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German Dietrich Weitza, former coach of Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team, died at the age of 86.
The German daily “Kicker” reported the death of the Al-Ahly manager during the 1988-1989 season.
Faizza had led Al-Ahly to crown the double league, the Egyptian Cup and the Afro-Asian Club Cup.
And he moved to coach Egypt’s first Olympic teams after the departure of Mahmoud El-Gohary after the 1990 World Cup.
But the German coach quickly left the training of the pharaohs after the poor performance at the African Games, hosted by Egypt.
The last stop for the German coach was with the Liechtenstein team in 1996.
Weissa was also a successful coach in the German Bundesliga, and his greatest success was twice winning the Cup with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1974 and 1975, leading teams Kaiserslautern and Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Eintracht also qualified under his leadership in 1976 to the semi-finals of the Recopa de Europa, and was barely deposited in the tournament at the hands of West Ham United.
He previously led the German youth national team from 1978 to 1983, and in 1981 he won the European Championship and the World Youth Cup.
Difficult conditions
Al-Ahly signed with Faizza after losing the league and the cup under the leadership of Anwar Salama in the 1987-1988 season in favor of Zamalek, with the withdrawal of a large part of its stars, among which Mahmoud Al-Khatib and Ikrami stand out. Al-Shahat, and before them the professionalism of Mustafa Abdo and Magdi Abdel-Ghani in Portugal.
And he turned to the German school for the first time in its history by hiring Weitza, who also left Germany for the first time in his coaching career.
Fayza played during Al-Ahly’s training ground before the start of the season and the Queens Park Rangers friendly, which ended in a 1-1 draw in 3-5-2 form, to offer Egyptian football a new way to playing after years of relying on 4-3-3 and then 4-4-2.
Faizza was supported by a series of young faces with the young men Anwar Salama promoted to the first team, such as Hani Ramzi, Muhammad Abdul Jalil, Adel Abdel Rahman and Amr Anwar, with more opportunities for the twins Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan, with the elements of experience represented by Thabit Al Batal, Ahmed Miud Yudhubhin, Rabih Yudhubhin, Rabih. Ayman Shawky.
The German coach regained the league title, five points behind Zamalek, and won the Egyptian Cup after beating Al-Masry in the final by 3 goals.
But with the Egyptian national team qualifying for the 1990 World Cup, and Mahmoud El-Gohary asked to complete the local season without international players, which Al-Ahly and Zamalek objected, the Football Association decided to cancel the season.
Weitza decided to leave Al-Ahly and leave the team to Mahmoud Al-Sayes, who led him to the crowning of the revitalization championship.
In 2009, the deceased revealed that Al-Ahly had continued in contact with him, as he said that the leaders of the Red Club asked him to nominate a German coach to lead the team that would succeed Manuel José, indicating that he had advanced the named after former star Lothar Matthews, as reported at the time by “Modern Sport 2”.
Faica revealed that the Al-Ahly administration had specified in its application that the nominated coach be a strong personality and possess “charisma” in dealing with players and the media.
