Erich Ribbeck

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Erich 'Sir Erich' Ribbeck (born June 13, 1937 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a former football player who came to more substantial fame as manager.

[edit] The player

As player he had a not very remarkable career spanning most of the 1950s to the early 1960s with SSV 1904 Wuppertal, Wuppertaler SV (the club which resulted from a merger of SSV) and Viktoria Köln. The highest level he played was the Oberliga, part of the first tier of Germany which was then split into five regional divisions.

[edit] The coach

He achieved his only trophy when he won the UEFA Cup 1988 with Bayer Leverkusen. In the finals Leverkusen came back from 0-3 away to Espanyol Barcelona to win the eventual penalty shoot-out at home.

At the end of his career in 1998, coming back from retirement on the Canary Islands, he took over the reins of the Germann national team when other candidates made themselves not available. His two year tenure marks one of the most undistinguished periods in the modern history of Germany's national side. Under strong public criticism Ribbeck decided to resign.

[edit] Career overview (coaching)

1965-1967 Borussia Mönchengladbach (assistant to Hennes Weisweiler)
1967-1968 Rot-Weiss Essen (second division)
1968-1973 Eintracht Frankfurt
1973-1978 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1978-1984 Germany - National Team (assistant to Jupp Derwall)
1984–1985 Borussia Dortmund
1985–1988 Bayer Leverkusen
1995–1996 Bayer Leverkusen
1992–1993 FC Bayern Munich
1998-2000 Germany - National Team

Preceded by Elek Schwartz	Eintracht Frankfurt Manager 1968-1973	Succeeded by Dietrich Weise
Preceded by Berti Vogts	Germany national football team manager 1998-2000	Succeeded by Rudi Völler