Rudi Gutendorf’s globe-trotting career, spanning half a century, saw him coach a record 55 teams.
Rudi Gutendorf, the tireless manager who guided a world record 55 teams, including 18 national sides, has died at 93, according to several German media outlets.
Born in Koblenz on the banks of the Rhine, the man dubbed “Restless Rudi” started his football career as a player for hometown club TuS Neuendorf before taking his first management role with Swiss side Blue Stars Zurich in the 1950s.
Coaching proved infectious, and after building an impressive CV with top flight teams in West Germany, Gutendorf…
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MUNICH — Five decades ago, there was only one club worth talking about in Munich: TSV 1860. They were the best team in the city and a founding member of the Bundesliga thanks to their success in the 1963 Oberliga Sud that saw the country’s football authorities — reluctant to have two clubs from the same city — leave Bayern out.
As Bayern were still making do with changing in wooden huts on Sabenerstrass, “The Lions” starred in a European Cup Winners’ Cup final at Wembley in 1965 (though they…
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Ivica Olic, shown here playing for 1860 Munich, has announced he is retiring from professional football.
Ivica Olic is calling time on his career, after announcing he is retiring from professional football.
Olic, 37, started out at Marsonia in his home country of Croatia, before moving to CSKA Moscow and then playing for Hamburg, Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg and finally 1860 Munich in the Bundesliga. He also made 104 appearances for the Croatian national team, scoring 20 goals.
“I’m ready to hang up my boots,” Olic told German newspaper Bild. “I think I can leave football with a clear conscience.
His…
Former Bundesliga club 1860 Munich face an uncertain future after failing to secure a license to play in the third tier next
Ian Ayre warned that there was ‘significant disagreement’ between shareholders.
Former Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre has left 1860 Munich after only eight weeks at the club, with his departure coming hours before the 1966 Bundesliga champions were relegated to the third tier amid chaotic scenes.
Ayre, 54, left his role at Anfield in February to become general manger at Munich, but told the Liverpool Echo that constant battles between the shareholders had drained him.
He said that although a budget for next season had been established, “there remains significant disagreement…
Police lined the pitch as 1860 Munich were relegated to the third division.
Former Bundesliga champions 1860 Munich were relegated from Germany’s second division on Tuesday in a game that was held up for 15 minutes toward the end because of violence from angry fans.
1860 lost the second leg of their relegation/promotion playoff 2-0 at home to Bavarian rivals Jahn Regensburg, a team who finished third in the third division and secured second-tier football at the Munich-based club’s expense with a 3-1 win on aggregate.
Jahn gained promotion at the first attempt, one season…