Career
He started his career 1971 at SG Wattenscheid 09. Via Frankfurt he moved for the 1979-1980 campaign to 2. Bundesliga Nord side Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid and left them after a season for Hamburger SV. In total he appeared in 142 Bundesliga matches, most of them for Eintracht Frankfurt (91).
His greatest success was the German championship with Hamburger SV in 1982 after being runner-up in the previous season.
In 1990 Koitka finished his career at Herpes simplex virus. After his active career he returned to his roots and became coach and goalkeeping coach at SG Wattenscheid 09. Heinz-Josef Koitka was engaged at DFB responsible for the Under 21 goalkeepers and match observer.
