The outstanding German coach coached the (West) German national team for 167 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Josef "Sepp" Herberger - Goals in International Matches.
Born: 28- 3-1897 Died: 28- 4-1977 Country: Germany Matches as Coach: 167 (W94-D27-L46 - GF435-GA250 - %64.37) Age First Match: 39 yr 169 d 13- 9-1936 vs. Poland 1-1 Age Last Match: 67 yr 71 d 7- 6-1964 vs. Finland 4-1 National Team Career: 27 yr 267 d
NB: there is some controversy as to when Herberger officially or factually took over
as head coach from Otto Nerz. The DFB originally considered this to have happened
after the shock exit against Norway at the Berlin Olympics, making the match on
13- 9-36 against Poland (at which Nerz was not present) his first. However, Nerz
remained "available" for the DFB and travelled with the team for most matches since
then, e.g. on 27- 9-36 in Prague (when Herberger was with the effective B-side in
Krefeld), and did not withdraw officially until 12- 5-38, two days for the match
against England. Of the first 21 matches below, Herberger appears to have been the
"man in charge" for only three, those numbered 1, 3 and 9 (at match number 20, Emil
Melcher sat on the bench). In 2019, following a study by H. Kümper the DFB decided
to attribute the first five matches below to Nerz (although he was not even in the
stadium at matches 1 and 3) and start Herberger's tenure with match 6 below.
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 13- 9-36 Warszawa Poland 1-1
2 27- 9-36 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-1
3 27- 9-36 Krefeld Luxembourg 7-2
4 14-10-36 Glasgow Scotland 0-2
5 17-10-36 Dublin Ireland 2-5
6 15-11-36 Berlin Italy 2-2
7 31- 1-37 Düsseldorf Netherlands 2-2
8 21- 3-37 Stuttgart France 4-0
9 21- 3-37 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-2
10 25- 4-37 Hannover Belgium 1-0
11 2- 5-37 Zürich Switzerland 1-0
12 16- 5-37 Breslau Denmark 8-0
13 25- 6-37 Riga Latvia 3-1
14 29- 6-37 Helsinki Finland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 29- 8-37 Königsberg Estonia 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
16 24-10-37 Berlin Norway 3-0
17 21-11-37 Hamburg Sweden 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
18 6- 2-38 Köln Switzerland 1-1
19 20- 3-38 Nürnberg Hungary 1-1
20 20- 3-38 Wuppertal Luxembourg 2-1
21 24- 4-38 Frankfurt Portugal 1-1
22 14- 5-38 Berlin England 3-6
23 4- 6-38 Paris Switzerland 1-1 World Cup
24 9- 6-38 Paris Switzerland 2-4 World Cup
25 18- 9-38 Chemnitz Poland 4-1
26 25- 9-38 Bucuresti Romania 4-1
27 25- 1-39 Brussel Belgium 4-1
28 26- 2-39 Berlin Yugoslavia 3-2
29 26- 3-39 Firenze Italy 2-3
30 26- 3-39 Differdange Luxembourg 1-2
31 23- 5-39 Bremen Ireland 1-1
32 22- 6-39 Oslo Norway 4-0
33 25- 6-39 København Denmark 2-0
34 29- 6-39 Tallinn Estonia 2-0
35 27- 8-39 Bratislava Slovakia 0-2
36 24- 9-39 Budapest Hungary 1-5
37 15-10-39 Zagreb Yugoslavia 5-1
38 22-10-39 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1
39 12-11-39 Breslau Bohemia 4-4
40 26-11-39 Berlin Italy 5-2
41 3-12-39 Chemnitz Slovakia 3-1
42 7- 4-40 Berlin Hungary 2-2
43 14- 4-40 Wien Yugoslavia 1-2
44 5- 5-40 Milano Italy 2-3
45 14- 7-40 Frankfurt Romania 9-3
46 1- 9-40 Leipzig Finland 13-0
47 15- 9-40 Bratislava Slovakia 1-0
48 6-10-40 Budapest Hungary 2-2
49 20-10-40 München Bulgaria 7-3
50 3-11-40 Zagreb Yugoslavia 0-2
51 17-11-40 Hamburg Denmark 1-0
52 9- 3-41 Stuttgart Switzerland 4-2
53 6- 4-41 Köln Hungary 7-0
54 20- 4-41 Bern Switzerland 1-2
55 1- 6-41 Bucuresti Romania 4-1
56 15- 6-41 Wien Croatia 5-1
57 5-10-41 Stockholm Sweden 2-4
58 5-10-41 Helsinki Finland 6-0
59 16-11-41 Dresden Denmark 1-1
60 7-12-41 Breslau Slovakia 4-0
61 20- 1-42 Zagreb Croatia 2-0
62 1- 2-42 Wien Switzerland 1-2
63 12- 4-42 Berlin Spain 1-1
64 3- 5-42 Budapest Hungary 5-3
65 19- 7-42 Sofia Bulgaria 3-0
66 16- 8-42 Beuthen Romania 7-0
67 20- 9-42 Berlin Sweden 2-3
68 18-10-42 Bern Switzerland 5-3
69 1-11-42 Stuttgart Croatia 5-1
70 22-11-42 Bratislava Slovakia 5-2
71 22-11-50 Stuttgart Switzerland 1-0
72 15- 4-51 Zürich Switzerland 3-2
73 17- 6-51 West-Berlin Turkey 1-2
74 23- 9-51 Wien Austria 2-0
75 17-10-51 Dublin Ireland 2-3
76 21-11-51 Istanbul Turkey 2-0
77 23-12-51 Essen Luxembourg 4-1
78 20- 4-52 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-0
79 4- 5-52 Köln Ireland 3-0
80 5-10-52 Paris France 1-3
81 9-11-52 Augsburg Switzerland 5-1
82 21-12-52 Ludwigshafen Yugoslavia 3-2
83 28-12-52 Madrid Spain 2-2
84 22- 3-53 Köln Austria 0-0
85 19- 8-53 Oslo Norway 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
86 11-10-53 Stuttgart Saar 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
87 22-11-53 Hamburg Norway 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
88 28- 3-54 Saarbrücken Saar 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
89 25- 4-54 Basel Switzerland 5-3
90 17- 6-54 Bern Turkey 4-1 World Cup
91 20- 6-54 Basel Hungary 3-8 World Cup
92 23- 6-54 Zürich Turkey 7-2 World Cup
93 27- 6-54 Genève Yugoslavia 2-0 World Cup
94 30- 6-54 Basel Austria 6-1 World Cup
95 4- 7-54 Bern Hungary 3-2 World Cup
96 26- 9-54 Bruxelles Belgium 0-2
97 16-10-54 Hannover France 1-3
98 1-12-54 London England 1-3
99 19-12-54 Lisboa Portugal 3-0
100 30- 3-55 Stuttgart Italy 1-2
101 28- 5-55 Hamburg Ireland 2-1
102 21- 8-55 Moskva Soviet Union 2-3
103 25- 9-55 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-3
104 16-11-55 Karlsruhe Norway 2-0
105 18-12-55 Roma Italy 1-2
106 14- 3-56 Düsseldorf Netherlands 1-2
107 26- 5-56 West-Berlin England 1-3
108 13- 6-56 Oslo Norway 3-1
109 30- 6-56 Stockholm Sweden 2-2
110 15- 9-56 Hannover Soviet Union 1-2
111 21-11-56 Frankfurt Switzerland 1-3
112 25-11-56 Dublin Ireland 0-3
113 23-12-56 Köln Belgium 4-1
114 10- 3-57 Wien Austria 3-2
115 3- 4-57 Amsterdam Netherlands 2-1
116 22- 5-57 Stuttgart Scotland 1-3
117 20-11-57 Hamburg Sweden 1-0
118 22-12-57 Hannover Hungary 1-0
119 2- 3-58 Brussel Belgium 2-0
120 19- 3-58 Frankfurt Spain 2-0
121 2- 4-58 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-3
122 8- 6-58 Malmö Argentina 3-1 World Cup
123 11- 6-58 Hälsingborg Czechoslovakia 2-2 World Cup
124 15- 6-58 Malmö N. Ireland 2-2 World Cup
125 19- 6-58 Malmö Yugoslavia 1-0 World Cup
126 24- 6-58 Göteborg Sweden 1-3 World Cup
127 28- 6-58 Göteborg France 3-6 World Cup
128 24- 9-58 København Denmark 1-1
129 26-10-58 Paris France 2-2
130 19-11-58 West-Berlin Austria 2-2
131 21-12-58 Augsburg Bulgaria 3-0
132 28-12-58 Cairo Egypt 1-2
133 6- 5-59 Glasgow Scotland 2-3
134 20- 5-59 Hamburg Poland 1-1
135 4-10-59 Bern Switzerland 4-0
136 21-10-59 Köln Netherlands 7-0
137 8-11-59 Budapest Hungary 3-4
138 20-12-59 Hannover Yugoslavia 1-1
139 23- 3-60 Stuttgart Chile 2-1
140 27- 4-60 Ludwigshafen Portugal 2-1
141 11- 5-60 Düsseldorf Ireland 0-1
142 3- 8-60 Reykjavík Iceland 5-0
143 26-10-60 Belfast N. Ireland 4-3 World Cup Qualifier
144 20-11-60 Athinai Greece 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
145 23-11-60 Sofia Bulgaria 1-2
146 8- 3-61 Frankfurt Belgium 1-0
147 26- 3-61 Santiago Chile 1-3
148 10- 5-61 West-Berlin N. Ireland 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
149 20- 9-61 Düsseldorf Denmark 5-1
150 8-10-61 Warszawa Poland 2-0
151 22-10-61 Augsburg Greece 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
152 11- 4-62 Hamburg Uruguay 3-0
153 31- 5-62 Santiago Italy 0-0 World Cup
154 3- 6-62 Santiago Switzerland 2-1 World Cup
155 6- 6-62 Santiago Chile 2-0 World Cup
156 10- 6-62 Santiago Yugoslavia 0-1 World Cup
157 30- 9-62 Zagreb Yugoslavia 3-2
158 24-10-62 Stuttgart France 2-2
159 23-12-62 Karlsruhe Switzerland 5-1
160 5- 5-63 Hamburg Brazil 1-2
161 28- 9-63 Frankfurt Turkey 3-0
162 3-11-63 Stockholm Sweden 1-2
163 29-12-63 Casablanca Morocco 4-1
164 1- 1-64 Alger Algeria 0-2
165 29- 4-64 Ludwigshafen Czechoslovakia 3-4
166 12- 5-64 Hannover Scotland 2-2
167 7- 6-64 Helsinki Finland 4-1
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
167 94 27 46 435-250 215 64.37
Types of Matches
Friendlies 138
World Cup 18
World Cup Qualifier 11
Total matches: 167
Thanks to Matthias Arnhold
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