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{{short description|German footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Georg Buschner
| image = Georg Buschner (1978).jpg
| image_size = 240px
| fullname = 
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|12|26}}
| birth_place = [[Gera]], [[Weimar Republic]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|2|12|1925|12|26}}
| death_place = [[Jena]], [[Germany]]
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 1935–?
| youthclubs1 = [[BSG Wismut Gera|1. SpVgg Gera 04]]
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1952
| clubs1 = [[BSG Wismut Gera|BSG Motor Gera]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1952–1958
| clubs2 = [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|SC Motor Jena]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1954–1957
| nationalteam1 = [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1958–1971
| managerclubs1 = [[SC Motor Jena]]
| manageryears2 = 1970–1981
| managerclubs2 = [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
}}

'''Georg Buschner''' (26 December 1925 – 12 February 2007) was an [[East Germany|East German]] [[Association football|football]] player and manager.

Buschner played in the [[DDR-Oberliga|East German top-flight]] for [[BSG Wismut Gera|Motor Gera]] and [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Motor Jena]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/buschnerdata.html | title = Georg Buschner – Matches and Goals in Oberliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 July 2015 | access-date = 30 July 2015 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]}}</ref> He earned six caps for the [[East Germany national football team]] between 1954 and 1957,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/buschner-cintl.html | title = Georg Buschner – International Matches as Coach | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 23 July 2015 | access-date = 30 July 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> and later coached the team from 1970 to 1981. He was a [[Stasi]] informer under the codename "Georg" from 1966 to 1971.<ref>Kluge, Reimann: ''Buschner, Georg''.</ref> He was the coach when East Germany played in their only World Cup appearance in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], and produced one of their most famous victories upset by beating [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] in the first round. He also led East Germany to the bronze medal at the [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympics]] and the gold medal in the [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://einestages.spiegel.de/external/ShowTopicAlbumBackground/a1019/l5/l0/F.html |title = Trainer-Legende – Kick mit der Staatssicherheit | publisher = einestages.spiegel.de | access-date = 20 May 2013}}</ref>

He died on 12 February 2007.<ref>{{cite news| date = 12 February 2007 | url = https://www.welt.de/sport/article698750/DDR_Trainerlegende_Georg_Buschner_ist_tot.html | title = DDR-Trainerlegende Georg Buschner ist tot | newspaper = Die Welt | access-date = 20 May 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0621-0028, Fußball-WM, Nationalmannschaft DDR, Georg Buschner.jpg|left|thumb|Buschner taking a rest during the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]].]]

==External links==
* {{Fussballdaten|buschnergeorg}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|georg-buschner}}
* {{NFT player|id=17280}}

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[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Gera]]
[[Category:East German men's footballers]]
[[Category:1974 FIFA World Cup managers]]
[[Category:German football managers]]
[[Category:East German football managers]]
[[Category:FC Carl Zeiss Jena managers]]
[[Category:East Germany national football team managers]]
[[Category:German men's footballers]]
[[Category:FC Carl Zeiss Jena players]]
[[Category:East Germany men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]


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