Jupp Heynckes

• Honorary Award Recipient of the DFL
• Former head coach of FC Bayern München

Jupp Heynckes, born in 1945, was distinguished as an Ehrenpreisträger (Honorary Award Recipient) in 2013 as part of the Bundesliga’s 50th-anniversary celebrations. He had just become the first German coach to win the treble of the Bundesliga title, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League, with FC Bayern München. Europe’s elite club trophy was secured with a 2:1 win over Borussia Dortmund in an all-German final at London’s Wembley Stadium. Jupp Heynckes had already won the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid in 1998. He was also a Bundesliga winner with FC Bayern München in 1989, 1990 and 2018.

Jupp Heynckes started his playing and coaching careers at Borussia Mönchengladbach in his home town, where he was born as the ninth of ten children. He also coached Athletic Bilbao, Eintracht Frankfurt, CD Tenerife, Benfica, FC Schalke 04 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Either side of a three-year stint at Hannover 96, he played as a professional at Mönchengladbach from 1962 to 1967 and from 1970 to 1978. He guided “the Foals” to four Bundesliga titles (1971, 1975, 1976, 1977), the DFB-Pokal in 1973 and the UEFA Cup in 1975. Jupp Heynckes played in 369 Bundesliga matches (scoring 220 goals), and was top scorer in 1974 and 1975. With the German national team, for whom he made 39 appearances (scoring 14 goals), Jupp Heynckes won the European Championship in 1972 and the World Cup in 1974.

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