Emerich Vogl

Club career Vogl was born on 12 August 1905 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary, growing up in the Mehala neighborhood, then playing as a youth for local club Chinezul between 1921 and 1922. In 1922, at age 17, Vogl made his debut for the senior team and until 1924 he played on different positions, before settling as a central midfielder. For the 1925–26 title, he scored 15 goals in the regional and national championship combined, being the team's second top-scorer after Augustin Semler who scored 41. Juventus won the regional championship, thus qualifying for the national championship which was won after a 3–0 victory in the final against Gloria Arad. Vogl was being used by coaches Feldmann and György Hlavay in all 14 matches during the campaign, having one goal scored. He also had two spells as a player-coach for them. The highlights of these years were a third place in the 1935–36 season and reaching two times in a row the Cupa României semi-finals.

International career Vogl played 29 games and scored one goal for Romania. He made his debut on 31 August 1924 under coach Teofil Moraru in an away friendly against Czechoslovakia which ended with a 4–1 loss. In his third match for the national team, Vogl was named the team captain in a 3–1 away win in a friendly over Turkey.

He was selected by coach Constantin Rădulescu to be part of the squad for the 1930 World Cup, but the chairman of Astra Română, a company where Vogl and his teammate László Raffinsky were office workers, forbade the two players from leaving their workplace. Eventually, after the Romanian Football Federation's secretary Octav Luchide went to the company with a letter from King Carol II, they were allowed to participate. The first was the 1933 Balkan Cup where he appeared in all three matches and the second was the 1931–34 Central European Cup for Amateurs where he played five games. On 13 June 1943, he led Romania's national team for the first time in a 2–2 friendly draw against Slovakia. Vogl returned to Juventus for a final time in the second half of the 1945–46 București championship, replacing Nicolae Petrescu who remained in his staff as an assistant. In the following two seasons he coached the team in Divizia A, finishing the first one in fourth place and the second in fifth. However, in the 1948–49 season after losing in the 19th round with 3–2 a home game to ASA București he was replaced with Colea Vâlcov. In 1949, Vogl had his second experience at Romania's national team, this time leading them together with Coloman Braun-Bogdan in a 1–1 home friendly draw against Albania. From 1950 until 1952, Vogl had his last tenure as Romania's coach, leading them in four friendly games which consisted of a win and two draws against Czechoslovakia, and a win over Albania. Across all of his three spells at the national team he obtained two victories, four draws and no losses.

Between 1963 and 1967, Vogl was a consultant for Rapid București, helping it win its first title in the 1966–67 season. Afterwards he was a consultant for the national team from 1967 until 1971, helping Romania to qualify in 1970 for a FIFA World Cup after 32 years.

Death Vogl died on 29 October 1971 at the age of 66.

Honours Player Chinezul Timișoara Divizia A: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27 Juventus București Divizia A: 1929–30 Romania Balkan Cup: 1929–31, 1933 Central European International Cup: 1931–34