On his 75th birthday: Open letter from Hoeness to Hitzfeld: “Dear Ottmar…”

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A photo from 2011: Hitzfeld receives the “Perle du Champagne” award at the Hotel Dolder in Zurich. Hoeneß congratulates.

Dear Ottmar,

I want to wish you all the best for your 75th birthday – health, happiness and lots of joy for you and your whole family!

We at FC Bayern Munich are very proud that you are part of our club. We won the Champions League and celebrated the World Cup, five German championships and three DFB Cup victories with you. But titles are not everything – you are a very special person for our fans and all of us: thank you for everything you have done for us!

I just remember fondly the many evenings with you before the game at the team hotel, and our conversations that went beyond just football. And I can still see how we finally won the European Cup again in Milan in 2001 – after an eternity of 25 years of waiting.

In 2001, the football god repaid us in a big way for everything he had denied us in the most bitter way during the final in Barcelona against Manchester United in 1999: first through the successful heart-breaking Championship final and then during the gala evening in Milan.

I don’t think we would have gone from the deepest valley of tears to the highest peaks in just two years with any other coach. Your statement was that you should always look ahead: you are an example to us all, and thanks to you we have made history.

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You have also become a faithful companion and a very good friend for me personally over the past decades. You and your word can always be relied on, this is becoming increasingly important in our time. People like you are role models for generations.

Dear Ottmar – all the best again, thank you again! At FC Bayern you have a permanent place: in the history of the club and in our hearts.

Your Uli Hoeness

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T.D
PT
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Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen
16
34
42
2
Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich
15
34
38
3
VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
16
18
34
4
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig
16
21
33
5
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
16
5
27
6
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
16
6
24
7
TSG Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim
16
2
24
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SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg
16
-5
24
9
1. FC Heidenheim 1846
1. FC Heidenheim 1846
16
-7
20
10
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
16
-7
19
11
FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg
16
-7
18
12
Borussia Monchengladbach
Borussia Monchengladbach
16
-4
17
13
Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen
16
-7
16
14
VfL Bochum
VfL Bochum
16
-15
16
15
Union Berlin
Union Berlin
15
-14
13
16
FSV Mainz
FSV Mainz
16
-15
10
17
1. FC Cologne
1. FC Cologne
16
-18
10
18
SV Darmstadt 98
SV Darmstadt 98
16
-21
10

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