Helmuth Johannsen Explained

Helmuth Johannsen
Birth Date:1920 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Hamburg, Germany[1]
Death Place:Hamburg, Germany[2]
Youthclubs1:FC St. Pauli
Clubs1:FC St. Pauli
Manageryears1:1950–1954
Managerclubs1:TuS Bremerhaven 93
Manageryears2:1954–1961
Managerclubs2:Holstein Kiel
Manageryears3:1961–1963
Managerclubs3:1. FC Saarbrücken
Manageryears4:1963–1970
Managerclubs4:Eintracht Braunschweig
Manageryears5:1970–1971
Managerclubs5:Hannover 96
Manageryears6:1972–1975
Managerclubs6:SV Röchling Völklingen
Manageryears7:1975–1976
Managerclubs7:Tennis Borussia Berlin
Manageryears8:1976–1979
Managerclubs8:Grasshoppers
Manageryears9:1979–1981
Managerclubs9:VfL Bochum
Manageryears10:1981–1985
Managerclubs10:St. Gallen

Helmuth Johannsen (27 February 1920 – 3 November 1998) was a German professional football player and manager.

Johannsen played for St. Pauli, a club which he also served as vice-president for a year from 1987 to 1988, but a war injury forced him to give up his playing career early.[3] After World War II he went on to become a manager, most notably leading Eintracht Braunschweig to a surprising Bundesliga championship in 1966–67.[4]

From early May to the end of June 1965 he spent a few weeks on loan from Braunschweig at Holstein Kiel taking the champions of the northern division of the then national second tier Regionalliga, through the matches of the promotion series for the Bundesliga, but finishing only third in a pool of four teams, behind Borussia Mönchengladbach around their young stars Günter Netzer and Jupp Heynckes, and SSV Reutlingen from the state of Baden-Württemberg.

He also worked in Switzerland, winning the Swiss championship in 1978 with Grasshopper Club Zürich, and also reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup the same year.

Honours

Eintracht Braunschweig

Grasshoppers

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trauer um Helmuth Johannsen . de . . 11 December 2012.
  2. News: Gestorben: Helmut Johannsen . 2 January 2022 . Der Spiegel . 46/1998 . 9 November 1998 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051141/http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-7000998.html . 4 March 2016 . de.
  3. Web site: Johannsen: Fußball-Fachmann und Meistercoach . de . . 11 December 2012.
  4. Web site: Eintracht mit Minimalismus zur Meisterschaft . de . . 11 December 2012.
  5. Web site: Switzerland – Footballer of the Year . rsssf.org . 11 December 2012.