Head Coaches

Heinz Ludewig

Head coach: 03.04.1925-1927
Honours: -


Gustav Wieser

Head coach: 25.05.1928-1929
Honours: West German Champions (1929)


Kurt Otto

Head coach: 11.08.1929-1930
Honours: West German Champions (1930)


August Sobotka

Head coach: 1930-1931
Honours: Team suspended


Hans Sauerwein

Head coach: 01.08.1931-01.07.1932
Honours: West German Champions (1932)


Kurt Otto

Head coach: 20.07.1932-1933
Honours: West German Champions (1933)
German Runners-Up (1933)


Hans Schmidt

Head coach: 15.08.1933-07.07.1938
Honours: German Champions (1934, 1935, 1937)
German Runners-Up (1938
German Cup Winners (1937)
German Cup Finalists (1935, 1936)


Otto Faist

Head coach: 26.10.1938-1942
Honours: German Champions (1939, 1940, 1942)
German Runners-Up (1941)
German Cup Finalists (1941, 1942)


Ernst Kuzorra

Head coach: 01.12.1946-1947
Honours: -


Willi Schäfer

Head coach: 04.11.1947-1948
Honours: -


Theo Langl

Head coach: 1948
Honours: -


Ferdl Swatosch

Head coach: 01.12.1948-1949
Honours: Avoided relegation via the play-off


Fritz Szepan

Head coach: 31.08.1949-1954
Honours: Oberliga West Champions (1951)


Edi Frühwirth

Head coach: 1954-31.05.1959
Honours: German Champions (1958)
Oberliga West Champions (1958)
German Cup Finalists (1955)
West German Cup Winners (1955)


Nandor Lengyel

Head coach: 1959-1960
Honours: -


Georg Gawliczek

Head coach: 1960-25.04.1964
Honours: Joined the Bundesliga (1963)


Fritz Langner

Head coach: 26.04.1964-30.06.1967
Honours: -


Karl-Heinz Marotzke

Head coach: 01.07.1967-13.11.1967
Honours: -


Günter Brocker

Head coach: 18.11.1967-17.11.1968
Honours: -


Rudi Gutendorf

Head coach: 22.11.1968-07.09.1970
Honours: German Cup Finalists (1969)


Slobodan Cendic

Head coach: 08.09.1970-30.06.1971
Honours: -


Ivica Horvat

Head coach: 01.07.1971-30.06.1975
Honours: German Cup Winners (1972)
German Runners-Up (1972)


Max Merkel

Head coach: 01.07.1975-09.03.1976
Honours: -


Friedel Rausch

Head coach: 10.03.1976-20.12.1977
Honours: German Runners-Up (1977)


Uli Maslo

Head coach: 21.12.1977-24.05.1978
Honours: -


Ivica Horvat

Head coach: 01.07.1978-17.03.1979
Honours: -


Gyula Lorant

Head coach: 19.03.1979-04.12.1979
Honours: -


Dietmar Schwager

Head coach: 05.12.1979-20.04.1980
Honours: -


Fahrudin Jusufi

Head coach: 21.04.1980-26.05.1981
Honours: Relegation (1981)


Rudi Assauer/Heinz Redepenning

Head coach: 27.05.1981-30.06.1981
Honours: -


Siegfried Held

Head coach: 01.07.1981-20.01.1983
Honours: 2. Liga Champions
Promotion (1982)


Rudi Assauer

Head coach: 21.01.1983-23.01.1983
Honours: -


Jürgen Sundermann

Head coach: 24.01.1983-30.06.1983
On the pitch: Relegation (1983)


Diethelm Ferner

Head coach: 01.07.1983-30.06.1986
On the pitch: Second division


Rolf Schafstall

Head coach: 01.07.1986-07.12.1987
Honours: -


Horst Franz

Head coach: 01.01.1988-18.09.1988
On the pitch: Relegation (1988)


Diethelm Ferner

Head coach: 18.09.1988-06.04.1989
On the pitch: Second division


Helmut Kremers

Head coach: 07.04.1989-10.04.1989
On the pitch: Second division


Peter Neururer

Head coach: 11.04.1989-13.11.1990
On the pitch: Second division


Klaus Fischer/Helmut Kremers

Head coach: 14.11.1990-15.01.1991
On the pitch: Second division


Aleksandar Ristic

Head coach: 16.01.1991-29.04.1992
On the pitch: Second division
Relegation (1991)


Klaus Fischer

Head coach: 30.04.1992-30.06.1992
Honours: -


Udo Lattek

Head coach: 01.07.1992-17.01.1993
Honours: -


Helmut Schulte

Head coach: 18.01.1993-09.10.1993
Honours: -


Jörg Berger

Head coach: 12.10.1993-03.10.1996
Honours: -


Hubert Neu

Head coach: 04.10.1996-07.10.1996
Honours: -


Huub Stevens

Head coach: 08.10.1996-30.06.2002
Honours: UEFA Cup Winners (1997)
German Cup Winners (2001, 2002)


Frank Neubarth

Head coach: 01.07.2002-26.03.2003
Honours: -


Marc Wilmots

Head coach: 26.03.2003-24.06.2003
Honours: -


Jupp Heynckes

Head coach: 25.06.2003-15.09.2004
Honours: -


Eddy Achterberg

Head coach: 15.09.2004-28.09.2004
Honours: -


Ralf Rangnick

Head coach: 28.09.2004-12.12.2005
Honours: Bundesliga Runners-Up (2005)
DFB Cup Finalists (2005)


Oliver Reck

Head coach: 12.12.2005-04.01.2006
Honours: -


Mirko Slomka

Head coach: 04.01.2006-13.04.2008
Honours: Bundesliga Runners-Up (2007)


Mike Büskens/Youri Mulder

Head coach: 14.04.2008-30.06.2008
Honours: -


Fred Rutten

Head coach: 01.07.2008-26.03.2009
Honours: -


Mike Büskens/Youri Mulder/Oliver Reck

Head coach: 27.03.2009-21.06.2009
Honours: -


Felix Magath

Head coach: 22.06.2009-16.03.2011
Honours: Bundesliga Runners-Up (2010)


Seppo Eichkorn

Head coach: 17.03.2011-20.03.2011
Honours: -


Ralf Rangnick

Head coach: 21.03.2011-22.09.2011
Honours: DFB Cup Winners (2011)


Seppo Eichkorn

Head coach: 23.09.2011-26.09.2011
Honours: -


Huub Stevens

Head coach: 27.09.2011-16.12.2012
Honours: -


Jens Keller

Head coach: 16.12.2012-07.10.2014
Honours: -


Roberto Di Matteo

Head coach: 07.10.2014-26.05.2015
Honours: -


Andre Breitenreiter

Head coach: 12.06.2015-15.05.2016
Honours: -


Markus Weinzierl

Head coach: 26.06.2016-09.06.2017
Honours: -


Domenico Tedesco

Head coach: 09.06.2017-14.03.2019
Honours: Bundesliga Runners-Up (2018)


Huub Stevens

Head coach: 14.03.2019-30.06.2019
Honours: -


David Wagner

Head coach: 01.07.2019-27.09.2020
Honours: -


Manuel Baum

Head coach: 30.09.2020-18.12.2020
Honours: -


Huub Stevens

Head coach: 18.12.2020-22.12.2020
Honours: -


Christian Gross

Head coach: 27.12.2020-28.02.2021
Honours: -


Dimitrios Grammozis

Head coach: 02.03.2021-06.03.2022
Honours: -


Mike Büskens

Head coach: since 07.03.2022
Honours: -


Frank Kramer

Head coach: 07.06.2022-19.10.2022
Honours: -


Matthias Kreutzer

Head coach: 20.10.2022-27.10.2022
Honours: -


Thomas Reis

Head coach: since 27.10.2022
Honours: -