Lothar Buchmann

Lothar Buchmann (15 August 1936 – 21 November 2023) was a German football player and coach.

Lothar Buchmann

Buchmann in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1936-08-15)15 August 1936
Place of birth	Breslau, Germany
Date of death	21 November 2023(2023-11-21) (aged 87)
Place of death	Reichelsheim, Hesse, Germany
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1960	Mainz 05
1960–1963	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach
1963–1966	Wormatia Worms
1966–1974	VfR Bürstadt
Managerial career
1974–1976	VfR Bürstadt
1976–1979	Darmstadt 98
1979–1980	VfB Stuttgart
1980–1982	Eintracht Frankfurt
1982–1984	Kickers Offenbach
1984–1985	VfR Bürstadt
1985–1986	Karlsruher SC
1986–1987	Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1988	Rot-Weiss Essen
1989	LASK
1989–1992	SG Egelsbach
1992–1994	Kickers Offenbach
1994–1995	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach
1996–1998	Darmstadt 98
1999	DJK Waldberg
2001–2005	FC Ober-Ramstadt
2005–2006	Germania Ober-Roden
2006–2008	SV 1910 Weiterstadt
2009–2010	SV Winterkasten
2010	FC Bursa Darmstadt
2011–2012	FC 07 Bensheim
2012	TSV Nieder-Ramstadt
2012–2013	SKG Ober-Beerbach
2013	FSV Schneppenhausen
2013–2014	FC 07 Bensheim
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

As a player, he played for Mainz 05 and Eintracht Bad Kreuznach in the first-tiered Oberliga Südwest, where he appeared in 191 matches, scoring 49 goals between 1955 and 1963. After the introduction of the Bundesliga in the 1963–64 season, he joined the second division Regionalliga Südwest and Süd clubs Wormatia Worms and VfR Bürstadt. In 131 league matches he marked 26 goals.

In the Bundesliga, he managed Darmstadt 98, VfB Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt, Kickers Offenbach, and Karlsruher SC between 1978 and 1985. At the helm of Eintracht Frankfurt, Buchmann won the DFB-Pokal in 1981.

Death

Buchmann died on 21 November 2023, at the age of 87.^[1]

Honours

Manager

VfR Bürstadt

• Hessian Cup: 1974-75

SV Darmstadt 98

• 2. Bundesliga Süd: 1977-78

Eintracht Frankfurt

• DFB-Pokal: 1980-81

Kickers Offenbach

• Hessian Cup: 1992-93