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6 unusual facts about Sepp Piontek


Brian Chrøis

He was Brøndby's topscorer with 13 league goals in the 1983 season, and was called up for the Danish national team in May 1983, by national manager Sepp Piontek.

Michael Schäfer

He was called up for the Danish national team in July 1980, by national manager Sepp Piontek.

Per Røntved

At Werder Bremen, he played alongside fellow Danish international John Danielsen, under German manager Sepp Piontek.

He was influential in Sepp Piontek becoming Danish national team manager in 1979, when he recommended his former Werder team-mate and manager for the job.

Re-Sepp-Ten

The title "Re-Sepp-ten" was a manipulation of the word "recepten" (the recipe) with "cep" being replaced by "Sepp" in honor of the then national team coach Sepp Piontek who had a big hand in launching the powerful national side affectionately known as the Danish Dynamite for many years.

Sepp Piontek

In the 1990s, Piontek returned to Denmark, where he coached Danish clubs Aalborg BK and Silkeborg IF, and subsequently worked with the Greenland national team.



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