Adi Hütter

Adolf "Adi" Hütter (German pronunciation: [ˈʔadi ˈhʏtɐ]; born 11 February 1970) is an Austrian professional football coach and former player who is the current head coach of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. As a player, Hütter reached the 1993–94 UEFA Cup final, won the Austrian championship three times with Austria Salzburg and won the Austrian Cup with Grazer AK. As a coach, he won the Austrian double, again in Salzburg colors, as well as the Swiss championship, with Young Boys.

Adi Hütter
Hütter with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2020
Personal information
Full name Adolf Hütter
Date of birth (1970-02-11) 11 February 1970
Place of birth Hohenems, Austria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt (head coach)
Youth career
Grazer AK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Linzer ASK 52 (2)
1991–1992 SC Rheindorf Altach 34 (6)
1992–1993 Grazer AK 33 (10)
1993–2000 SV Austria Salzburg 201 (14)
2000–2002 Grazer AK 29 (2)
2002–2005 Kapfenberger SV 91 (17)
2005–2007 Red Bull Salzburg Juniors 40 (4)
Total 480 (55)
National team
1994–1997 Austria 14 (3)
Teams managed
2008–2009 RB Salzburg II
2009–2012 SC Rheindorf Altach
2012–2014 SV Grödig
2014–2015 Red Bull Salzburg
2015–2018 Young Boys
2018– Eintracht Frankfurt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Hütter played for Altach in his youth before moving to Grazer AK and Austria Salzburg. There, he was a three-time Austrian champion and won the Supercup. With Salzburg, he reached the UEFA-Cup final in 1994 where Salzburg lost two times 0–1 against Inter Milan. Hütter played for the Austrian national team 14 times and scored 3 times.

In 2000, Hütter joined Grazer AK again. After two years, he joined first division team Kapfenberg. In 2005, Hütter joined the amateur team of Red Bull Salzburg Juniors and secured promotion to the Austrian first division. After achilles problems, he joined the coaching staff as assistant of Gerald Baumgartner in August 2007.

Coaching career

Salzburg Juniors, Altach, Grödig, Salzburg
Hütter as head coach of SV Grödig, November 2013

Hütter is the former assistant coach and head coach of Red Bull Salzburg Juniors. He finished with a record of 13 wins, seven draws, and 15 losses at the club.[1] He was head coach of Rheindorf Altach between 1 July 2009 and 5 April 2012.[2] In the 2009–10 season, Rheindorf Altach lost to FC Pasching in the first round of the Austrian Cup[3] and finished third in the league.[4] In the 2010–11 season, Rheindorf Altach got to the Round of 16 of the Austrian Cup[5] and finished second in the league.[6] In the 2011–12 season, Rheindorf Altach were eliminated from the Austrian Cup in the first round.[7] He started managing SV Grödig on 1 July 2012.[8] In the 2012–13 season, Grödig were eliminated in the second round of the Austrian Cup.[9] In the 2013–14 season, Grödig were eliminated in the first round of the Austrian Cup.[10] He had led Grödig to a 2014–15 UEFA Europa League spot after 3–3 draw on the final matchday against Wacker Innsbruck.[11] He took over Red Bull Salzburg for the 2014–15 season[12] His first training session was on 16 June 2014.[13] His first match was a 10–1 win against 1. SC Sollenau on 12 July 2014.[14] He resigned on 15 June 2015.[15] He won the double in his only season.[16] His final match was a 2–0 win in the Austrian Cup final on 3 June 2015.[14]

Young Boys Bern
Hütter coaching BSC Young Boys, 2017

In September 2015, Hütter took over as head coach of Swiss Super League side BSC Young Boys.[17] In April 2018, Hütter's Young Boys won the Swiss Super League for the first time since 1986.[18]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 16 May 2018, Hütter was confirmed to be Eintracht Frankfurt's next head coach, succeeding Niko Kovač.[19] He started as coach on 1 July 2018.[20][21] On 12 August 2018, he lost his first competitive match (German Super Cup) 5–0 to Bayern Munich.[22] Then on 18 August 2018, Eintracht Frankfurt were knocked out in the first round of the German Cup by fourth division SSV Ulm.[23] After a poor start of the 2018–19 Bundesliga season (just 4 points in five matchdays), Eintracht did not lose in the next 11 games, winning 10, in the Bundesliga and Europa League.[23] Frankfurt had a similar winning streak in the second half of the season, and reached the semifinal of the Europa League where they drew two times and lost on penalties against Chelsea. At the end of the season, Hütter was voted by readers of German newspaper Bild as Coach of the Year while Eintracht Frankfurt was voted as the Team of the Year.[24] The union of professional football players also voted Hütter as Coach of the Year.[25]

Coaching record
As of matches played on 7 February 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L Win %
Rheindorf Altach 1 July 2009[2] 6 April 2012[2] 102 58 21 23 056.86 [3][5][7]
Grödig 1 June 2012 31 May 2014[12] 75 39 16 20 052.00 [9][10]
Red Bull Salzburg 1 June 2014[12][13] 15 June 2015[15] 54 35 8 11 064.81 [14]
Young Boys 3 September 2015[17] 30 June 2018[20] 133 78 27 28 058.65
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 July 2018[20] Present 127 60 29 38 047.24 [20]
Total 491 270 101 120 054.99 —

Honours

Coach
Red Bull Salzburg
Young Boys

References
  1. "RB Salzburg (A)/FC Anif » Fixtures & Results 2008/2009". World Football. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. "SCR Altach » Manager history" (in German). World Football. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. "SCR Altach » Fixtures & Results 2009/2010". World Football. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  4. "Austria » 2. Liga 2009/2010 » 33. Round". World Football. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. "SCR Altach » Fixtures & Results 2010/2011". World Football. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  6. "Austria » 2. Liga 2010/2011 » 36. Round". World Football. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  7. "SCR Altach » Fixtures & Results 2011/2012". World Football. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  8. "SV Grödig » Manager history". World Football. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  9. "SV Grödig » Fixtures & Results 2012/2013". World Football. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  10. "SV Grödig » Fixtures & Results 2013/2014". World Football. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  11. "Aufsteiger Grödig im Europacup - Austria out". Österreich (in German). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  12. "Offiziell! Hütter neuer Bullen-Coach". Österreich (in German). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  13. "Hütter: Schweres Erbe bei Bullen". Österreich (in German). 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  14. "RB Salzburg". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  15. "Adi Hütter nicht mehr Bullen-Coach" (in German). Österreich. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  16. "2:0 gegen Austria: Bullen holen Double" (in German). Österreich. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  17. "Young Boys: Hütter tritt Fortes Nachfolge an". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  18. "Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  19. "Trainersuche beendet! Adi Hütter übernimmt die Eintracht". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  20. "Eintracht Frankfurt". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  21. "Der Sommerfahrplan der Erstligisten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  22. "FCB gewinnt Supercup - Lewandowski macht den Unterschied". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  23. "Eintracht Frankfurt". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  24. Havertz ist der Spieler des Jahres, Bild, 2019-05-22.
  25. Adi Hütter Trainer des Jahres, faz.net, 2019-06-06.
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