Miroslav Josef "Miro" Klose is a German professional football manager and former player who currently serves as head coach of 1. FC Nürnberg. A striker, Klose is the all-time top scorer for Germany and holds the record for the most goals scored in the FIFA World Cup with 16 goals scored over 4 editions of the tournament between 2002 and 2014.
Jürgen Klinsmann is a German professional football manager and former player. He played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur, and Bayern Munich. He was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the unified German team that won the UEFA Euro 1996.
Wolfgang Felix Magath is a German football manager and former player.
Mehmet Tobias Scholl is a German football manager and former player.
Christian Ziege is a German football manager and former player. He most recently coached FC Pinzgau.
Philipp Lahm is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back. Considered by many to be one of the greatest full-backs of all time, Lahm was the longtime captain of Bayern Munich, having led them to numerous honours including the 2013 UEFA Champions League as part of the Treble.
Falko Götz is a German football manager and former player. Since 2019, he works as a scout for Bayer Leverkusen.
Andreas Hinkel is a German football coach and a former player. Hinkel played as a right-back and earned 21 caps for the Germany national team. He was known for his attacking play on the flanks and defensive solidity.
Mimoun Azaouagh is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Eberhard Dirk Schuster is a German professional football manager, who last managed 1. FC Kaiserslautern and former player who played as a defender.
Michael Frontzeck is a German professional football coach and former player who was most recently assistant coach of VfL Wolfsburg.
Gernot Rohr is a German professional football coach and former player who is currently the technical adviser of the Benin national team.
William "Jimmy" Hartwig is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He played for Kickers Offenbach, TSV 1860 Munich, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln and FC Homburg of the Bundesliga and for Austria Salzburg of Austria. The son of an African-American soldier and a German mother, Hartwig was one of the first players who is of African American descent in German and Austrian football.
Thomas Sobotzik is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the managing director of Kickers Offenbach.
Souleymane Jean Sané is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the father of Germany forward Leroy Sané.
Marc Pfitzner is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current assistant manager of Eintracht Braunschweig.
Danilo Dončić was a Serbian football player and manager.
Heiner Schuhmann is a retired German football player and coach best known for his time at FC Augsburg. He served the club as a player and coach in the first team on five occasions but had his greatest success as a youth coordinator with the club. In the later position he also worked at Bayern Munich.
Achim Beierlorzer is a German football executive, and former coach and player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of Jahn Regensburg. He is the younger brother of Bertram Beierlorzer.
The 1973 DFB-Pokal Final, which decided the winner of the 1972–73 DFB-Pokal, took place on 23 June 1973 between Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln in the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf. The sports magazine kicker described it as one of the "best, highest energy, and exciting" DFB-Pokal matches ever played. It was in this match that Günter Netzer famously substituted himself on. Shortly after this, Netzer scored what would be the winning goal for Borussia.
