Wolfgang Seel (born 21 June 1948) is a German former footballer.
Club career He spent 12 seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1. FC Saarbrücken. In the West German top-flight, the 2. Bundesliga and the Regionalliga Seel played over 550 Matches.
In the 1979 DFB-Pokal Final, played on 23 June in Hanover against Hertha BSC, 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 , 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.
International career He represented West Germany six times. His caps include a UEFA Euro 1976 qualifier against Bulgaria and five friendlies.
Honours UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1979. Bundesliga 3rd place: 1974. DFB-Pokal winner: 1979, 1980. DFB-Pokal finalist: 1972, 1978.
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