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Coloman Braun-Bogdan

Coloman Braun-Bogdan (13 October 1905[1] – 15 March 1983) was a Romanian football midfielder and football manager.

Coloman Braun-Bogdan
Personal information
Date of birth (1905-10-13)13 October 1905
Place of birth Arad, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 15 March 1983(1983-03-15) (aged 77)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1932 AMEF Arad
1932–1934 Racing Club Calais
1934–1935 Juventus București 12 (0)
1936–1938 Juventus București 30 (0)
Total 42 (0)
Managerial career
1936–1937 Sportul Studențesc București
1937–1938 Juventus București
1940 Juventus București
1940–1945 Jiul Petroșani
1945 Romania
1946–1947 CFR București
1947 ASA București
1948 Dinamo București
1949 Romania
1953–1954 Flamura Roșie Arad
1958–1960 UTA Arad
1962–1963 Știința Timișoara
1963–1964 UTA Arad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Coloman Braun-Bogdan was born on 13 October 1905 in Arad, Arad County, which was at the time part of Austria-Hungary, he started to play football in 1920 when he was 14 years old at local club, AMEF, making a name for himself as one of the best Romanian midfielders of the interwar period.[2][3][4][5] In 1932 he went to play two seasons in France at Racing Club Calais, afterwards going at Juventus București where he played with a interruption in the 1935–36 season until he ended his career, his final appearance as a footballer taking place on 15 May 1938 in a 4–1 league victory against Universitatea Cluj.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] One of Braun-Bogdan's most important achievements as a player was being part of Romania's squad at the 1938 World Cup.[3][5]

Managerial career

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In 1933 Coloman Braun-Bogdan took the coaching courses of the British football school from Folkestone, later studying in Romania at the O.N.E.F. School of Football and in 1939 he was one of the founding members of the National Romanian School of Coaches.[2][3][4][5][6][11] His coaching career started in 1936 at Sportul Studențesc București which he helped promote from Divizia B to Divizia A while he was still an active player at Juventus București in Divizia A.[2][3][4][6] In the 1937–38 Divizia A season he worked at Juventus as a player-coach, finishing the championship on the 4th place, also earning a historical 5–1 victory with which they eliminated Ripensia Timișoara from the Cupa României, a team that would eventually win the championship that season.[2][3][10][6] In the following season he worked only as a coach, earning another historical victory against Ripensia, this time a 7–2 in the league, but after finishing the first half on the 8th place he was dismissed.[11] He came back to Juventus in the second half of the 1939–40 season, replacing Gyula Dobo who finished the first half on the last place, but Braun-Bogdan was unable to improve much of the team's performance, managing to bring the team just above the last place, thus relegating at the end of the season in Divizia B.[6][12] In 1940 he went to coach Jiul Petroșani, helping the team win promotion to Divizia A, but did not get to play there as the championship was interrupted because of World War II, however he continued to work for the club until 1945.[2][3][4][6] In 1945 he had a short spell as Romania's national team coach, leading the team in a friendly which ended with a 7–2 away loss in front of Hungary.[2][3][4][13][14] In the 1946–47 season he worked at CFR București where he helped the club earn the 5th place in the league and even do he was appreciated by the fans, he moved in 1947 at newly founded club, ASA București where he was dismissed after 15 rounds because of poor results.[2][3][4][5][6][15] In 1948 he became the first coach of Dinamo București where he also did not have a long spell, staying only a few rounds, including the first derby against his former team, ASA which ended with a 1–0 victory for his side.[2][3][4][5][6][15][16] In 1949, Braun-Bogdan had his second experience at Romania's national team, this time leading the team together with Emerich Vogl in a 1–1 home friendly against Albania.[13][17][18] Braun-Bogdan had the most successful spell of his career from 1953 until 1954 he coached a team from his native Arad, Flamura Roșie, winning the only trophies of his career which are the 1953 Cupa României after a 1–0 in extra-time in front of CCA București and the 1954 Divizia A.[2][3][4][5][6][15][19][20] He then worked for the Romanian Football Federation as an advisor and also as president of the Central College of Coaches until 1958 when he had a second experience at Flamura Roșie which this time was named UTA Arad, then he went for the 1962–63 season at Știința Timișoara with whom he finished the championship on the 3rd position.[2][3][4][5][6][21][22] He left Știința after a conflict with some of the team's players, going for a third spell at UTA where after a 3–3 against his former team, Știința on their field, the fans of the home team who felt disadvantaged by the referee attacked the locker rooms of the referees and UTA's players, eventually getting into a big fight with the miliția officers, this being the first event that created the rivalry between the two teams which would be known as the West derby.[2][3][6][21][22] Afterwards he retired from coaching, going to work again for the Romanian Football Federation, having a total of 230 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 89 victories, 51 draws and 90 losses.[2][3][5][6][23] Coloman Braun-Bogdan died on 15 March 1983 at age 77, being remembered as the first coach that worked at all three Bucharest rivals: CFR, ASA and Dinamo.[2][3][4][5][6][15]

Writing

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Coloman Braun-Bogdan wrote two books about moments from his playing and managerial football career:[2][5]

  • Fotbalul în glumă (Football as a Joke)
  • Din lumea balonului rotund (From the World of the Round Ball)

Honours

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Manager

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Sportul Studențesc București

Jiul Petroşani

UTA Arad

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "STEAUA-DINAMO. Cine e omul care a INVENTAT cele două rivale!" [STEAUA-DINAMO. Who is the man who INVENTED the two rivals!] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Cibi Braun, antrenorul care a dus UTA spre titlul al patrulea, va fi comemorat astăzi" [Cibi Braun, the coach who led UTA to its fourth title, will be commemorated today] (in Romanian). Glsa.ro. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l ""Eternul Derby" a început cu el. Povestea antrenorului care le-a pregătit pe Steaua şi Dinamo imediat după înfiinţarea lor" [The "Eternal Derby" began with him. The story of the coach who trained Steaua and Dinamo immediately after their establishment] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Coloman Braun-Bogdan, antrenorul rivalelor: a pregătit Rapid, Steaua, Dinamo, UTA și Poli Timișoara" [Coloman Braun-Bogdan, coach of the rivals: trained Rapid, Steaua, Dinamo, UTA and Poli Timișoara] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "In Memoriam Coloman Braun-Bogdan. Marele antrenor a fost comemorat la Cimitirul din Aradul Nou" [In Memoriam Coloman Braun-Bogdan. The great coach was commemorated at the Aradul Nou Cemetery] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  7. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XV – O clasare jenanta" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XV – An embarrassing ranking] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  8. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XVI – Editia Premierelor" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVI – Premiere Edition] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  9. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XVII – DIN NOU SEMIFINALISTĂ ÎN CUPĂ" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVII – CUP SEMI-FINALIST AGAIN] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  10. ^ a b "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XVIII – O EDIŢIE MODESTĂ" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVIII – A MODEST EDITION] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  11. ^ a b "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XIX – MEMORABILUL 7-2 CU CAMPIOANA RIPENSIA" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XIX – THE MEMORABLE 7-2 WITH CHAMPION RIPENSIA] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  12. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XX – REORGANIZARE PĂGUBOASĂ" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XX – DAMAGED REORGANIZATION] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Coloman Braun-Bogdan manager profile". European Football. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Hungary 7-2 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  15. ^ a b c d "Dinamo şi Steaua au fost lansate în fotbalul românesc cu acelaşi antrenor" [Dinamo and Steaua were launched in Romanian football with the same coach] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Dinamo aniverseaza 65 ani de existenta" [Dinamo celebrates 65 years of existence] (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Romania 1-1 Albania". European Football. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Albania a obtinut ultimul egal in meciurile cu Romania in 1949" [Albania got the last draw in the matches with Romania in 1949] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  19. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  20. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1953". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  21. ^ a b "57 de ani de la meciul care a declanșat ura între Arad și Timișoara: "La final a fost măcel! Galeriile s-au înfrățit și s-au bătut cu Miliția!"" [57 years since the match that sparked the hatred between Arad and Timișoara: "In the end there was a massacre! The galleries fraternized and fought with the Militia!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  22. ^ a b "Povestea meciului care a schimbat totul! Cum a apărut rivalitataea dintre Arad și Timișoara" [The story of the match that changed everything! How the rivalry between Arad and Timișoara arose] (in Romanian). Voceatimisului.ro. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  23. ^ "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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