His greatest success was taking Denmark to the World Cup in 1986: Who is Sepp Piontek?
Thirteen years after taking charge of the Danish national team, Denmark achieved the greatest success in football history, becoming the European champion. While they were European champions, there was no Piontek at the head of the team.
Twelve years after taking over the Turkish national team, Turkey achieved the greatest success in football history, ranking third in the world. While they were third in the world, there was no Piontek at the head of the team.
He was born on March 5, 1940 in Breslau, Poland.
German football player and coach.
He started his career at VfL Germania Leer.
Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp" Piontek (born 5 March 1940) is a German former football player and manager. Born in Wrocław during WW2. Piontek started his playing career with VfL Germania Leer. Between 1963 and 1972, the full-back played 203 Bundesliga matches with 14 goals for SV Werder Bremen (he previously registered 75 matches and one goal with the side in Oberliga Nord (1960–1963), prior to the creation of Bundesliga), adding six caps (no goals) for the West German national team.
Between 1963 and 1972, Piontek played 203 matches in the Bundesliga with SV Werder Bremen and wore the Germany national football team jersey 6 times.
After quitting football; He first took charge of SV Werder Bremen, then Fortuna Düsseldorf and FC St Pauli.
In 1979, after Haiti, he became the coach of the Denmark national football team.
He played for the team in 115 national matches and became the first coach to take Denmark to the World Cup Finals in 1986.
After leaving the Denmark National Football Team in 1990, he started to coach the Türkiye National Football Team.
Since the Ireland match held in Izmir on May 27, 1990, which ended in a goalless draw, there was no victory in the first 15 matches played under Piontek management.
The 3-2 Luxembourg match on 25 March 1992 was Piontek's first victory. He was dismissed after only 3 wins in 27 matches.
However, Piontek attaches importance to training players from the infrastructure by giving a chance to Tugay Kerimoğlu in his first match; He brought many names such as Okan Buruk, Hakan Şükür, Abdullah Ercan to the national team.
He coached Bursaspor, Silkeborg IF, and Greenland Football National Team.