Christian Titz

Christian Titz (pronounced [ˈti:ts]; born 1 April 1971) is a German professional football manager and former player. He was most recently manager of Regionalliga club Rot-Weiss Essen. Besides coaching, Titz has published several specialised books on football training methods.[4]

Christian Titz
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-04-01) 1 April 1971
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Viktoria Neckarhausen[1]
SV Sandhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1994 FC Viktoria Neckarhausen[1]
1994–1997 SV Waldhof Mannheim[2]
1997–1999 SG Egelsbach
1999–2000 SC Idar-Oberstein
Teams managed
2000–2004 Alemannia Aachen U19[3]
2005–2006 1. FC Passau
2009 SCB Viktoria Köln
2011–2014 FC 08 Homburg
2015–2017 Hamburger SV U17
2017–2018 Hamburger SV II
2018 Hamburger SV
2019–2020 Rot-Weiss Essen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his active career, he most notably played for 2. Bundesliga for SV Waldhof Mannheim in the mid-1990s before ending his playing career in the Regionalliga for SC Idar-Oberstein in 2000. He then embarked on a coaching career, managing the youth teams of several clubs between 2000 and 2006 and again 2009, as well as amateur clubs while at the same time working for the United States Soccer Federation. From 2011 to 2014, Titz coached FC 08 Homburg in the Regionalliga Südwest before joining Hamburger SV in 2015, initially taking over the U17-team and later the reserve team. From 13 March 2018, he was head coach of the Hamburger SV first team before being dismissed on 23 September 2018. Prior to the 2019–20 season he joined Regionalliga club Rot-Weiss Essen but was dismissed after one season after failing to reach play-off promotions.

Playing career

Titz started playing for local club FC Viktoria Neckarhausen,[5][1] and later SV Sandhausen as a junior player. He began his senior career at his first club, Viktoria Neckarhausen, and would later go on to play for SG Egelsbach and SV Waldhof Mannheim before finishing his career at SC Idar-Oberstein, for whom he made six appearances during the 1999–2000 season in the third tier Regionalliga West/Südwest.[1]

Managerial career

Beginnings

Upon his retirement as an active player, Titz was appointed as coach of the Alemannia Aachen U19-team prior to the 2000–01 season. He worked as a coach in Aachen for four years, and acquired his professional coaching license in December 2004.[6] In November 2005, he was appointed as head coach of fifth tier Bayernliga side 1. FC Passau, but could not save the club from relegation to the Landesliga Bayern and was sacked in August 2006. Titz then started a scouting network in Europe for the United States Soccer Federation.[7]

For the 2000–01 season, Titz took over the first team as well as the U19 team of SCB Viktoria Köln, playing in the fifth tier Mittelrheinliga and the Under 19 Bundesliga, respectively. He was released from his duties at the end of December 2009.[8]

Titz was then appointed as head coach of fifth tier Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar team FC 08 Homburg ahead of the 2011–12 season, leading them to the division championship and promotion to the fourth tier Regionalliga. In the subsequent seasons, 2012–13 (14th) and 2013–14 (11th), he was able to establish the team in the division. In April 2014, Titz left the club.

Hamburger SV

Starting from the 2015–16 season, Titz was put in charge of the U17-side of Hamburger SV playing in the B-Junioren Bundesliga (Under 17 Bundesliga) for two seasons.[9] For the 2017–18 season, he took over the fourth tier Regionalliga Nord reserve team, Hamburger SV II. Gaining 40 points from 17 games, the reserves became autumn Herbstmeister.

On 13 March 2018, Titz left the reserves after leading them to first place in the table with 45 points from 20 matches, and took over Bernd Hollerbach's first team, struggling in the bottom-end of the Bundesliga with seven points behind in the relegation battle. He initially signed a contract until the end of the 2017–18 season.[10] After gaining ten points from seven games, HSV under Titz were able to reduce the gap to the relegation place before the last matchday to two points. Despite a win on the last match day, HSV suffered relegation from the Bundesliga for the first time in its history on 12 May 2018. Before the last matchday, him and the club had agreed on a contract extension, keeping him at the club independent of the team's ability to stay in the Bundesliga.[11] Due to a positive change in performance, style of play, and the infusion of younger players such as Tatsuya Ito and Matti Steinmann, who had started the season in the reserves, Titz received praise.[12][13][14]

On 16 May 2018, Titz signed a contract with HSV, keeping him at the club until 2020.[15] The team would go on to lose their opening game 0–3 at home in the 2. Bundesliga matchup against Holstein Kiel. After four out of the next four matches, HSV were first in the league table. Afterwards, they lost 0–5 at home to SSV Jahn Regensburg, which tied their biggest home loss in club history (equalled 0–5 to Bayern Munich in 1974, to Saint-Étienne in 1980 and again to Bayern Munich in 2014).[16] The following four games only resulted in one win and three goalless draws, including in the Hamburger Stadtderby against FC St. Pauli. On 23 October 2018, Titz was sacked, leaving the club at 5th place in the league table, two points behind first place. He was replaced by Hannes Wolf. Director of football Ralf Becker stated afterwards, that the HSV directors had come to the conclusion that the team went in the wrong direction with regards to development, which had meant an increased risk of missing the season goals.[17]

Rot-Weiss Essen

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Titz took over as head coach of fourth tier Regionalliga club Rot-Weiss Essen as the successor to Karsten Neitzel, who had been released from his duties after an 8th place finish in the previous season. Titz signed a contract keeping him at the club until 2021.[18] Essen ended the season prematurely in June, after the Regionalliga was cancelled due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. They finished third in the table and thus missed the goal of participation in promotion play-offs for the 3. Liga; something club management had initially aimed for. As a result, the contract, which was still valid for one year, was terminated at the end of the season.[19]

Career statistics

Managerial
As of match played 8 March 2020
Managerial record by club and tenure
Team From To Record
M W D L Win %
FC 08 Homburg1 July 20117 April 2014 97 44 22 31 045.36
Hamburger SV U171 July 201530 June 2017 52 29 7 16 055.77
Hamburger SV II1 July 201712 March 2018 20 13 6 1 065.00
Hamburger SV12 March 201823 October 2018 19 10 4 5 052.63
Rot-Weiss Essen1 July 201930 June 2020 29 21 3 5 072.41
Total 217 117 42 58 053.92

Outside football

Titz is a trained administrative assistant and state-certified business economist.[20][4] He is the owner of the service provider Coaching Zone, which was founded by Thomas Dooley under the name Dooley Soccer University and offers, among other things, individual training. Customers included Lewis Holtby and Christoph Moritz.[21] Together with Dooley, Titz has published several specialised publication, focusing on several aspects of football.[4]

Bibliography
  • Dooley, Thomas; Titz, Christian (2010). Fussball - das 4-4-2-System : [Laufwege erlernen, Angriff & Abwehr trainieren, Viererkette perfektionieren ; exklusiv mit Animation]. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN 978-3898996297.
  • Dooley, Thomas; Titz, Christian (2010). Fussball - dribbeln und finten : [finten und Tricks lernen, jonglieren & dribbeln wie die Profis]. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN 978-3898995580.
  • Dooley, Thomas; Titz, Christian (2010). Fussball - Passen und Ballkontrolle. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN 978-3-89899-557-3.
  • Dooley, Thomas; Titz, Christian (2011). Fussball - perfekte Schusstechniken Techniken perfektionieren, optimale Ballannahme und -mitnahme, effizienter Torabschluss ; exklusiv mit Animationen]. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN 978-3898996891.
  • Dooley, Thomas; Titz, Christian (2011). Fussball - Standardsituationen erfolgreich umsetzen : [Tricks und Varianten trainieren, Laufwege einüben, Timing perfektionieren ; exklusiv mit Animationen]. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN 978-3898996495.
  • Dooley, Thomas; Titz, Christian (2012). Fußball - Zweikampfschulung [Einzel-, Gruppen- & Mannschaftstaktik ; Defensiv- & Offensivtechniken ; mehr als 40 Übungsvarianten]. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN 978-3898996280.
  • Dooley, Thomas; Titz, Christian (2015). Fußball - Torwarttraining [Abwehr mitgestalten, Spielaufbau fördern ; Technik & Taktik erlernen ; exklusiv mit Animationen]. Aachen: Meyer & Meyer. ISBN 978-3898997164.

References
  1. Kehl, Matthias; Kraus-Vierling, Stephan (12 May 2018). "Christian Titz ist Edingen-Neckarhäuser: Als HSV-Retter ins Goldene Buch der Gemeinde". rnz.de. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. "Hamburger SV: Christian Titz verabschiedet sich nach Entlassung". sport1.de. Sport1. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. "Rot-Weiss Essen: Trennung von Trainer Christian Titz". media-sportservice.de. Media-Sportservice West. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. "HSV-Trainer Christian Titz: „Wir glauben noch an den Klassenerhalt"". aachener-zeitung.de. Aachener Zeitung. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. "Ex-Viktorianer Christian Titz neuer HSV-Trainer". viktoria-neckarhausen.de. FC Viktoria Neckharhausen. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. "Fußball-Lehrer-Lehrgang 2004: 27 Absolventen ausgezeichnet". dfb.de. German Football Association. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. Schneider, Mirko (4 July 2017). "Christian Titz verdankt sein Engagement einem HSV-Profi". abendblatt.de. Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. Krämer, Christian (18 December 2009). "Trainer weg: Christian Titz verlässt Viktoria". ksta.de. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. Bickel, Jonas (21 April 2017). "Ab Sommer: Titz übernimmt HSV U21". amateur-fussball-hamburg.de. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  10. "Christian Titz übernimmt den Posten von Bernd Hollerbach". hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  11. "Positive Signale vor dem Finale". hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  12. Wolff, Sebastian (12 May 2018). "Das Manuskript für den Neuanfang des HSV steht". kicker.de. kicker. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  13. Heike, Frank (12 May 2018). "Der Mann, der dem HSV neuen Mut macht". faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  14. Jacobs, Henrik (12 May 2018). "Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung: Was Christian Titz anders macht". abendblatt.de. Hamburger Abendblatt. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  15. "HSV verlängert mit Christian Titz". hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  16. Kleber, Alexander (24 September 2018). "HSV-Debakel: "Dieses Mal wurden wir bestraft"". liga2-online.de. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  17. "HSV trennt sich von Trainer Titz - Hannes Wolf übernimmt". hsv.de. Hamburger SV. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  18. "Christian Titz wird neuer Chef-Trainer an der Hafenstraße". rot-weiss-essen.de. Rot-Weiss Essen. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  19. "RWE und Christian Titz trennen sich". rot-weiss-essen.de. Rot-Weiss Essen. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  20. Heike, Frank (17 March 2018). "Neuer HSV-Trainer Christian Titz: In der Liebe und im Abstiegskampf ist alles erlaubt". tagesspiegel.de. Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  21. More info at the official Facebook site, accessed on 12 March 2018.
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