Diethelm Ferner

Diethelm Ferner
	Ferner in 1985
Personal information
Date of birth	13 July 1941
Place of birth	Kragau, Germany
Date of death	7 November 2023 (aged 82)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1963	VfB Bottrop
1963–1969	Werder Bremen
1969–1974	Rot-Weiss Essen
International career
1963–1964	West Germany
Managerial career
1973–1975	Rot-Weiss Essen
1975–1976	Wuppertaler SV
1976–1978	FC St. Pauli
1978–1979	Rot-Weiss Essen
1979–1982	Hannover 96
1983–1986	Schalke 04
1986–1987	Iraklis
1987	Alemannia Aachen
1988–1989	Schalke 04
1990–1994	Apollon Limassol
1995–1996	AEL Limassol
1996–1997	Zamalek
1997–1998	Al-Jahra
1998	Lebanon
1999–2000	Apollon Limassol
2000–2002	El-Ittihad El-Iskandary
2003–2004	Al-Merreikh Al-Thagher
2005–2006	Olympiakos Nicosia
2008	Al Ahli Tripoli
2013	Kavala
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diethelm Ferner (13 July 1941 – 7 November 2023) was a German football coach and player.^[1] As a player, he spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen and Rot-Weiss Essen, winning the 1964–65 Bundesliga with Werder Bremen.^[2] He represented West Germany in two friendlies.

Coaching career[edit]

As a coach Ferner helped FC St. Pauli to its first promotion to the Bundesliga.^[3]

Death[edit]

Ferner died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 82.^[4]

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Werder Bremen

Bundesliga: 1964–65

Coach[edit]

Apollon Limassol

Cypriot First Division: 1990–91, 1993–94

Zamalek

CAF Champions League: 1996

References[edit]

^ "Ferner, Diethelm" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
^ Meingast, Tibor (13 November 2023). "Diethelm Ferner: Bottrop trauert um seinen größten Fußballer" [Diethelm Ferner: Bottrop mourns the loss of its greatest footballer]. WAZ (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^ Ahrens, Peter (15 November 2023). "Er saß beim größten Pokalspektakel der Geschichte auf der Bank" [He sat on the bench during the greatest cup spectacle in history]. Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^ "Diethelm Ferner ist tot" [Diethelm Ferner is dead]. n-tv (in German). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

External links[edit]

Diethelm Ferner at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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[1] "Ferner, Diethelm" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

[2] Meingast, Tibor (13 November 2023). "Diethelm Ferner: Bottrop trauert um seinen größten Fußballer" [Diethelm Ferner: Bottrop mourns the loss of its greatest footballer]. WAZ (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2023.

[3] Ahrens, Peter (15 November 2023). "Er saß beim größten Pokalspektakel der Geschichte auf der Bank" [He sat on the bench during the greatest cup spectacle in history]. Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2023.

[4] "Diethelm Ferner ist tot" [Diethelm Ferner is dead]. n-tv (in German). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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