It took nearly eight years to enable him a return to management in the top division of German football.

The club spend the next four seasons at the second level of German football, slowly rebuilding.

However, his third season under contract in German football turned out to be extremely problematic.

The netminder played in German professional football between 1997 until 2005.

He played 14 years in both major levels of German football, totalling exactly 300 games and 62 goals.

Pforzheim was then a leading city in the development of German football and had, with the 1.

Some of the events of the war continue to affect German football today.

The History of German football is one that has seen many changes.

The overall effect of this was positive for German football.

This was the first season in German football where the new 3-points-for-a-win rule was used.