Hans-Jürgen Sundermann (25 January 1940 – 4 October 2022) was a German

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manager and player who played as a

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Playing career

Sundermann played his youth football with local club 1. FC Mülheim. In 1958 he signed for

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, where he played for four years. He then moved on to

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. After two years with them he signed for Bundesliga side

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and appeared in 29 league matches for them. Due to financial irregularities the club was relegated after that season. 1n 1965/66 Hertha won the Regionalliga Berlin but failed in the promotion play-off to the Bundesliga. In 1966 Sundermann moved to Switzerland and signed for Servette, where he stayed for two seasons. Sundermann joined

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's first team for their 1968–69 season under head coach Helmut Benthaus. Sundermann played his debut for his new club in the game in the Wankdorf Stadium in

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on 15 June as Basel played a 1–1 draw against his former club Servette in the first round of the 1968 Cup of the Alps. Basel won their group and advanced to the final, but were defeated by

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after extra time. After playing in these six Cup of the Alps matches and five further test games, Sundermann played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 17 August. He scored his first goal for the club in the same game as Basel won 4–2 against Biel-Bienne. At the end of the season Sundermann won the Swiss Championship with the club. In the 1969 Cup of the Alps Basel won their group and in the final they beat

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3–1. Sundermann scored Basel's third goal in this final. At the end of the 1969–70 Nationalliga A season Sundermann won the Swiss Championship with the club for the second time. At the end of the 1970–71 Nationalliga A season Basel finished the Championship level on points with Grasshopper Club but were defeated in the play-off final 4–3 after extra time in front of 51,000 spectators in the Wankdorf Stadium in

. Sundermann remained with Basel until the winter break of the 1971–72 Nationalliga A season. During the three and a half years with the club, Sundermann played a total of 175 games for Basel scoring a total of 44 goals. 90 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 13 in the

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, four in the

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, two in the

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, another 23 in Cup of the Alps and

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and 43 were friendly games. He scored 27 goals in the domestic league, 3 in the domestic cup, 6 in the European games and the other eight were scored during the test games. Following his time with Basel, Sundermann returned to his former club Servette, where he ended his active career in 1976. Sundermann won one cap for the West Germany national team in March 1960.

Coaching career

Among other accomplishments the coach won promotion to the Bundesliga with VfB Leipzig in the 1992–93 2. Bundesliga.

Honours

FC Basel * Swiss National League A Champion: 1968–69, 1969–70

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

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