Detlef Irrgang

Detlef Irrgang
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-05-27) 27 May 1966
Place of birth	Finsterwalde, East Germany
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1977	Motor Finsterwalde Süd
1977–1985	Energie Cottbus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1991	Energie Cottbus
1991–1992	Stahl Brandenburg	16	(2)
1992–2000	Energie Cottbus
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Detlef Irrgang (born 27 May 1966) is a German former footballer^[1] who played as an attacking midfielder. He is best remembered for his two spells with Energie Cottbus, spanning 22 years, over 400 appearances, and the reunification of Germany.

Career

Born in Finsterwalde, Irrgang began his footballing career with Motor Finsterwalde Süd, before joining Cottbus at age 11. He progressed to the first-team, and played for the club in the late-1980s as they yo-yoed between the DDR-Oberliga and the second tier DDR-Liga. After reunification, Energie failed to qualify for the 2. Bundesliga, so Irrgang joined a club who had: he spent the 1991–92 season with Stahl Brandeburg, but returned to Cottbus a year later, after 16 appearances and two goals.

Cottbus were one of the stronger sides in the NOFV-Oberliga Mitte, but could not overtake perennial champions Union Berlin, who were themselves unable to earn promotion. However, Energie's second-place finish in 1994 was enough to qualify for the newly formed Regionalliga Nordost. Irrgang scored 22 goals in his second season at this level, making him the League's top scorer, and better was to come the following year. Cottbus ended the 1996–97 season as league champions, and defeated Hannover 96 in a playoff to earn promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, with Irrgang scoring two goals in the tie. The club had also reached the final of the 1996–97 DFB-Pokal, eventually losing against VfB Stuttgart.

Irrgang continued to be a key player for Cottbus in the second tier, making 84 appearances in three seasons, and scoring 13 goals. He scored the winning goal in his last game for the club, a 1–0 win over 1. FC Köln which secured a remarkable promotion to the Bundesliga. He retired with Energie's all-time appearance record (which he still holds), and the nickname Fußballgott (Football God) from the club's fans.

After retirement, Irrgang continued with Energie in a marketing capacity. He was appointed as the club's general manager during the 2007–08 season, but left the club at the end of the season after a dispute, the details of which are still unknown. He also served as a councillor in Cottbus from 2003 to 2008, as part of the CDU.

References

↑ "Irrgang, Detlef" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

External links

Detlef Irrgang at fussballdaten.de (German)

Regionalliga top scorers

Bayern	2012–13: Neumeyer 2013–14: Görtler 2014–15: Stolz

Nord	1994–95: Claaßen 1995–96: Cengiz 1996–97: Cengiz 1997–98: Erdmann 1998–99: Bärwolf 1999–2000: Bärwolf / Bester 2000–01: Teixeira 2001–02: Gerov / Teixeira 2002–03: Guščinas 2003–04: Feldhoff 2004–05: Kuru 2005–06: Reichenberger 2006–07: Cannizzaro / Reichenberger 2007–08: Sağlık 2008–09: Pollok 2009–10: Frahn 2010–11: Förster 2011–12: Frahn 2012–13: Krohne 2013–14: Menga 2014–15: Arslan

Nordost	1994–95: Adler / Markov 1995–96: Irrgang 1996–97: Weißhaupt 1997–98: Wiedemann 1998–99: Wiedemann 1999–2000: Lau 2000–12: No competition 2012–13: Frahn 2013–14: Beck 2014–15: Beck

Südwest	2012–13: Assauer 2013–14: Slišković 2014–15: Weißenfels

West	2008–09: Mölders 2009–10: Aydogmus / Knappmann 2010–11: Mainka 2011–12: Knappmann 2012–13: Michel 2013–14: Bouhaddouz 2014–15: Gabriele

Süd (defunct)	1994–95: Akpoborie 1995–96: Trkulja 1996–97: Türr 1997–98: Eckstein 1998–99: Marić 1999–2000: Djappa 2000–01: Barlecaj 2001–02: Ben Neticha 2002–03: Copado 2003–04: Guerrero / Misimović 2004–05: Helmes 2005–06: Nicu / Okpala 2006–07: Jäger / Mešić 2007–08: Bauer 2008–09: Bauer 2009–10: Krasniqi / Tunjić 2010–11: Herdling 2011–12: Lappe

West/Südwest (defunct)	1994–95: Beyel 1995–96: Van der Ven 1996–97: Deffke / Feinbier 1997–98: Zibert 1998–99: Graf 1999–00: Ebbers

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