Josef "Sepp" Herberger - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding German coach coached the (West) German national team for 167 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Josef "Sepp" Herberger - Goals in International Matches.


Born:   28- 3-1897
Died:   28- 4-1977
Country:  Germany
Matches as Coach: 167	(W94-D27-L46 - GF435-GA250 - %64.37)
Age First Match: 39 yr 169 d   13- 9-1936 vs. Poland 1-1
Age Last Match:  67 yr  71 d	7- 6-1964 vs. Finland 4-1
National Team Career: 27 yr 267 d

NB: there is some controversy as to when Herberger officially or factually took over
    as head coach from Otto Nerz.  The DFB originally considered this to have happened
    after the shock exit against Norway at the Berlin Olympics, making the match on
    13- 9-36 against Poland (at which Nerz was not present) his first.  However, Nerz
    remained "available" for the DFB and travelled with the team for most matches since
    then, e.g. on 27- 9-36 in Prague (when Herberger was with the effective B-side in
    Krefeld), and did not withdraw officially until 12- 5-38, two days for the match
    against England.  Of the first 21 matches below, Herberger appears to have been the
    "man in charge" for only three, those numbered 1, 3 and 9 (at match number 20, Emil
    Melcher sat on the bench).  In 2019, following a study by H. Kümper the DFB decided
    to attribute the first five matches below to Nerz (although he was not even in the
    stadium at matches 1 and 3) and start Herberger's tenure with match 6 below.

Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1   13- 9-36	Warszawa	Poland  	1-1	
  2   27- 9-36	Praha    	Czechoslovakia	2-1	
  3   27- 9-36	Krefeld 	Luxembourg	7-2	
  4   14-10-36	Glasgow 	Scotland	0-2	
  5   17-10-36	Dublin  	Ireland 	2-5	
  6   15-11-36	Berlin  	Italy   	2-2	
  7   31- 1-37	Düsseldorf	Netherlands	2-2	
  8   21- 3-37	Stuttgart	France  	4-0	
  9   21- 3-37	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3-2	
 10   25- 4-37	Hannover	Belgium 	1-0	
 11    2- 5-37	Zürich  	Switzerland	1-0	
 12   16- 5-37	Breslau 	Denmark 	8-0	
 13   25- 6-37	Riga    	Latvia  	3-1	
 14   29- 6-37	Helsinki	Finland 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 15   29- 8-37	Königsberg	Estonia  	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 16   24-10-37	Berlin  	Norway  	3-0	
 17   21-11-37	Hamburg 	Sweden  	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 18    6- 2-38	Köln     	Switzerland	1-1	
 19   20- 3-38	Nürnberg	Hungary 	1-1	
 20   20- 3-38	Wuppertal	Luxembourg	2-1	
 21   24- 4-38	Frankfurt	Portugal	1-1	
 22   14- 5-38	Berlin  	England 	3-6	
 23    4- 6-38	Paris   	Switzerland	1-1	World Cup
 24    9- 6-38	Paris   	Switzerland	2-4	World Cup
 25   18- 9-38	Chemnitz	Poland  	4-1	
 26   25- 9-38	Bucuresti	Romania 	4-1	
 27   25- 1-39	Brussel 	Belgium 	4-1	
 28   26- 2-39	Berlin  	Yugoslavia	3-2	
 29   26- 3-39	Firenze 	Italy   	2-3	
 30   26- 3-39	Differdange 	Luxembourg	1-2	
 31   23- 5-39	Bremen  	Ireland 	1-1	
 32   22- 6-39	Oslo    	Norway  	4-0	
 33   25- 6-39	København	Denmark 	2-0	
 34   29- 6-39	Tallinn 	Estonia 	2-0	
 35   27- 8-39	Bratislava	Slovakia	0-2	
 36   24- 9-39	Budapest	Hungary 	1-5	
 37   15-10-39	Zagreb  	Yugoslavia	5-1	
 38   22-10-39	Sofia   	Bulgaria	2-1	
 39   12-11-39	Breslau 	Bohemia 	4-4	
 40   26-11-39	Berlin  	Italy   	5-2	
 41    3-12-39	Chemnitz	Slovakia	3-1	
 42    7- 4-40	Berlin  	Hungary 	2-2	
 43   14- 4-40	Wien    	Yugoslavia	1-2	
 44    5- 5-40	Milano  	Italy   	2-3	
 45   14- 7-40	Frankfurt	Romania 	9-3	
 46    1- 9-40	Leipzig 	Finland        13-0
 47   15- 9-40	Bratislava	Slovakia	1-0	
 48    6-10-40	Budapest	Hungary 	2-2	
 49   20-10-40	München 	Bulgaria	7-3	
 50    3-11-40	Zagreb  	Yugoslavia	0-2	
 51   17-11-40	Hamburg 	Denmark 	1-0	
 52    9- 3-41	Stuttgart	Switzerland	4-2	
 53    6- 4-41	Köln    	Hungary 	7-0	
 54   20- 4-41	Bern     	Switzerland	1-2	
 55    1- 6-41	Bucuresti	Romania 	4-1	
 56   15- 6-41	Wien    	Croatia 	5-1	
 57    5-10-41	Stockholm	Sweden  	2-4	
 58    5-10-41	Helsinki	Finland 	6-0	
 59   16-11-41	Dresden 	Denmark 	1-1	
 60    7-12-41	Breslau 	Slovakia	4-0	
 61   20- 1-42	Zagreb  	Croatia 	2-0	
 62    1- 2-42	Wien    	Switzerland	1-2	
 63   12- 4-42	Berlin  	Spain   	1-1	
 64    3- 5-42	Budapest	Hungary 	5-3	
 65   19- 7-42	Sofia   	Bulgaria	3-0	
 66   16- 8-42	Beuthen 	Romania 	7-0	
 67   20- 9-42	Berlin  	Sweden  	2-3	
 68   18-10-42	Bern    	Switzerland	5-3	
 69    1-11-42	Stuttgart	Croatia 	5-1	
 70   22-11-42	Bratislava	Slovakia	5-2	
 71   22-11-50	Stuttgart	Switzerland	1-0	
 72   15- 4-51	Zürich  	Switzerland	3-2	
 73   17- 6-51	West-Berlin	Turkey  	1-2	
 74   23- 9-51	Wien    	Austria 	2-0	
 75   17-10-51	Dublin  	Ireland 	2-3	
 76   21-11-51	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-0	
 77   23-12-51	Essen   	Luxembourg	4-1	
 78   20- 4-52	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3-0	
 79    4- 5-52	Köln    	Ireland 	3-0	
 80    5-10-52	Paris   	France  	1-3	
 81    9-11-52	Augsburg	Switzerland	5-1	
 82   21-12-52	Ludwigshafen	Yugoslavia	3-2	
 83   28-12-52	Madrid  	Spain   	2-2	
 84   22- 3-53	Köln    	Austria 	0-0	
 85   19- 8-53	Oslo      	Norway  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 86   11-10-53	Stuttgart	Saar      	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 87   22-11-53	Hamburg 	Norway  	5-1	World Cup Qualifier
 88   28- 3-54	Saarbrücken	Saar      	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 89   25- 4-54	Basel    	Switzerland	5-3	
 90   17- 6-54	Bern      	Turkey  	4-1	World Cup
 91   20- 6-54	Basel    	Hungary 	3-8	World Cup
 92   23- 6-54	Zürich  	Turkey  	7-2	World Cup
 93   27- 6-54	Genève  	Yugoslavia	2-0	World Cup
 94   30- 6-54	Basel   	Austria 	6-1	World Cup
 95    4- 7-54	Bern    	Hungary 	3-2	World Cup
 96   26- 9-54	Bruxelles	Belgium 	0-2	
 97   16-10-54	Hannover	France  	1-3	
 98    1-12-54	London  	England 	1-3	
 99   19-12-54	Lisboa  	Portugal	3-0	
100   30- 3-55	Stuttgart	Italy   	1-2	
101   28- 5-55	Hamburg 	Ireland 	2-1	
102   21- 8-55	Moskva  	Soviet Union	2-3	
103   25- 9-55	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	1-3	
104   16-11-55	Karlsruhe	Norway  	2-0	
105   18-12-55	Roma    	Italy   	1-2	
106   14- 3-56	Düsseldorf	Netherlands	1-2	
107   26- 5-56	West-Berlin	England 	1-3	
108   13- 6-56	Oslo    	Norway  	3-1	
109   30- 6-56	Stockholm	Sweden  	2-2	
110   15- 9-56	Hannover	Soviet Union	1-2	
111   21-11-56	Frankfurt	Switzerland	1-3	
112   25-11-56	Dublin  	Ireland 	0-3	
113   23-12-56	Köln    	Belgium 	4-1	
114   10- 3-57	Wien    	Austria 	3-2	
115    3- 4-57	Amsterdam	Netherlands	2-1	
116   22- 5-57	Stuttgart	Scotland	1-3	
117   20-11-57	Hamburg 	Sweden  	1-0	
118   22-12-57	Hannover	Hungary 	1-0	
119    2- 3-58	Brussel 	Belgium 	2-0	
120   19- 3-58	Frankfurt	Spain   	2-0	
121    2- 4-58	Praha   	Czechoslovakia	2-3	
122    8- 6-58	Malmö   	Argentina	3-1	World Cup
123   11- 6-58	Hälsingborg	Czechoslovakia	2-2	World Cup
124   15- 6-58	Malmö   	N. Ireland 	2-2	World Cup
125   19- 6-58	Malmö   	Yugoslavia	1-0	World Cup
126   24- 6-58	Göteborg	Sweden  	1-3	World Cup
127   28- 6-58	Göteborg	France  	3-6	World Cup
128   24- 9-58	København	Denmark 	1-1	
129   26-10-58	Paris   	France  	2-2	
130   19-11-58	West-Berlin	Austria 	2-2	
131   21-12-58	Augsburg	Bulgaria	3-0	
132   28-12-58	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-2	
133    6- 5-59	Glasgow 	Scotland	2-3	
134   20- 5-59	Hamburg 	Poland  	1-1	
135    4-10-59	Bern    	Switzerland	4-0	
136   21-10-59	Köln    	Netherlands	7-0	
137    8-11-59	Budapest	Hungary 	3-4	
138   20-12-59	Hannover	Yugoslavia	1-1	
139   23- 3-60	Stuttgart	Chile     	2-1	
140   27- 4-60	Ludwigshafen	Portugal	2-1	
141   11- 5-60	Düsseldorf	Ireland 	0-1	
142    3- 8-60	Reykjavík	Iceland 	5-0	
143   26-10-60	Belfast  	N. Ireland 	4-3	World Cup Qualifier
144   20-11-60	Athinai 	Greece  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
145   23-11-60	Sofia   	Bulgaria	1-2	
146    8- 3-61	Frankfurt	Belgium 	1-0	
147   26- 3-61	Santiago	Chile      	1-3	
148   10- 5-61	West-Berlin	N. Ireland 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
149   20- 9-61	Düsseldorf	Denmark 	5-1	
150    8-10-61	Warszawa	Poland  	2-0	
151   22-10-61	Augsburg	Greece  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
152   11- 4-62	Hamburg 	Uruguay 	3-0	
153   31- 5-62	Santiago	Italy   	0-0	World Cup
154    3- 6-62	Santiago	Switzerland	2-1	World Cup
155    6- 6-62	Santiago	Chile    	2-0	World Cup
156   10- 6-62	Santiago	Yugoslavia	0-1	World Cup
157   30- 9-62	Zagreb  	Yugoslavia	3-2	
158   24-10-62	Stuttgart	France  	2-2	
159   23-12-62	Karlsruhe	Switzerland	5-1	
160    5- 5-63	Hamburg 	Brazil  	1-2	
161   28- 9-63	Frankfurt	Turkey  	3-0	
162    3-11-63	Stockholm	Sweden  	1-2	
163   29-12-63	Casablanca	Morocco 	4-1	
164    1- 1-64	Alger   	Algeria 	0-2	
165   29- 4-64	Ludwigshafen	Czechoslovakia	3-4	
166   12- 5-64	Hannover	Scotland	2-2	
167    7- 6-64	Helsinki	Finland 	4-1	


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    167	 94  27  46	435-250		215	64.37

Types of Matches
Friendlies       	138
World Cup           	 18
World Cup Qualifier	 11

Total matches:  	167



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