Hermann Eppenhoff (19 May 1919 – 10 April 1992) was a German football player and manager.

Career

The forward was a member of

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

squad, which won the German Championship in the years

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and

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. He also won three caps with the Germany national team.

Coaching career

Later on he served as a manager for

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...

, winning the German Championship in

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

and also making it to the

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...

of the

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

in the same year. Two years later he won the

1964–65 DFB-Pokal The 1964–65 DFB-Pokal was the 22nd season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 16 January 1965 and ended on 22 May 1965. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final Borussia Dortmund defeated Alemannia ...

with Dortmund. After switching to

Meidericher SV Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

he made it to the cup final once again in 1965–66, where his team was defeated by Bayern Munich. After several years at

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundesli ...

, where he made the cup final yet again in 1967–68, he eventually switched to

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. Vf ...

Filmography

* '' Das Grosse Spiel'' (1942) 1919 births 1992 deaths German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers FC Schalke 04 players VfL Bochum managers Borussia Dortmund managers German football managers Sportspeople from the Province of Westphalia VfB Stuttgart managers MSV Duisburg managers Bundesliga managers SG Union Solingen managers Men's association football forwards West German men's footballers West German football managers Sportspeople from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Footballers from Arnsberg (region) {{germany-footy-forward-1910s-stub