and appointing him team captain; introducing young fullbacks Berti Vogts and Paul Breitner into the team; building the midfield around Günter Netzer and switching the team's formation to better accommodate his skills; then replacing Netzer with Wolfgang Overath in the 1974 team. Schön holds World Cup records for both coaching the most matches (25) and the most wins (16), and was the first coach to win both a World Cup and a European Championship. He shares with England's Walter Winterbottom the distinction of managing the same national team at four consecutive World Cup tournaments. Schön gave notice that he would retire after the 1978 World Cup, to be replaced by his assistant Jupp Derwall. He was unable to go out on a high note as his team was knocked out of the competition by Austria, who had already been eliminated. During his 14-year tenure as national coach, his record was 87 victories, 30 draws and 22 defeats in 139 matches. For his contributions to association football as a coach, Schön became one of the inaugural recipients of the FIFA Order of Merit in 1984. Managerial honours West Germany FIFA World Cup: 1974; runner-up: 1966; third-place: 1970 UEFA European Championship: 1972; runner-up: 1976 Individual World Soccer 22nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013 References External links 1915 births 1996 deaths German footballers Dresdner SC players Hertha BSC players Germany international footballers German football managers West German football managers 1966 FIFA World Cup managers 1970 FIFA World Cup managers 1974 FIFA World Cup managers 1978 FIFA World Cup managers FIFA World Cup-winning managers Saarland national football team managers Germany national football team managers UEFA Euro 1972 managers UEFA Euro 1976 managers UEFA European Championship-winning managers History of sport in East Germany Footballers from Dresden Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Association football forwards East German emigrants to West Germany