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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Emerich Vogl | ||
| Date of birth | (1905-08-12)12 August 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Temesvár,Austria-Hungary (nowRomania) | ||
| Date of death | 29 October 1971(1971-10-29) (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest,Romania | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender,Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1921–1922 | Chinezul Timișoara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1922–1929 | Chinezul Timișoara[a] | 31 | (21) |
| 1929–1937 | Juventus București | 120 | (9) |
| Total | 151 | (30) | |
| International career | |||
| 1924–1934 | Romania[2] | 29 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1931–1932 | Juventus București | ||
| 1934 | Juventus București | ||
| 1943 | Juventus București | ||
| 1943 | Romania | ||
| 1946–1949 | Juventus București | ||
| 1949 | Romania | ||
| 1950–1952 | Romania | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Emerich Vogl (12 August 1905 – 29 October 1971) was aRomanian football player and coach ofBanat Swabian ethnicity, who was a member of theRomania national team that participated in the1930 World Cup inUruguay and the1934 edition inItaly.
Vogl was born on 12 August 1905 inTemesvár,Austria-Hungary, growing up in theMehala neighborhood, then playing as a youth for local clubChinezul between 1921 and 1922.[1][3][4] In 1922, at age 17, Vogl made his debut for the senior team and until 1924 he played on different positions, before settling as a central midfielder.[3] He played for Chinezul until 1929, winning fiveDivizia A titles with them.[1][5][6] For the1925–26 title, he scored 15 goals in the regional and national championship combined, being the team's second top-scorer afterAugustin Semler who scored 41.[1][5][6] Around this time he was considered by the press to be the best central midfielder in Europe, being appreciated for his technical abilities and his physical condition, at one point winning a local800 metres running competition.[3]
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In 1929, together with his teammateLászló Raffinsky he went toJuventus București.[1][3][6] Vogl made his debut for them under coachGyula Feldmann on 13 October in a 1–0 home victory againstVenus București in the regional championship, scoring his first goal on 3 November in a 1–0 away win overMaccabi București.[7] Juventus won the regional championship, thus qualifying for thenational championship which was won after a 3–0 victory in the final againstGloria Arad.[1][3][5][6][8] Vogl was being used by coaches Feldmann andGyörgy Hlavay in all 14 matches during the campaign, having one goal scored.[1][5][8] In the following seven years, Vogl appeared regularly for the team, and helped it gain promotion toDivizia A by the end of the 1932–33 season.[1][9][10][11][12] He also had two spells as a player-coach for them.[9][10][13][14] The highlights of these years were a third place in the1935–36 season and reaching two times in a row theCupa României semi-finals.[1][15]
Vogl played 29 games and scored one goal forRomania.[3][6][16] He made his debut on 31 August 1924 under coach Teofil Moraru in an away friendly againstCzechoslovakia which ended with a 4–1 loss.[3][6][16][17] In his third match for the national team, Vogl was named theteam captain in a 3–1 away win in a friendly overTurkey.[3][16] He scored his only goal in an 8–1 victory againstGreece during the successful1929–31 Balkan Cup.[3][6][16][18][19]
He was selected by coachConstantin Rădulescu to be part of the squad for the1930 World Cup, but the chairman of Astra Română, a company where Vogl and his teammateLászló Raffinsky wereoffice workers, forbade the two players from leaving their workplace.[3][6][20][21] Eventually, after theRomanian Football Federation's secretary Octav Luchide went to the company with a letter fromKing Carol II, they were allowed to participate.[3][6][20] Vogl played in both Group 3 matches at that World Cup, a 3–1 win overPeru and a 4–0 loss to hosts and eventual world championsUruguay.[16] Afterwards he helped the team win two competitions.[16][22][23] The first was the1933 Balkan Cup where he appeared in all three matches and the second was the1931–34 Central European Cup for Amateurs where he played five games.[16][22][23] Vogl played two games in the successful1934 World Cup qualifiers, being selected by coachesJosef Uridil and Rădulescu to be part of thefinal tournament squad.[3][16] There, he played and captained the team for the last time in a first round exit as they were defeated with 2–1 by eventual finalists, Czechoslovakia.[3][16]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 May 1930 | ONEF Stadium,Bucharest,Romania |  Greece | 3–1 | 8–1 | 1929–31 Balkan Cup |
Vogl's first coaching experience was when he replacedRudolf Wetzer atJuventus București for the second half of the 1930–31 regional championship, being a player-coach.[3][6][9][10] He took the club from the third place and finished in second with only one point below winnersUnirea Tricolor București.[9] In the following season he finished in fourth place.[10] Then in the 1932–33 edition he led them in the first half and finished first, but was replaced withLadislau Csillag for the second half who kept the team on the lead position, earning the promotion toDivizia A.[11][12] He was player-coach again when he replaced Csillag for the second half of the1933–34 season, making his Divizia A debut in a 3–1 home win overȘoimii Sibiu, finishing the season in fourth place.[13] After finishing the first half of thefollowing season in 10th place from 12 teams, Vogl was replaced with Gyula Dobo.[14]
In 1943 he led Juventus once again, this time only as coach, competing due toWorld War II in an unofficial championship and in theCupa României.[24] On 13 June 1943, he ledRomania's national team for the first time in a 2–2 friendly draw againstSlovakia.[25][26] Vogl returned to Juventus for a final time in the second half of the 1945–46 București championship, replacingNicolae Petrescu who remained in his staff as an assistant.[27] In the following two seasons he coached the team in Divizia A, finishing the first one in fourth place and the second in fifth.[28] However, in the1948–49 season after losing in the 19th round with 3–2 a home game toASA București he was replaced withColea Vâlcov.[29] In 1949, Vogl had his second experience at Romania's national team, this time leading them together withColoman Braun-Bogdan in a 1–1 home friendly draw againstAlbania.[16][30] From 1950 until 1952, Vogl had his last tenure as Romania's coach, leading them in four friendly games which consisted of a win and two draws againstCzechoslovakia, and a win overAlbania.[25] Across all of his three spells at the national team he obtained two victories, four draws and no losses.[25]
Between 1963 and 1967, Vogl was a consultant forRapid București, helping it win its first title in the1966–67 season.[3][6] Afterwards he was a consultant for the national team from 1967 until 1971, helping Romania to qualify in1970 for aFIFA World Cup after 32 years.[3][6]
Vogl died on 29 October 1971 at the age of 66.[3]
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