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Rudolf Bürger

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Not to be confused with the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Burger.

Rudolf Bürger
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-10-31)31 October 1908
Place of birth Temesvár, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 20 January 1980(1980-01-20) (aged 71)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1920–1923 ESE Timișoara
1923 CS Tricolor Timișoara
1924 ETC Timișoara
1924–1926 Chinezul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1930 Chinezul Timișoara[a] 1 (0)
1930–1941 Ripensia Timișoara 122 (0)
Total 123 (0)
International career
1929–1939 Romania 34 (0)
Managerial career
1939–1940 Ripensia Timișoara
1942–1946 Politehnica Timișoara
1946–1948 CAM Timișoara
1948–1950 ASA Timișoara
1950 Politehnica Timișoara
1951–1952 Electroputere Craiova
CFR Timișoara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rudolf Bürger (31 October 1908 – 20 January 1980) was a Romanian international footballer and coach of German ethnicity.

He is one of a few men who participated in each of the three pre-World War II FIFA World Cups.[2][3] At club level, he played mostly for Ripensia Timișoara with whom he won several trophies.[1]

Club career

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Bürger was born on 31 October 1908 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), growing up and starting to play football as a child in the Elisabetin neighborhood.[1][4] In 1920 he started to play junior level football at local club, ESE.[1] Afterwards he moved to CS Tricolor, then he went at ETC, arriving in 1924 at Chinezul Timișoara.[1][4] In the 1926–27 season he played one league game for Chinezul as the team won the title.[1][4][5]

In 1931, Bürger went at Ripensia Timișoara where he made his Divizia A debut on 11 September 1932 in a 3–2 away loss to CFR București.[1] He won the title in his first season, coach Jenő Konrád using him in 12 games, including playing in the final with Universitatea Cluj.[1][4][5][6] In the following season he helped the team reach the 1934 Cupa României final, playing in both victories with "U" Cluj, winning the cup.[1][7] In the 1934–35 season he won another title, coaches Josef Uridil and Rudolf Wetzer giving him 17 appearances, also the team reached the Cupa României final where he played the whole match in the 6–5 loss to CFR București.[1][5][8][9][10] Next season, Bürger helped Ripensia win The Double, being given 18 appearances by coaches Wetzer and Konrád, also he played in the 5–1 win over Unirea Tricolor București from the Cupa României final.[1][5][8][9][11] In the following Cupa României edition, the team reached another final in which he played all the minutes in the 5–1 loss to Rapid București.[12] In the 1937–38 season, Ripensia won another title, coach Sepp Pojar using him in 17 matches.[1][5][8] Afterwards he played in Ripensia's 3–0 win over AC Milan in the first leg from the first round of the 1938 Mitropa Cup, helping the team get past the Italians.[13] He made his last Divizia A appearance in a 0–0 draw against Rapid.[1]

International career

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Bürger played 34 games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 15 September 1929 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a friendly that ended with a 3–2 away victory against Bulgaria.[2][14][15] He made three appearances at successful 1929–31 Balkan Cup, consisting of two victories against Yugoslavia and Greece but also a loss to Bulgaria.[14][16]

Bürger was selected by coach Rădulescu to be part of the squad for the 1930 World Cup where he played in both Group 3 matches, a 3–1 win over Peru and a 4–0 loss to hosts and eventual world champions Uruguay.[2][3][4][14][17] Four years later he was selected by coaches Rădulescu and Josef Uridil to be part of Romania's squad that went at the 1934 World Cup in Italy but remained on the bench in the 2–1 defeat to eventual finalists, Czechoslovakia from the first round.[2][3][4][18]

He helped his national team win another Balkan Cup in 1936, playing in two victories against Greece and Bulgaria.[14][19] Bürger was selected by coaches Alexandru Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated at the 1938 World Cup in France.[2][3][14][20] He played all the minutes in both games against Cuba, the first one being a 3–3 draw, followed by a surprisingly 2–1 loss in the replay.[14][20][21]

His last appearance for The Tricolours was in a friendly that took place on 24 May 1939 and ended with a 2–0 loss to England in which Bürger injured his knee.[4][14]

Managerial career

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Bürger coached Politehnica Timișoara from 1942 to 1946.[4] Afterwards he moved to CAM Timișoara for the next two years.[4] Then he went at ASA Timișoara from 1948 to 1951, respectively at Electroputere Craiova for one year from 1951 to 1952 but also at CFR Timișoara.[4]

Death

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Bürger died on 19 January 1980 at the age of 71.[1][4][14]

Honours

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Player

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Chinezul Timișoara

Ripensia Timișoara

Romania

Notes

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  1. ^ Only statistics for the 1926–27 Divizia A season are available.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Rudolf Bürger at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Rudolf Bürger – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Romanian National Team Players' Appearances in the World Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Născut să fie campion. Fotbalistul timișorean Rudolf Bürger a câștigat de patru ori titlul național și a participat la trei campionate mondiale" [Born to be a champion. Timisoara footballer Rudolf Bürger won the national title four times and participated in three world championships] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  6. ^ "RETRO GSP. 87 de ani de când finala campionatului de fotbal a fost eclipsată de un derby de trap" [RETRO GSP. 87 years since the football championship final was overshadowed by a trot derby] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1933-1934". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b c "FOTBAL. Noua CAMPIOANA a ROMANIEI. Ce mai vuiet, ce mai larma..." [FOOTBALL. The new CHAMPION of ROMANIA. What a noise, what a noise ...] (in Romanian). Vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  9. ^ a b "CFR Cluj, ca Rapidul pe vremea lui "Il Luce"! Un record vechi de 20 de ani a fost egalat! Performanţa imposibilă realizată de clujeni" [CFR Cluj, like Rapid in the time of "Il Luce"! A 20-year-old record has been matched! The impossible performance achieved by the people from Cluj] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1934-1935". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1935-1936". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - 1936-1937". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  13. ^ ""Strămoșii" lui Poli au demonstrat că se poate: Ripensia a eliminat pe AC Milan!" [Poli's "ancestors" proved that it is possible: Ripensia eliminated AC Milan!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
    "Roș-galbenii, adversarii de seamă ai granzilor din Vest. Cum și-a câștigat Ripensia respectul în Europa" [The red-yellows, the main opponents of the giants from the West. How Ripensia gained respect in Europe] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
    "Când Ripensia era peste AC Milan" [When Ripensia was over AC Milan] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
    "Ripensia – AC Milan 3-0 (Cupa Mitropa, 26 iunie 1938)" [Ripensia – AC Milan 3-0 (Mitropa Cup, June 26, 1938)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Rudolf Bürger player profile". European Football. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Bulgaria 2-3 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  16. ^ a b "Romania 8-1 Greece". European Football. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  17. ^ "România la CM 1930 "Și noi am fost pe Conte Verde"" [Romania at the World Cup 1930 "We were on Conte Verde too"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  18. ^ "România la CM 1934. La un pas să ratăm Italia" [Romania at the 1934 World Cup. One step away from missing out on Italy] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  19. ^ a b "Balkan Cup 1936". European Football. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  20. ^ a b "România – Cuba: povestea eliminării ruşinoase de la Cupa Mondială a primei generații de excepţie din istoria "tricolorilor"" [Romania – Cuba: the story of the shameful elimination from the World Cup of the first exceptional generation in the history of the "tricolors"] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Cuba 3-3 România, 5 iunie 1938 (Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38)" [Cuba 3-3 Romania, June 5, 1938 (World Cup in France '38)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
    "Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38: Cuba 2-1 România, 9 iunie 1938" [World Championship in France '38: Cuba 2-1 Romania, June 9, 1938] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
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