Dieter Birlenbach - Bilanz nach Vereinen
| Verein | S | U | N | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 | Preußen Münster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 | Fortuna Köln | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 | FC Remscheid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 | Alemannia Aachen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 | 1. FC Union Solingen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 | VfL Osnabrück | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 | FC 08 Homburg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 | SC Freiburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 | Hannover 96 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | Karlsruher SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | SV Meppen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | FC St. Pauli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | Hertha BSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gesamt | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 81 | 0 | 7 | 35 | |
Der Vorteil von Trainern wie Branko Zebec und Ernst Happel war ihre kuriose Sprache. Die Spieler mussten sich stark konzentrieren, um zu verstehen, was sie meinten. Deshalb kam ihre Botschaft so gut rüber.
— Felix Magath