head coach of the Turkey national team, he chose instead to return to Germany and enjoy his retirement, with the managerial position of the Turkish national side later went to Sepp Piontek, also a German and one of Derwall's students. He was happy to see that the spark he lit grew enormously, with Galatasaray reaching the semi-finals of the 1988–89 European Cup (predecessor of the UEFA Champions League) and winning both the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000. His work in Turkey was also considered a major contribution to German-Turkish relations and was honoured with an honorary doctorate of the University of Hacettepe in Ankara and the German Cross of Merit 1st Class (Bundesverdienstkreuz). Health problems and death Derwall died after a heart attack in Sankt Ingbert on 26 June 2007. He already had suffered a heart attack in 1991. His former club Galatasaray gave his name to their training ground after his death. Managerial statistics Honours Manager 1. FC Saarbrücken Regionalliga Südwest: 1964–65 Galatasaray Süper Lig: 1986–87 Turkish Cup: 1984–85 Turkish Super Cup: 1987 West Germany UEFA European Championship: 1980 FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1982 References External links 1927 births 2007 deaths People from Würselen Sportspeople from Cologne (region) German footballers Germany international footballers Germany B international footballers Alemannia Aachen players Fortuna Düsseldorf players FC Schaffhausen players German football managers West German football managers FC Biel-Bienne managers Fortuna Düsseldorf managers Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers West German expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Turkey Germany national football team managers UEFA Euro 1980 managers 1982 FIFA World Cup managers UEFA Euro 1984 managers UEFA European Championship-winning managers Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Süper Lig managers Association football forwards Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia West German expatriate footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey West German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland