Richard Schneider

Richard Schneider (16 December 1919 – 28 April 1982) was a German football manager. He was in charge of 1. FC Kaiserslautern during the 1950s, winning two German football championships with the club, and appearing in two further finals as runners-up.

Richard Schneider

Personal information
Date of birth	(1919-12-16)16 December 1919
Place of birth	Kaiserslautern, Germany
Date of death	28 April 1982(1982-04-28) (aged 62)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1950–1961	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1961–1966	Preußen Münster
1966–1969	SSV Reutlingen
1969	Preußen Münster

Schneider left Kaiserslautern in 1961 and became the manager at Preußen Münster.^[1] He managed the club during the inaugural 1963–64 Bundesliga season, but could not prevent the club from being relegated to the Regionalliga divisions. He went on to manage SSV Reutlingen before briefly returning to Preußen Münster for a second spell.

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern

• German football championship: 1951, 1953

Literature

• Günter Rohrbacher-List: 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Der Berg, das Land und der Ball. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 1995, ISBN 3-89533-125-2. (german)
• Jürgen Bitter: Die Meistermacher. wero press, Pfaffenweiler 2004, ISBN 3-937588-02-7. (german)