Horst Szymaniak

Horst Szymaniak (born 29 August 1934 in Oer-Erkenschwick) is a former German football (soccer) player.

Clubs he played for include: SpVgg Erkenschwick, Wuppertaler SV, Karlsruher SC, Calcio Catania, F.C. Internazionale Milano, A.S. Varese 1910, and Tasmania 1900 Berlin for whom he played in the 1965-66 season, the side's only season in the Bundesliga. He played 43 times and scored 2 goals for the Germany national football team between 1956 and 1966, and was chosen to play in both the 1958 and the 1962 World Cups, but was omitted by Helmut Schön from his 1966 squad.

	West Germany squad - 1958 World Cup Fourth-place
1 Herkenrath \| 2 Erhardt \| 3 Juskowiak \| 4 Eckel \| 5 Wewers \| 6 Szymaniak \| 7 Stollenwerk \| 8 Rahn \| 9 Walter \| 10 Schmidt \| 11 Schäfer \| 12 Seeler \| 13 Klodt \| 14 Cieslarczyk \| 15 Kelbassa \| 16 Sturm \| 17 Schnellinger \| 18 Hoffmann \| 19 Peters \| 20 Nuber \| 21 Sawitzki \| 22 Kwiatkowski \| Coach: Herberger

	West Germany squad - 1962 World Cup Quarter-finalist
1 Tilkowski \| 2 Erhardt \| 3 Schnellinger \| 4 Schulz \| 5 Wilden \| 6 Szymaniak \| 7 Koslowski \| 8 Haller \| 9 Seeler \| 10 Brülls \| 11 Schäfer \| 12 Nowak \| 13 Kurbjuhn \| 14 Werner \| 15 Giesemann \| 16 Sturm \| 17 Kraus \| 18 Herrmann \| 19 Strehl \| 20 Vollmar \| 21 Sawitzki \| 22 Fahrian \| Coach: Herberger