Sepp Herberger

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Josef (Sepp) Herberger (28 March 1897 in Mannheim, Germany — 20 April 1977 in Weinheim-Hohensachsen, Germany) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West German national team which won the 1954 FIFA World Cup - The Miracle of Bern.

Herberger played three times for the German football team between 1921 and 1925 before becoming assistant to Dr. Otto Nerz in 1932. Herberger succeeded him as national coach after Germany's uninspired loss to Norway at the 1936 Olympics. After the war he had a short club spell with Eintracht Frankfurt. He remained national coach until 1963, when he was succeeded by Helmut Schön. He died of pneumonia in Mannheim aged 80.

Herberger was noted for his ability to sum up the essence of the game in short phrases, many of which survive to this day, such as:

"The ball is round"
"The game lasts for 90 minutes"
"After the game is before the game"
"The next game is always the toughest one"

Preceded by: Juan López	FIFA World Cup winning managers 1954	Succeeded by: Vicente Feola

	Germany squad - 1938 FIFA World Cup
GK Buchloh \| FW Gauchel \| FW Gellesch \| MF Goldbrunn \| FW Hahnemann \| GK Jakob \| DF Janes \| MF Kitzinger \| MF Kupfer \| FW Lehner \| MF Mock \| MF Münzenberg \| FW Neumer \| FW Pesser \| GK Raftl \| DF Schmaus \| FW Siffling \| FW Skoumal \| FW Streitle \| FW Stroh \| FW Szepan \| MF Wagner \| Coach Herberger

	West Germany squad - 1954 World Cup Champions (1st Title)
1 Turek \| 2 Laband \| 3 Kohlmeyer \| 4 Bauer \| 5 Erhardt \| 6 Eckel \| 7 Posipal \| 8 Mai \| 9 Mebus \| 10 Liebrich \| 11 Metzner \| 12 Rahn \| 13 Morlock \| 14 Klodt \| 15 O. Walter \| 16 F. Walter \| 17 Herrmann \| 18 Biesinger \| 19 Pfaff \| 20 Schäfer \| 21 Kubsch \| 22 Kwiatkowski \| Coach: Herberger

	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