Hans Jürgen Riediger (born 20 December 1955)
is a former
footballer from
East Germany. Riediger played for
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
, scoring 105 goals / 196
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany.
Overview
Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...
matches. He participated in
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
and received the gold medal.
Career
Born in
Finsterwalde, Riediger began playing football at BSG Traktor Sonnewalde in 1964, played for BSG Motor Finsterwalde Süd from 1965 to 1970, and joined the
youth academy of
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
in August 1970.
The striker came to prominence with 34 matches for the East German Junior team.
He participated in
XXVI.UEFA Turnire 1973. He scored goals for East Germany in the semi-final and the final. East Germany eventually lost the final 3–2 a.e.t. to
England at the
Stadio Comunale and received the silver medal.
Riediger made his first appearance for
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany.
Overview
Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...
with the senior squad of
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
on 20 June 1973 (the penultimate matchday of the season 1972–73, away match against
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
FSV Zwickau is a Football in Germany, German association football club located in Zwickau, Saxony. Today's club claims as part of its complex heritage sides that were East Germany's first champions: 1948 Ostzone winners SG Planitz and 1950 DDR-Ob ...
under the trainer
Günter Schröter), and the next and last matchday of the season, on 23 June 1973, he scored twice (37min. 2–0 and 39 min. 3–0) against
Wismut Aue in
Sportpark.
He was promoted to the senior squad of
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
in the summer of 1973.
Riediger made his debut for the
East Germany national team against
Bulgaria on 26 March 1975 in Berlin
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
The Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark is a multi-purpose sports complex located in the western part of the locality of Prenzlauer Berg in the borough of Pankow in Berlin. The sports complex covers an area of approximately 22 hectares and compr ...
under the trainer
Georg Büchner, playing on snow for 90 minutes. His first goal came on 31 July 1975, a friendly match with
Canada in Ottawa (28min. 2–0). Riediger participated in the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
in Montreal with experienced teammates
Jürgen Croy,
Hans-Jürgen Dörner,
Reinhard Häfner,
Reinhard Lauck
Reinhard Lauck (16 September 1946 – 22 October 1997), often nicknamed Mäcki, was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Lauck played for Union Berlin (1968–1973) and BFC Dynamo (1973–1981) in more than 250 East G ...
et al. He played three matches there including the final 31 July 1976 and scored at the quarter-finals 25 July 1976 against
France.
Riediger and teammates beat the defending champion
Poland with 3–1 in raining
Olympic Stadium and won the gold medal. Then he won the silver medal at
1978 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).
* January 6 ...
under the trainer
Dr. Rudolf Krause, scoring at the second leg of the final against
Yugoslavia (14min. 3–1) in
Bijeli Brijeg Stadium,
Mostar.
With his numerous goals he was heavily involved in the five
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany.
Overview
Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...
won by BFC Dynamo between 1979 and 1983.
Altogether, Riediger made 193 top level appearances and scored 105 goals. Despite his outstanding goal ratio he never became top scorer of the
top level league in East Germany. Mainly because there was
Joachim Streich
Joachim Streich (13 April 1951 – 16 April 2022) was a German footballer who won the bronze medal with East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Playing career
Born in Wismar, Streich played as a striker for Aufbau Wismar from 19 ...
. Neverless, Riediger became second placed league top goal scorer in the successful
1978–79 season with 20 goals.
The season saw
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
winning their first
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany.
Overview
Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...
.
For European Cup's, he played 17 matches and scored 10 goals for
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
in total, including goals against
Crvena zvezda (a hat trick),
Peter Shilton's
Nottingham Forest F.C.,
Michel Platini's
AS Saint-Étienne
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as A.S.S.E. () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in ...
and
Hamburger SV.
The
1982–83 season was his last season and at the same time also his strongest. Riediger scored 16 goals in the first 15 league matches. However, he badly hurt his knee, which meant that both the season and his career were prematurely terminated. Riediger finished as the third best goalscorer of the 1982-83 DDR-Oberliga, despite only being able to play 15 matches before his injury. The best goalscorer, Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg, scored 19 goals in 25 matches. Riediger was registered to
Jürgen Bogs's 1983–84 squad but could never play again.
Riediger made 41 international appearances for the East Germany national football team and scored six goals in total.
He, together with
Lothar Kurbjuweit and
Hartmut Schade, officially retired from the national team on 20 October 1984, award presentation was held before the match between
East Germany and
Yugoslavia.
After his career ended, Riediger worked as a youth coach at
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
. In addition, he was also coach of the local clubs TSG Fredersdorf and FSV Eintracht 1910 Königs Wusterhausen.
His son Marcel Riediger is also a football player. Amongst other clubs, he has played for
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
and
Hallescher FC.
Ridiger's chant sung by the opponents was "der Riediger, der Riediger, der ist ein selbst befriediger".
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
People from Finsterwalde
People from Bezirk Cottbus
German footballers
East German footballers
Footballers from Brandenburg
Berliner FC Dynamo players
Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of East Germany
Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
East Germany international footballers
Olympic medalists in football
DDR-Oberliga players
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Association football forwards
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