Jürgen Piepenburg (born 10 June 1941) is a former

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who played in the

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as a

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Club career

He spent his entire top level career within the ASV Vorwärts, the sports association of the

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. After excelling for second level Vorwärts Cottbus he was playing for

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from 1963 to 1971, and continuing with the club for another four years after it had moved to

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. In total he made 236 appearances in the

, scoring 79 times. He also scored 11 goals in 22 appearances in the

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, a record for an

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player. He was the competition's joint top scorer in 1966–67, along with

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, who scored six goals.

Managerial career

After his career as a football player, Jürgen Piepenburg, who had completed his studies as a sports teacher at the Leipzig Sports University DHfK, became a coach. From 1984 to 1988 he was a coach at

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and after the

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. He celebrated his greatest success with SV Germania Schöneiche, with whom he won the

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in 2004 and was therefore allowed to compete with Schöneiche in the first round of the

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. After he was dismissed from Schöneiche in May 2005, he again took over the coaching position at BFC Dynamo. However, he had to give up this position after only three matchdays in the 2005-06 season following a 0-8 debacle against arch rival

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References

External links

Matches and Goals in Oberliga
on the website of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Piepenburg, Jurgen 1941 births Living people German men's footballers East German men's footballers Men's association football forwards 1. FC Frankfurt players German football managers Berliner FC Dynamo managers UEFA Champions League top scorers Sportspeople from the Province of Pomerania People from Bezirk Rostock Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania