Josef Pöttinger

Josef Pöttinger

Personal information
Date of birth	(1903-04-16)16 April 1903
Place of birth	Germany
Date of death
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919–1931	FC Bayern Munich
International career
1926–1930	Germany	14	(9)
Managerial career
1934–1938	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1939	VfB Stuttgart
1946–1947	FC Bayern Munich
1949–1951	BC Augsburg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josef Pöttinger (16 April 1903 – 9 September 1970) was a German football player. His nicknames were Sepp and Pötschge. During his career he played for Bayern Munich and had 14 appearances for Germany.

Club career

Pöttinger debuted with 16 years in the first team of Bayern Munich. He was a striker, renowned for his technical excellence. His opponents' difficulties to stop him often resulted in brutal fouls, which led to constant injuries for Pöttinger and eventually to an early end of his career.

When Bayern Munich won the southgerman championship 1925–26 he had scored 57 times during the season. 1928 was the year of his greatest success with the club, when they reached the semifinals of the German championship. He had to end his career in 1930 due to knee-injury.

National team

His first game for the German national team was on 18 April 1926 in Düsseldorf against the Netherlands. In the 4:2 win he scored three times. He participated with his team in the Olympic Games 1928.

Coach

Pöttinger coached the VfB Pankow, 1. SV Jena, Teutonia Munich, VfB Stuttgart, FC Bayern Munich, 1. FC Lichtenfels, and BC Augsburg.

External links

• Josef Pöttinger at worldfootball.net
• Josef Pöttinger profile at Fussballdaten