Werner Voigt

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Werner Voigt

Voigt with Hansa Rostock in 1989
Personal information
Date of birth	(1947-06-26)26 June 1947
Place of birth	Soviet-occupied Germany
Date of death	22 April 2023(2023-04-22) (aged 75)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1958–1960	SG Niederlehme
1960–1964	SG Dynamo Königs Wusterhausen
1964–1967	BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1969	BFC Dynamo
1969–1970	FSG Dynamo Frankfurt
1970–1973	BFC Dynamo II
1970–1973	BFC Dynamo
1973–1975	Union Berlin[1]	42	(6)
1975–1976	SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde
1976–	SG Dynamo Berlin-Süd
Managerial career
1981–1986[nb 1]	BFC Dynamo II
1986–1990	Hansa Rostock
1990–1992	Union Berlin
1992–1994	BSV Stahl Brandenburg
1995–1998	FC Berlin
1998	1. FC Dynamo Dresden
2004	Union Berlin II
2004	Union Berlin
2005–2008	SV Lichtenberg 47
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Werner Voigt (26 June 1947 – 22 April 2023) was a German football coach^[2] and player.^[3][4]

Playing career

Voigt joined the

Voigt returned to BFC Dynamo in 1970, where he joined the reserve team BFC Dynamo II in the second tier DDR-Liga.^[10] He would also make a number of appearances with the first team in the 1970–71 DDR-Oberliga. Voigt was registered in squad of the first team for the 1971–72 season, but would only make two appearances in the 1971–72 DDR-Oberliga.^[11][12] He was transferred back to BFC Dynamo II for the 1972–73 season.^[13] However, he would again make a number of appearances with the first team in the 1972–73 DDR-Oberliga.^[14] Voigt played numerous matches BFC Dynamo II in the DDR-Liga during his career, but he had also played a total of 25 matches and scored 2 goals for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga.^[15]

Voigt was eventually transferred to Union Berlin in 1973.^[16] 1. FC Union Berlin played in the second tier DDR-Liga at the time. Voigt played 61 league- and cupmatches for 1. FC Union Berlin, before he was transferred to SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde in 1975.^[17] Voigt played for SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde in the 1975–76 DDR-Liga Staffel B.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player Voigt became a certified sports teacher and worked as a youth coch at BFC Dynamo.^[15][18] Voigt would be one of the coaches responsible for the training of the future star Andreas Thom. He became the coach of Thom when Thom was 11 years old. Voigt commented on being the coach of young talent Thom, saying: "We won everything with him and Thomas Grether".^[19]

Voigt eventually succeeded Herbert Schoen as the coach of BFC Dynamo in The Next Generation Oberliga (German: Nachwuchsoberliga) (de) in 1981.^[20] The reserve teams of the 14 DDR-Oberliga clubs had no longer been allowed to participate in the second tier DDR-Liga after the 1975–76 season. The Next Generation Oberliga was introduced instad. The team of BFC Dynamo under Voigt finished the 1982–83 Next Generation Oberliga as runner-up.

The Next Generation Oberliga was disbanded after the 1982–83 season. All teams were instead assigned to the third tier Bezirksliga. BFC Dynamo joined 1983–84 Bezirksliga Berlin with reserve team BFC Dynamo II. BFC Dynamo II under Voigt finished the 1983–84 Bezirksliga Berlin in first place and won promotion to the DDR-Liga. The team then participated in the 1984–85 DDR-Liga Staffel A.^[21] Voigt successfully led the reserve team in the DDR-Liga. BFC Dynamo II became a top team in the second tier DDR-Liga under Voigt and eventually won the 1985–86 DDR-Liga Staffel A.

Voigt became the coach of Hansa Rostock in 1986. Voigt led Hansa Rostock back to the

His 70th birthday in 2017 was celebrated by both BFC Dynamo and 1. FC Union Berlin. Voigt spent a total of 22 years at BFC Dynamo.^[19] Voigt died on 22 April 2023, at the age of 75.^[22][23]

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