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{{Short description|German footballer (born 1940)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Klaus Urbanczyk
| image               = Klaus Urbanczyk (1978).jpg
| upright             = 
| caption             = Urbanczyk in 1978
| full_name           = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1940|6|4|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Halle (Saale)]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
| height              = 
| position            = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub         = 
| youthyears1         = 1948–1960
| youthclubs1         = [[Hallescher FC|Turbine Halle]]
| years1              = 1960–1972
| clubs1              = [[Hallescher FC|Chemie Halle]]
| caps1               = 
| goals1              = 
| nationalyears1      = 1961–1969
| nationalteam1       = [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
| nationalcaps1       = 34
| nationalgoals1      = 0
| manageryears1       = 1973–1975
| managerclubs1       = [[Hallescher FC|HFC Chemie]]
| manageryears2       = 1976–1982
| managerclubs2       = [[1. FC Magdeburg]]
| manageryears3       = 1982–1984
| managerclubs3       = HFC Chemie
| manageryears4       = 1992–1994
| managerclubs4       = [[Hallescher FC]]
| manageryears5       = 1994–1996
| managerclubs5       = [[Lok Stendal|FSV Lok Altmark Stendal]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{EUA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]|[[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
}}

'''Klaus Urbanczyk''' (born 4 June 1940), nicknamed '''Banne''', is a German former [[association football|football]] player and manager. He made 34 appearances for the [[East Germany national football team|East Germany national team]].

==Career==
Born in [[Halle (Saale)]], Urbanczyk began his football career at [[Hallescher FC|Turbine Halle]] in 1948. Beginning in 1960, he played for the team, which was renamed Chemie Halle and later Hallescher FC Chemie – in the [[DDR-Oberliga]]. His first Oberliga match was against [[FC Erzgebirge Aue|Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt]] on 20 March 1960, as a right midfielder. During his career, however, he transitioned to play the position of right defender. He appeared in 250 East German top flight matches (12 goals).<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/urbanczykdata.html | title = Klaus Urbanczyk – Matches and Goals in Oberliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 17 July 2012 | accessdate = 18 July 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>

At the beginning of the 1960s, Urbanczyk was believed to be one of the best right defenders in the world, on account of his speed and his slide-tackling skills.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} He played for East Germany between 1961 and 1969.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/urbanczyk-intl.html | title = Klaus Urbanczyk – International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 17 July 2012 | accessdate = 18 July 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>

In a survey among managers of the magazine "[[Deutsches Sportecho]]", Urbanczyk was voted the best right defender of the 1962–63 season. At the [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Tokyo]] in 1964,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-13|title=Klaus URBANCZYK – Olympic Football {{!}} United Team of Germany (1956,1960,1964)|url=https://www.olympic.org/klaus-urbanczyk|access-date=2020-10-22|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en}}</ref> Urbanczyk's popularity rose further. He was one of the key figures of [[East Germany national football team|East Germany's team]] (representing the [[United Team of Germany]]) that reached the semi-final of the tournament. In the semi-final against the [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], Urbanczyk collided with his own goalkeeper Jürgen Heinsch and suffered a complicated knee injury, including torn [[cruciate ligament|cruciates]]. East Germany lost the semi-final, but won the bronze medal against [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]]. 
In the same year, Urbanczyk won the East German Sportsperson of the Year award – the only time that a footballer was given an individual award. Urbanczyk also won the [[East German Footballer of the Year]] award in 1964.

In 1971, Urbanczyk was part of the HFC Chemie team that were involved in the [[Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire]] while staying in [[Eindhoven]] for a [[UEFA Cup]] tie.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Karpe|first=Christoph|date=2020-06-03|title=HFC-Idol Klaus Urbanczyk: Die große Liebe verhinderte seine DDR-Flucht|url=https://www.mz-web.de/sport/fussball/hallescher-fc/hfc-idol-klaus-urbanczyk-die-grosse-liebe-verhinderte-seine-ddr-flucht-36790484|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Mitteldeutsche Zeitung|language=de-DE}}</ref> Urbanczyk rescued several people and suffered severe injuries.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.taz.de/index.php?id=archivseite&dig=2006/04/28/a0173 | title = Das späte Spiel | first = Bertram  | last = Job | work = Die Tageszeitung | date = 28 April 2006 | accessdate = 28 November 2008 | language = German }}</ref>

After ending his active career due to his injuries sustained in the fire,<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCracken|first=Craig|date=2016-09-28|title=How Chemie Halle's European dream ended in tragedy 45 years ago today|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/beyond-the-last-man/2016/sep/28/chemie-halle-psv-eindhoven-germany-fire-tragedy|access-date=2021-04-06|website=The Guardian|language=en-EN}}</ref> Urbanczyk enjoyed success managing several Oberliga clubs, starting at [[Hallescher FC|HFC Chemie]], then [[FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt]]. From 1976 to 1982 he was manager of [[1. FC Magdeburg]], winning the FDGB-Pokal in 1978 and 1979. His team was represented in the European competitions in every season, reaching the quarter-finals three times. After managing several other clubs, he returned to his home club in 1992, now called Hallescher FC, to manage them until 1994. Later, he enjoyed a small measure of success at [[Lok Stendal|FSV Lok Altmark Stendal]] who he guided to the [[1995–96 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]] quarter-final in 1995.

==Personal life==
Klaus Urbanczyk is married and the father of two daughters.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500280&action=showPlayer&full=1&liga=DDR-Nationalmannschaft&vorname=&nachname=Urbanczyk&cHash=8aa1c8a3ae Klaus Urbancyzk's] national team games at dfb.de {{in lang|de}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|klaus-urbanczyk}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ur/klaus-urbanczyk-1}}

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