Ernst Kümmel

Ernst Kümmel

Personal information
Date of birth	16 March 1925
Place of birth	Germany
Youth career
1939–1944	Cricket Viktoria Magdeburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1939–1944	Cricket Viktoria Magdeburg
1945–1956	BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg
Teams managed
1962–1966	1. FC Magdeburg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ernst "Anti" Kümmel (born 16 March 1925) is a retired East German football player and manager

Between 1939 and 1944, Kümmel played for Cricket Viktoria Magdeburg. After the war he joined newly created BSG Eintracht Sudenburg, a predecessor of 1. FC Magdeburg. In 1956 he ended his playing career at the club that had in the meantime been renamed BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg.^[1] From 1959 until the mid-1980s Kümmel took over various coaching duties for the club, now renamed SC Aufbau Magdeburg, and its successor, 1. FC Magdeburg. In 1962 Kümmel took over managing the club's first team,^[2] an office he would hold until January 1966 when he was sacked as the club was in danger of being relegated from the DDR-Oberliga. In this time the club won the FDGB-Pokal twice, in 1964^[3] and 1965.^[4] thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

After Kümmel was relieved from his post with the first team, he continued to work with the club's youth side.

Honors

• FDGB-Pokal: 2
  • Winner 1964, 1965

References

1. "Die ganze Chronik: Die Saison 1956" [The whole history: The 1956 season]. Official site (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg e.V. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
2. "Die ganze Chronik: Die Saison 1962/63" [The whole history: The 1962–63 season]. Official site (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg e.V. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
3. Alexander Mastrogiannopoulos (16 October 2005). "East Germany 1963/64". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
4. Alexander Mastrogiannopoulos (16 October 2005). "East Germany 1964/65". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 January 2010.