Eduard Geyer

Geyer was born in Bielsko (Bielitz), during the German occupation of Poland. His family fled to Dresden after the end of World War II, and he began his football career with SC Einheit Dresden. In his youth was a goalkeeper, but he began his career playing as an attacker, later moving into defence. He joined Dynamo Dresden in 1968, where he played until his career ended in 1975 for health reasons. In total, he had played 112 games for the club, scoring twelve times, and was twice East German champion and won one Cup.

Geyer moved into coaching, working with Dynamo's youth team and assisting first-team managers Walter Fritzsch, Gerhard Prautzsch and Klaus Sammer, whom he succeeded in 1986. He won the DDR-Oberliga in 1989, ending BFC Dynamo's ten-year dominance. He also reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals that year, before going on to manage the East Germany national team. His time in charge was to be short-lived, however, as the side disappeared with the reunification of East and West Germany. After a brief spell scouting at Schalke 04, he moved to Hungary, managing BFC Siófok for a year before returning to Sachsen Leipzig. Under Geyer, the team captured the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (IV) title in 1993, but the club was denied promotion due when denied a licence to play in the Regionalliga (III) for financial reasons. He moved on a year later, joining Energie Cottbus where he enjoyed great success, advancing the previously unheralded club through two promotions into the first-division Bundesliga. Under his direction, the team was able to stay up for three years despite having a very small budget. He also took his side to the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) final in 1997. After relegation to the 2. Bundesliga in 2003, the team was unable to bounce back, finishing 14th in 2004–05, which spelled the end of Geyer's tenure at Cottbus. Geyer spent six months in the United Arab Emirates with Al-Nasr, before returning to Sachsen Leipzig, initially as sporting director, but later as manager. He left Sachsen at the end…

As a player

Club

SC Einheit Dresden

DDR Under-16 Cup: 1961 Dynamo Dresden

DDR-Oberliga: 1970–71, 1972–73 FDGB-Pokal: 1970–71

As a manager

Club

Dynamo Dresden

East German Junior Championship: 1982, 1985 East German Junior Cup: 1976, 1985 DDR-Oberliga: 1988–89 Sachsen Leipzig

NOFV-Oberliga Süd: 1992–93 Energie Cottbus

Regionalliga Nordost: 1996–97 DFB-Pokal runner-up: 1996–97 2. Bundesliga third place: 1999–2000