![]() Olk in 1967 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1938-01-18)18 January 1938 (age 87) | ||
| Place of birth | Osterode in Ostpreußen, Germany (now Poland) | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1960 | Arminia Hannover | ||
| 1960–1970 | Bayern Munich | 266 | (4) |
| 1970–1973 | FC Aarau | ||
| International career | |||
| 1961 | West Germany | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1970–1973 | FC Aarau | ||
| 1974–1975 | Preußen Münster | ||
| 1977–1978 | FC Augsburg | ||
| 1978–1979 | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| 1980–1982 | Darmstadt 98 | ||
| 1982–1983 | SC Freiburg | ||
| 1983–1985 | Karlsruher SC | ||
| 1985–1986 | St. Gallen | ||
| 1988 | Darmstadt 98 | ||
| 1990–1992 | Morocco | ||
| 1996–1997 | Zamalek | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Werner Olk (born 18 January 1938) is a German former professionalfootball player and manager.
Olk started his football career as a youth player with SG Letter 05 (Hanover region) in 1948 and eventually switched into the youth team of TuS Seelze. Before his transfer to Bayern Munich, he played 1956–57 in theOberliga Nord withArminia Hannover and after the relegation of the club from 1957 to 1960 in the second tier, which in this part of Northern Germany was theAmateuroberliga Niedersachsen.
He spent his career in the 1960s through to 1970 with German clubBayern Munich in theOberliga Süd and theBundesliga.[1] His honors with Bayern include theDFB-Pokal in 1966, 1967 and 1969; winner of the German Championship in 1969; and winner of theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup in 1967. After the promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965 until 1970, Olk served as Bayern'scaptain, a function in which he was succeeded byFranz Beckenbauer.
Olk won his onlycap for theWest Germany national team in 1961.[2] He was an available member of the German squad at the 1962FIFA World Cup in Chile. In the amateur squad of the Germany national team, Olk was called up three times. He was also called up into the youth national team in 1961 for a match against England.
After his time with Bayern, Olk becameplayer-manager with Swiss second division sideFC Aarau. He stayed there until 1973, although he had been relieved of his manager duties by December 1972, and was replaced in this role byJiří "Georges" Sobotka.[3] Afterwards, Olk became a manager for German clubs such asEintracht Braunschweig,SV Darmstadt 98 (with which he achieved promotion to the Bundesliga in 1981),SC Freiburg,SC Preußen Münster, andKarlsruher SC (with which he achieved promotion to the Bundesliga in 1984). He also had a brief engagement managingSt. Gallen in the Swiss League during the 1985–86 season.[4]
From 1990 to 1992, Olk coached theMorocco national team, with which he qualified for theAfrican Nations Cup in January 1992 and the Olympic Games later in the same year in Barcelona. Morocco remained in both competitions without win.[5][6] From 1995 to 1997, he was in charge ofEl Zamalek ofCairo, Egypt, with which he won theAfrican Cup of Champions Clubs of 1996, where they prevailed in the finals over Nigeria'sShooting Stars SC.[7]
Olk also had two spells as assistant coach at Bayern Munich. From 1975 to 1977, he was assistingDettmar Cramer in a period when the club the European Champions' andIntercontinental Cups of 1977. Between 1986 and 1988, he served underUdo Lattek andJupp Heynckes, being part of the team that won the German championship of 1987.[8]
| Club | Club | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich | Oberliga Süd | 1960–61 | 27 | 2 | ||||||
| 1961–62 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1962–63 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||
| Regionalliga Süd | 1963–64 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
| 1964–65 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bundesliga | 1965–66 | 28 | 0 | |||||||
| 1966–67 | 32 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1967–68 | 32 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1968–69 | 34 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1969–70 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career total | 266 | 4 | ||||||||
Zamalek