 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Schön, uyo akanga atungamirira chikwata chenyika cheSaarland chenguva pfupi kubva muna 1952 kusvika muna 1956, akatanga kusimbisa West Germany sesimba rinogara riripo munhabvu yenyika. Akatora chikwata ichi kuenda kumakwikwi ekupedzisira eWorld Cup ya1966, uye kunyangwe akatadza kupinda muWest Germany mukutanga kupinda muEuropean Championship muna 1968, akawana nzvimbo yechitatu 1970 World Cup muMexico. Ipapo kwakauya kubudirira kukuru kwechikwata zita rekutanga reEuropean Championship rakakundwa muna 1972, iro rakateverwa ne 1974 World Cup, uko West Germany, sevanogamuchira, vakapedza vakundi vemakwikwi, vachikunda Netherlands mumutambo wekupedzisira. Schön ndomumwe wevarairidzi vaviri chete vakakunda World Cup neEuropean Championship, mumwe ari Vicente del Bosque wekuSpain. Muna 1976, West Germany yakasvika pedyo nepenalty shoot-out yekudzivirira korona yavo yeEurope, ichirasikirwa neCzechoslovakia mumutambo wokupedzisira.. Pamberi peNdebe yeNyika ya1978, Schön akazivisa kuti uyu waive mutambo wake wekupedzisira, asi akatadza kubuda pane chinyorwa chepamusoro, sezvo chikwata chakabviswa nevavakidzani veAustria muRound 2. Akasiya basa mushure mokunge atungamirira mitambo 25 yeNdebe yeNyika uye akakunda 16, zvose zvinyorwa zvemakwikwi izvo zvinoramba zviripo kusvikira nhasi. 