grapenthin 17 Gröbner Coach: Buschner

Georg Buschner managerial positions

FC Carl Zeiss Jena – managers

Peter (1903)
Pöttinger (1934–38)
Prokoph (1940)
Malter (1948–49)
Carl (1949–51)
Findeisen (1951–53)
Schipphorst (1953)
Hofsommer (1953–54)
Petzold (1954–55)
Warg (1955–57)
Hüfner (1958)
Pönert (1958)
Buschner (1958–71)
Meyer (1971–83)
Pfeifer (1983–84)
Kurbjuweit (1984–89)
Stange (1989–91)
Weise (a.i.) (1991)
Schlappner (1991–92)
Hollmann (1992–93)
Erkenbrecher (1993)
Weise (a.i.) (1993)
Meyer (1993–94)
E. Vogel (1994–97)
Engel (1997)
Hollmann (1997–98)
Gerstner (1998–99)
T. Vogel (1999)
Petrović (1999–2001)
Sandhowe (2001–02)
Eulberg (2002)
T. Vogel (2002–03)
Steffens (2003–04)
T. Vogel (2004)
Weber (2004–07)
Neubarth (2007)
Ivanauskas (2007)
Bürger (2007–08)
M. Zimmermann (a.i.) (2008)
Van Eck (2008–09)
Fascher (2009)
Van Eck (2009–10)
Raab (2010)
Frank (2010–11)
Weber (2011)
Kurbjuweit (a.i.) (2011)
Sander (2011–13)
Kämpfe (a.i.) (2013)
A. Zimmermann (2013–14)
Kurbjuweit (2014)
Hutwelker (a.i.) (2014)
Uluc (2014–16)
M. Zimmermann (2016–18)
Kwasniok (2018–19)
Fröhlich (2019)
Schmitt (2019–20)
Klingbeil (a.i.) (2020)
Kunert (2020–21)
Patz (2021–22)
Bürger (a.i.) (2022)
Klingbeil (2023–)

v t e East Germany national football team – managers
Oelgardt (1952–53) Siegert (1954) Gyarmati (1955–57) Gödicke (1958–59) Krügel (1959–61) Sós (1961–67) Seeger (1967–69) Buschner (1970–81) Krause (1982–83) Stange (1983–88) Zapf (1988–89) Geyer (1989–90)
East Germany portal

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	Germany
People	Deutsche Biographie

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