Josef Thelen

Josef Thelen
Thelen in the 1969–70 season
Personal information
Full name Josef Thelen
Date of birth (1941-02-25)25 February 1941
Place of birth Aachen, Cologne-Aachen, Germany
Date of death 3 June 2007(2007-06-03) (aged 66)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1963 Eschweiler SG 88
1963–1970 Alemannia Aachen 88 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josef Thelen (25 February 1941 – 3 June 2007) was a German footballer. Sometimes nicknamed "Jupp", he played as a defender for Eschweiler SG and Alemannia Aachen throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, overseeing the latter's promotion and relegation from the Bundesliga as well as playing in the 1965 DFB-Pokal final against Borussia Dortmund.

Career

The defender began his career at the amateur club Eschweiler SG in the third tier Verbandsliga until 1963 as Jupp Thelen moved to Alemannia Aachen in the Regionalliga West.[1] He was known being a man without nerves, often adapting from his earlier mistakes within subsequent matches such as his improvements in his formation with fellow teammate Christoph Walter.[2] With Alemannia Aachen, he was in the 1965 DFB-Pokal final against Borussia Dortmund and reached the semi-finals against Hamburger SV in the 1966–67 DFB-Pokal. During the 1966–67 Regionalliga, Thelen was a part of the squad won the championship with Aachen and they finished first in the promotion round for the 1967–68 Bundesliga.[3] The defender made his debut in the Bundesliga on Matchday 4 in a 1-0 win against Borussia Neunkirchen. During the 1968–69 season, he was runner-up in the German championship with Alemannia Aachen behind Bayern Munich. A year later, however, the club would be relegated from the Bundesliga and Thelen ended his contractual career. He played a total of 88 Bundesliga games with one goal and 88 games in the Regionalliga West.[4][5]

Thelen was mentioned in the club's fan anthem Drei Atömchen alongside Gerd Prokop, Michel Pfeiffer and Werner Nievelstein.[6]

References

  1. ^ Berg-Verlag, ed. (1963). Einheit: Organ der Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau und Energie (in German). p. 8. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  2. ^ Creutz, Franz, ed. (2012). Der Jupp: Mister Alemannia (in German). p. 201. ISBN 9783848217892. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Tabellen". Ochehoppaz (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Thelen, Josef Thelen". BDFútbol. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  5. ^ Meisen, Hubert (27 February 2017). "Auf dem Platz mit den ganz Großen: Jupp Thelen". Aachener Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Trauer um Werner Nievelstein". Alemannia Aachen (in German). 1 April 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
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