Helmut Schön - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding German coach coached the Saar national team for 9 international matches and the West German national team for 139 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

See also Helmut Schön - Goals in International Matches.

For data on his club career, see Helmut Schön - Matches and Goals in Oberliga.


Born:   15- 9-1915
Died:   23- 2-1996
Country:  Germany
Matches as Coach Total:       148	(W88-D33-L27 - GF302-GA133 - %70.61)
Matches as Coach for Saar:      9	(W 1-D 2-L 6 - GF 10-GA 26 - %22.22)
Matches as Coach for Germany: 139	(W87-D31-L21 - GF292-GA107 - %73.74)
Age First Match: 37 yr 282 d   24- 6-1953 vs. Norway 3-2
Age Last Match:  62 yr 279 d   21- 6-1978 vs. Austria 2-3
National Team Career: 24 yr 362 d

Coach for Saar
Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1   24- 6-53  Oslo            Norway          3-2	World Cup Qualifier
  2   11-10-53  Stuttgart       West Germany    0-3	World Cup Qualifier
  3    8-11-53  Saarbrücken     Norway          0-0	World Cup Qualifier
  4   28- 3-54  Saarbrücken     West Germany    1-3	World Cup Qualifier
  5    5- 6-54  Saarbrücken     Uruguay         1-7
  6   26- 9-54  Saarbrücken     Yugoslavia      1-5
  7   16-11-55  Saarbrücken     Netherlands     1-2
  8    1- 5-56  Saarbrücken     Switzerland     1-1
  9    6- 6-56  Amsterdam       Netherlands     2-3

NB: this does not include the matches vs France B (20- 4-52, 5-10-52,
    17-10-54 and 9-10-55) and Portugal B (1- 5-55 and 3-6-56).

Coach for West Germany
Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1    4-11-64	West-Berlin	Sweden  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
  2   13- 3-65	Hamburg  	Italy   	1-1	
  3   24- 4-65	Karlsruhe	Cyprus  	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
  4   12- 5-65	Nürnberg	England 	0-1	
  5   26- 5-65	Basel      	Switzerland	1-0	
  6    6- 6-65	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	0-2	
  7   26- 9-65	Stockholm	Sweden  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
  8    9-10-65	Stuttgart	Austria 	4-1	
  9   14-11-65	Nicosia 	Cyprus  	6-0	World Cup Qualifier
 10   23- 2-66	London  	England 	0-1	
 11   23- 3-66	Rotterdam	Netherlands	4-2	
 12    4- 5-66	Dublin    	Ireland 	4-0	
 13    7- 5-66	Belfast   	N. Ireland 	2-0	
 14    1- 6-66	Ludwigshafen	Romania 	1-0	
 15   23- 6-66	Hannover	Yugoslavia	2-0	
 16   12- 7-66	Sheffield	Switzerland	5-0	World Cup
 17   16- 7-66	Birmingham	Argentina	0-0	World Cup
 18   20- 7-66	Birmingham	Spain   	2-1	World Cup
 19   23- 7-66	Sheffield	Uruguay 	4-0	World Cup
 20   25- 7-66	Liverpool	Soviet Union	2-1	World Cup
 21   30- 7-66	London  	England 	2-4	World Cup
 22   12-10-66	Ankara     	Turkey  	2-0	
 23   19-11-66	Köln    	Norway  	3-0	
 24   22- 2-67	Karlsruhe	Morocco 	5-1	
 25   22- 3-67	Hannover	Bulgaria	1-0	
 26    8- 4-67	Dortmund	Albania 	6-0	European Ch. Qual.
 27    3- 5-67	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 28   27- 9-67	West-Berlin	France  	5-1	
 29    7-10-67	Hamburg 	Yugoslavia	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 30   22-11-67	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-1	
 31   17-12-67	Tiranë      	Albania 	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 32    6- 3-68	Brussel 	Belgium 	3-1	
 33   17- 4-68	Basel       	Switzerland	0-0	
 34    8- 5-68	Cardiff 	Wales   	1-1	
 35    1- 6-68	Hannover	England 	1-0	
 36   16- 6-68	Stuttgart	Brazil  	2-1	
 37   25- 9-68	Marseille	France  	1-1	
 38   13-10-68	Wien       	Austria 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 39   23-11-68	Nicosia 	Cyprus  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 40   14-12-68	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	2-2	
 41   18-12-68	Santiago	Chile       	1-2	
 42   22-12-68	Cd. de México  	Mexico  	0-0	
 43   26- 3-69	Frankfurt	Wales   	1-1	
 44   16- 4-69	Glasgow 	Scotland	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 45   10- 5-69	Nürnberg	Austria 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 46   21- 5-69	Essen       	Albania        12-0	World Cup Qualifier
 47   21- 9-69	Wien       	Austria 	1-1	
 48   24- 9-69	Sofia   	Bulgaria	1-0	
 49   22-10-69	Hamburg 	Scotland	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 50   11- 2-70	Sevilla 	Spain   	0-2	
 51    8- 4-70	Stuttgart	Romania 	1-1	
 52    9- 5-70	West-Berlin	Ireland 	2-1	
 53   13- 5-70	Hannover	Yugoslavia	1-0	
 54    3- 6-70	León      	Morocco 	2-1	World Cup
 55    7- 6-70	León     	Bulgaria	5-2	World Cup
 56   10- 6-70	León        	Peru    	3-1	World Cup
 57   14- 6-70	León       	England 	3-2	World Cup
 58   17- 6-70	Cd. de México  	Italy   	3-4	World Cup
 59   20- 6-70	Cd. de México  	Uruguay 	1-0	World Cup
 60    9- 9-70	Nürnberg	Hungary 	3-1	
 61   17-10-70	Köln      	Turkey  	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 62   18-11-70	Zagreb    	Yugoslavia	0-2	
 63   22-11-70	Athinai 	Greece     	3-1	
 64   17- 2-71	Tiranë  	Albania 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 65   25- 4-71	Istanbul	Turkey  	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 66   12- 6-71	Karlsruhe	Albania 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 67   22- 6-71	Oslo         	Norway  	7-1	
 68   27- 6-71	Göteborg	Sweden  	0-1	
 69   30- 6-71	København	Denmark 	3-1	
 70    8- 9-71	Hannover	Mexico  	5-0	
 71   10-10-71	Warszawa	Poland    	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 72   17-11-71	Hamburg  	Poland      	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 73   29- 3-72	Budapest	Hungary 	2-0	
 74   29- 4-72	London  	England 	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 75   13- 5-72	West-Berlin	England 	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 76   26- 5-72	München 	Soviet Union	4-1	
 77   14- 6-72	Antwerpen	Belgium 	2-1	European Champ.
 78   18- 6-72	Bruxelles	Soviet Union	3-0	European Champ.
 79   15-11-72	Düsseldorf	Switzerland	5-1	
 80   14- 2-73	München 	Argentina	2-3	
 81   28- 3-73	Düsseldorf	Czechoslovakia	3-0	
 82    9- 5-73	München 	Yugoslavia	0-1	
 83   12- 5-73	Hamburg 	Bulgaria	3-0	
 84   16- 6-73	West-Berlin	Brazil  	0-1	
 85    5- 9-73	Moskva  	Soviet Union	1-0	
 86   10-10-73	Hannover	Austria 	4-0	
 87   13-10-73	Gelsenkirchen	France  	2-1	
 88   14-11-73	Glasgow 	Scotland	1-1	
 89   24-11-73	Stuttgart	Spain   	2-1	
 90   23- 2-74	Barcelona	Spain   	0-1	
 91   26- 2-74	Roma       	Italy   	0-0	
 92   27- 3-74	Frankfurt	Scotland	2-1	
 93   17- 4-74	Dortmund	Hungary 	5-0	
 94    1- 5-71	Hamburg 	Sweden  	2-0	
 95   14- 6-74	West-Berlin	Chile       	1-0	World Cup
 96   18- 6-74	Hamburg 	Australia	3-0	World Cup
 97   22- 6-74	Hamburg 	East Germany	0-1	World Cup
 98   26- 6-74	Düsseldorf	Yugoslavia	2-0	World Cup
 99   30- 6-74	Düsseldorf	Sweden  	4-2	World Cup
100    3- 7-74	Frankfurt	Poland  	1-0	World Cup
101    7- 7-74	München 	Netherlands	2-1	World Cup
102    4- 9-74	Basel   	Switzerland	2-1	
103   20-11-74	Piraeus 	Greece  	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
104   22-12-74	Gzira   	Malta   	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
105   12- 3-75	London  	England 	0-2	
106   27- 4-75	Sofia   	Bulgaria	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
107   17- 5-75	Frankfurt	Netherlands	1-1	
108    3- 9-75	Wien    	Austria 	2-0	
109   11-10-75	Düsseldorf	Greece  	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
110   19-11-75	Stuttgart	Bulgaria	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
111   20-12-75	Istanbul	Turkey  	5-0	
112   28- 2-76	Dortmund	Malta   	8-0	European Ch. Qual.
113   24- 4-76	Madrid  	Spain   	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
114   22- 5-76	München 	Spain   	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
115   17- 6-76	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	4-2	European Champ.
116   20- 6-76	Beograd 	Czechoslovakia 	2-2 [1]	European Champ.
117    6-10-76	Cardiff 	Wales   	2-0	
118   17-11-76	Hannover	Czechoslovakia	2-0	
119   23- 2-77	Paris   	France  	0-1	
120   27- 4-77	Köln    	N. Ireland 	5-0	
121   30- 4-77	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	2-1	
122    5- 6-77	Buenos Aires	Argentina	3-1	
123    8- 6-77	Montevideo	Uruguay 	2-0	
124   12- 6-77	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil  	1-1	
125   14- 6-77	Cd. de México  	Mexico  	2-2	
126    7- 9-77	Helsinki	Finland 	1-0	
127    8-10-77	West-Berlin	Italy   	2-1	
128   16-11-77	Stuttgart	Switzerland	4-1	
129   14-12-77	Dortmund	Wales   	1-1	
130   22- 2-78	München 	England 	2-1	
131    8- 3-78	Frankfurt	Soviet Union	1-0	
132    5- 4-78	Hamburg 	Brazil  	0-1	
133   19- 4-78	Stockholm	Sweden  	1-3	
134    1- 6-78	Buenos Aires	Poland  	0-0	World Cup
135    6- 6-78	Córdoba 	Mexico  	6-0	World Cup
136   10- 6-78	Córdoba 	Tunisia 	0-0	World Cup
137   14- 6-78	Buenos Aires	Italy   	0-0	World Cup
138   18- 6-78	Córdoba 	Netherlands	2-2	World Cup
139   21- 6-78	Córdoba 	Austria 	2-3	World Cup

[1] West Germany lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    148	 88  33  27	302-133		209	70.61

Types of Matches
Friendlies       	 85	
World Cup          	 25
European Ch. Qualifier	 20
World Cup Qualifier	 14
European Championship     4

Total matches:     	148



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