The outstanding German coach coached the Saar national team for 9 international matches and the West German national team for 139 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
See also Helmut Schön - Goals in International Matches.
For data on his club career, see Helmut Schön - Matches and Goals in Oberliga.
Born: 15- 9-1915 Died: 23- 2-1996 Country: Germany Matches as Coach Total: 148 (W88-D33-L27 - GF302-GA133 - %70.61) Matches as Coach for Saar: 9 (W 1-D 2-L 6 - GF 10-GA 26 - %22.22) Matches as Coach for Germany: 139 (W87-D31-L21 - GF292-GA107 - %73.74) Age First Match: 37 yr 282 d 24- 6-1953 vs. Norway 3-2 Age Last Match: 62 yr 279 d 21- 6-1978 vs. Austria 2-3 National Team Career: 24 yr 362 d
Coach for Saar
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 24- 6-53 Oslo Norway 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
2 11-10-53 Stuttgart West Germany 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
3 8-11-53 Saarbrücken Norway 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
4 28- 3-54 Saarbrücken West Germany 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
5 5- 6-54 Saarbrücken Uruguay 1-7
6 26- 9-54 Saarbrücken Yugoslavia 1-5
7 16-11-55 Saarbrücken Netherlands 1-2
8 1- 5-56 Saarbrücken Switzerland 1-1
9 6- 6-56 Amsterdam Netherlands 2-3
NB: this does not include the matches vs France B (20- 4-52, 5-10-52,
17-10-54 and 9-10-55) and Portugal B (1- 5-55 and 3-6-56).
Coach for West Germany
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 4-11-64 West-Berlin Sweden 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
2 13- 3-65 Hamburg Italy 1-1
3 24- 4-65 Karlsruhe Cyprus 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
4 12- 5-65 Nürnberg England 0-1
5 26- 5-65 Basel Switzerland 1-0
6 6- 6-65 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 0-2
7 26- 9-65 Stockholm Sweden 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
8 9-10-65 Stuttgart Austria 4-1
9 14-11-65 Nicosia Cyprus 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
10 23- 2-66 London England 0-1
11 23- 3-66 Rotterdam Netherlands 4-2
12 4- 5-66 Dublin Ireland 4-0
13 7- 5-66 Belfast N. Ireland 2-0
14 1- 6-66 Ludwigshafen Romania 1-0
15 23- 6-66 Hannover Yugoslavia 2-0
16 12- 7-66 Sheffield Switzerland 5-0 World Cup
17 16- 7-66 Birmingham Argentina 0-0 World Cup
18 20- 7-66 Birmingham Spain 2-1 World Cup
19 23- 7-66 Sheffield Uruguay 4-0 World Cup
20 25- 7-66 Liverpool Soviet Union 2-1 World Cup
21 30- 7-66 London England 2-4 World Cup
22 12-10-66 Ankara Turkey 2-0
23 19-11-66 Köln Norway 3-0
24 22- 2-67 Karlsruhe Morocco 5-1
25 22- 3-67 Hannover Bulgaria 1-0
26 8- 4-67 Dortmund Albania 6-0 European Ch. Qual.
27 3- 5-67 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
28 27- 9-67 West-Berlin France 5-1
29 7-10-67 Hamburg Yugoslavia 3-1 European Ch. Qual.
30 22-11-67 Bucuresti Romania 0-1
31 17-12-67 Tiranë Albania 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
32 6- 3-68 Brussel Belgium 3-1
33 17- 4-68 Basel Switzerland 0-0
34 8- 5-68 Cardiff Wales 1-1
35 1- 6-68 Hannover England 1-0
36 16- 6-68 Stuttgart Brazil 2-1
37 25- 9-68 Marseille France 1-1
38 13-10-68 Wien Austria 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
39 23-11-68 Nicosia Cyprus 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
40 14-12-68 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2-2
41 18-12-68 Santiago Chile 1-2
42 22-12-68 Cd. de México Mexico 0-0
43 26- 3-69 Frankfurt Wales 1-1
44 16- 4-69 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
45 10- 5-69 Nürnberg Austria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
46 21- 5-69 Essen Albania 12-0 World Cup Qualifier
47 21- 9-69 Wien Austria 1-1
48 24- 9-69 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0
49 22-10-69 Hamburg Scotland 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
50 11- 2-70 Sevilla Spain 0-2
51 8- 4-70 Stuttgart Romania 1-1
52 9- 5-70 West-Berlin Ireland 2-1
53 13- 5-70 Hannover Yugoslavia 1-0
54 3- 6-70 León Morocco 2-1 World Cup
55 7- 6-70 León Bulgaria 5-2 World Cup
56 10- 6-70 León Peru 3-1 World Cup
57 14- 6-70 León England 3-2 World Cup
58 17- 6-70 Cd. de México Italy 3-4 World Cup
59 20- 6-70 Cd. de México Uruguay 1-0 World Cup
60 9- 9-70 Nürnberg Hungary 3-1
61 17-10-70 Köln Turkey 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
62 18-11-70 Zagreb Yugoslavia 0-2
63 22-11-70 Athinai Greece 3-1
64 17- 2-71 Tiranë Albania 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
65 25- 4-71 Istanbul Turkey 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
66 12- 6-71 Karlsruhe Albania 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
67 22- 6-71 Oslo Norway 7-1
68 27- 6-71 Göteborg Sweden 0-1
69 30- 6-71 København Denmark 3-1
70 8- 9-71 Hannover Mexico 5-0
71 10-10-71 Warszawa Poland 3-1 European Ch. Qual.
72 17-11-71 Hamburg Poland 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
73 29- 3-72 Budapest Hungary 2-0
74 29- 4-72 London England 3-1 European Ch. Qual.
75 13- 5-72 West-Berlin England 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
76 26- 5-72 München Soviet Union 4-1
77 14- 6-72 Antwerpen Belgium 2-1 European Champ.
78 18- 6-72 Bruxelles Soviet Union 3-0 European Champ.
79 15-11-72 Düsseldorf Switzerland 5-1
80 14- 2-73 München Argentina 2-3
81 28- 3-73 Düsseldorf Czechoslovakia 3-0
82 9- 5-73 München Yugoslavia 0-1
83 12- 5-73 Hamburg Bulgaria 3-0
84 16- 6-73 West-Berlin Brazil 0-1
85 5- 9-73 Moskva Soviet Union 1-0
86 10-10-73 Hannover Austria 4-0
87 13-10-73 Gelsenkirchen France 2-1
88 14-11-73 Glasgow Scotland 1-1
89 24-11-73 Stuttgart Spain 2-1
90 23- 2-74 Barcelona Spain 0-1
91 26- 2-74 Roma Italy 0-0
92 27- 3-74 Frankfurt Scotland 2-1
93 17- 4-74 Dortmund Hungary 5-0
94 1- 5-71 Hamburg Sweden 2-0
95 14- 6-74 West-Berlin Chile 1-0 World Cup
96 18- 6-74 Hamburg Australia 3-0 World Cup
97 22- 6-74 Hamburg East Germany 0-1 World Cup
98 26- 6-74 Düsseldorf Yugoslavia 2-0 World Cup
99 30- 6-74 Düsseldorf Sweden 4-2 World Cup
100 3- 7-74 Frankfurt Poland 1-0 World Cup
101 7- 7-74 München Netherlands 2-1 World Cup
102 4- 9-74 Basel Switzerland 2-1
103 20-11-74 Piraeus Greece 2-2 European Ch. Qual.
104 22-12-74 Gzira Malta 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
105 12- 3-75 London England 0-2
106 27- 4-75 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
107 17- 5-75 Frankfurt Netherlands 1-1
108 3- 9-75 Wien Austria 2-0
109 11-10-75 Düsseldorf Greece 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
110 19-11-75 Stuttgart Bulgaria 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
111 20-12-75 Istanbul Turkey 5-0
112 28- 2-76 Dortmund Malta 8-0 European Ch. Qual.
113 24- 4-76 Madrid Spain 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
114 22- 5-76 München Spain 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
115 17- 6-76 Beograd Yugoslavia 4-2 European Champ.
116 20- 6-76 Beograd Czechoslovakia 2-2 [1] European Champ.
117 6-10-76 Cardiff Wales 2-0
118 17-11-76 Hannover Czechoslovakia 2-0
119 23- 2-77 Paris France 0-1
120 27- 4-77 Köln N. Ireland 5-0
121 30- 4-77 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-1
122 5- 6-77 Buenos Aires Argentina 3-1
123 8- 6-77 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0
124 12- 6-77 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-1
125 14- 6-77 Cd. de México Mexico 2-2
126 7- 9-77 Helsinki Finland 1-0
127 8-10-77 West-Berlin Italy 2-1
128 16-11-77 Stuttgart Switzerland 4-1
129 14-12-77 Dortmund Wales 1-1
130 22- 2-78 München England 2-1
131 8- 3-78 Frankfurt Soviet Union 1-0
132 5- 4-78 Hamburg Brazil 0-1
133 19- 4-78 Stockholm Sweden 1-3
134 1- 6-78 Buenos Aires Poland 0-0 World Cup
135 6- 6-78 Córdoba Mexico 6-0 World Cup
136 10- 6-78 Córdoba Tunisia 0-0 World Cup
137 14- 6-78 Buenos Aires Italy 0-0 World Cup
138 18- 6-78 Córdoba Netherlands 2-2 World Cup
139 21- 6-78 Córdoba Austria 2-3 World Cup
[1] West Germany lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
148 88 33 27 302-133 209 70.61
Types of Matches
Friendlies 85
World Cup 25
European Ch. Qualifier 20
World Cup Qualifier 14
European Championship 4
Total matches: 148
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