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Jun 21, 1948 Kirkel, Saarland, Germany 76 years old
German footballer
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About Wolfgang Seel
- Wolfgang Seel (born June 21, 1948 in Kirkel) is a retired German football player.
- He spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1.
- FC Kaiserslautern, Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1.
- FC Saarbrücken.
- He represented Germany 6 times, including UEFA Euro 1976 qualifier against Bulgaria and 5 friendlies. In the 1979 German Cup (DFB Pokal) Final, played on June 23 in Hannover against Hertha BSC of Berlin, Seel scored the winning goal in Fortuna's 1:0 victory in the 116th minute.
- Seel intercepted a pass a Berlin defender had played back to his own goalkeeper, Norbert Nigbur, swerved around the lunging goaltender and scored with just four minutes to play in extra time.
- Under the rules in place at that time, had the game ended in a draw it would have been replayed several days later.
- Seel's goal earned Fortuna their first-ever Cup and made him a hero in Düsseldorf. Wolfgang Seel also scored twice in Fortuna Düsseldorf's historic 7:1 win over FC Bayern München in the 1978/79 season, one of Fortuna Düsseldorf's highest-ever victories and one of the worst defeats in FC Bayern's history.
