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{{Short description|German football player and manager (1941–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Diethelm Ferner
| image          = Diethelm Ferner.jpg
| upright        = 
| caption        = Ferner in 1985
| full_name      = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1941|07|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Zelenogradsky District|Kragau]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2023|11|07|1941|07|13|df=yes}}
| death_place    = 
| height         = 1.68 m
| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1    =
| youthclubs1    = 
| years1         = 1962–1963
| clubs1         = VfB Bottrop
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 1963–1969
| clubs2         = [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
| caps2          = 181
| goals2         = 20
| years3         = 1969–1974
| clubs3         = [[Rot-Weiss Essen]]
| caps3          = 51
| goals3         = 1
| nationalyears1 = 1963–1964
| nationalteam1  = [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]]
| nationalcaps1  = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1  = 1973–1975
| managerclubs1  = [[Rot-Weiss Essen]]
| manageryears2  = 1975–1976
| managerclubs2  = [[Wuppertaler SV]]
| manageryears3  = 1976–1978
| managerclubs3  = [[FC St. Pauli]]
| manageryears4  = 1978–1979
| managerclubs4  = [[Rot-Weiss Essen]]
| manageryears5  = 1979–1982
| managerclubs5  = [[Hannover 96]]
| manageryears6  = 1983–1986
| managerclubs6  = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| manageryears7  = 1986–1987
| managerclubs7  = [[Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)|Iraklis]]
| manageryears8  = 1987
| managerclubs8  = [[Alemannia Aachen]]
| manageryears9  = 1988–1989
| managerclubs9  = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| manageryears10 = 1990–1994
| managerclubs10 = [[Apollon Limassol FC|Apollon Limassol]]
| manageryears11 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs11 = [[AEL Limassol]]
| manageryears12 = 1996–1997
| managerclubs12 = [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
| manageryears13 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs13 = [[Al-Jahra SC|Al-Jahra]]
| manageryears14 = 1998
| managerclubs14 = [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]]
| manageryears15 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs15 = [[Apollon Limassol FC|Apollon Limassol]]
| manageryears16 = 2000–2002
| managerclubs16 = [[Al Ittihad Alexandria Club|El-Ittihad El-Iskandary]]
| manageryears17 = 2003–2004
| managerclubs17 = [[Al-Merreikh Al-Thagher]]
| manageryears18 = 2005–2006
| managerclubs18 = [[Olympiakos Nicosia]]
| manageryears19 = 2008
| managerclubs19 = [[Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)|Al Ahli Tripoli]]
| manageryears20 = 2013
| managerclubs20 = [[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]]
}}

'''Diethelm Ferner''' (13 July 1941 – 7 November 2023) was a German [[association football|football]] coach and player.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/10732/vereinsspieler_diethelm-ferner.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017205552/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/10732/vereinsspieler_diethelm-ferner.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 17 October 2012 | title = Ferner, Diethelm | language = de | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref> As a player, he spent eight seasons in the [[Bundesliga]] with [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] and [[Rot-Weiss Essen]], winning the [[1964–65 Bundesliga]] with Werder Bremen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meingast |first1=Tibor |title=Diethelm Ferner: Bottrop trauert um seinen größten Fußballer |trans-title=Diethelm Ferner: Bottrop mourns the loss of its greatest footballer |url=https://www.waz.de/sport/lokalsport/bottrop/diethelm-ferner-bottrop-trauert-um-seinen-groessten-fussballer-id240572974.html |access-date=15 November 2023 |work=WAZ |date=13 November 2023 |language=German}}</ref> He represented [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] in two friendlies.

==Coaching career==
As a coach Ferner helped [[FC St. Pauli]] to its first promotion to the [[Bundesliga]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahrens |first1=Peter |title=Er saß beim größten Pokalspektakel der Geschichte auf der Bank |trans-title=He sat on the bench during the greatest cup spectacle in history |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/nachruf-auf-diethelm-ferner-er-sass-beim-groessten-pokalspektakel-der-geschichte-auf-der-bank-a-4d795e59-2973-428d-9bbb-f9af338a75ce |access-date=15 November 2023 |work=Der Spiegel |date=15 November 2023 |language=German}}</ref>

==Death==
Ferner died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |title=Diethelm Ferner ist tot |trans-title=Diethelm Ferner is dead |url=https://www.n-tv.de/sport/der_sport_tag/Diethelm-Ferner-ist-tot-article24523881.html |access-date=10 November 2023 |work=n-tv |date=10 November 2023 |language=German}}</ref>

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Werder Bremen'''
* [[Bundesliga]]: [[1964–65 Bundesliga|1964–65]]

===Coach===
'''Apollon Limassol'''
* [[Cypriot First Division]]: [[1990–91 Cypriot First Division|1990–91]], [[1993–94 Cypriot First Division|1993–94]]

'''Zamalek'''
* [[CAF Champions League]]: [[1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1996]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Fussballdaten|fernerdiethelm|Diethelm Ferner}}

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