Friedhelm Funkel

Friedhelm Funkel (born 10 December 1953) is a retired German football manager and former player.[1][2][3] He last coached Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Friedhelm Funkel
Funkel with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-12-10) 10 December 1953
Place of birth Neuss, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1972 VfR Neuss
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1973 VfR Neuss 28 (15)
1973–1980 Bayer Uerdingen 238 (91)
1980–1983 1. FC Kaiserslautern 66 (24)
1983–1990 Bayer Uerdingen 189 (40)
Total 521 (170)
National team
1981 West Germany B 4 (1)
Teams managed
1989–1990 VfR Neuss
1991–1996 Bayer Uerdingen
1996–2000 MSV Duisburg
2000–2001 Hansa Rostock
2002–2003 1. FC Köln
2004–2009 Eintracht Frankfurt
2009–2010 Hertha BSC
2010–2011 VfL Bochum
2011–2012 Alemannia Aachen
2013–2014 1860 Munich
2016–2020 Fortuna Düsseldorf
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Coaching career

Early career

Funkel was manager of Duisburg between 13 May 1996 and 24 March 2000.[4] He finished with a record of 56 wins, 47 draws, and 59 losses.[4]

He was manager of Hansa Rostock from 19 September 2000 to 1 December 2001.[5] He finished with a record of 13 wins, 10 draws, and 22 losses.[5]

He was manager of 1. FC Köln from 14 February 2002 to 30 October 2003.[6] He finished with a record of 29 wins, 15 draws, and 19 losses.[6]

Eintracht Frankfurt

Funkel coached Eintracht Frankfurt from 2004 to 2009.[7] He was subsequently released from his contract on 1 July 2009. He led the club into the Bundesliga in his first season in charge. One year later, he and the team avoided relegation and surprisingly reached the DFB-Pokal final, which eventually sent them to the UEFA Cup.

Tied with Erich Ribbeck, Funkel holds the record for the longest tenure at Eintracht, with five full seasons. He finished with a record of 70 wins, 50 draws, and 74 losses.[7]

Hertha BSC

On 3 October 2009, Hertha BSC introduced Funkel as their new head coach after having fired Lucien Favre.[8] After Hertha was relegated, Funkel and the club mutually agreed to not extend his contract.[9] He finished with a record of seven wins, 10 draws, and 16 losses.[10]

VfL Bochum

On 22 May 2010, he was named new coach of VfL Bochum.[11] His first match was a 3–0 loss to Kickers Offenbach in the first round of the German Cup.[12] He got sacked on 14 September 2011.[13] His final match was a 2–1 loss to Dynamo Dresden.[14] He finished with a record of 21 wins, eight draws, and 16 losses.[15]

Alemannia Aachen

On 20 September 2011, Funkel took over the job as manager of Alemannia Aachen.[16] Funkel was dismissed of his job on 1 April 2012,[16] after a streak of five consecutive losses.[17] He finished with a record of three wins, eight draws, and nine losses in 20 matches.[16]

TSV 1860 Munich

On 7 September 2013, he was named new coach of 1860 Munich.[18] His first match in–charge was a 0–0 draw against VfR Aalen on 13 September 2013.[19] On 2 April 2014, 1860 Munich announced that Funkel is going to leave the club after the season because of "different conceptual views on the orientation in sport."[20] However, 1860 München sacked Funkel on 6 April 2014[21] after losing to Karlsruher SC 3–0[22] at home earlier in the day.[23] He finished with a record of seven wins, eight draws, and nine losses in 24 matches.[24]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

He was appointed as the new head coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 14 March 2016.[25] He was sacked on 29 January 2020 after six losses in his last eight matches.[26]

Personal life

Funkel has two children. He is the older brother of Wolfgang Funkel.

Career statistics

Club
ClubSeasonLeagueDFB-PokalEuropeTotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfR Neuss1972–73Verbandsliga Niederrhein2815——2815
Bayer Uerdingen1973–74Regionalliga West216216
1974–752. Bundesliga3813204013[27]
1975–76Bundesliga31500315[27]
1976–772. Bundesliga3817614418[27]
1977–783825204025[27]
1978–793811554316[27]
1979–80Bundesliga3414323714[27]
Totals23891188—25699—
1. FC Kaiserslautern1980–81Bundesliga3113734[lower-alpha 1]24218[27]
1981–8224101010[lower-alpha 1]53515[27]
1982–83111101[lower-alpha 1]0131[27]
Totals6624931579034—
Bayer Uerdingen1983–84Bundesliga331550—3815[27]
1984–853111413512[27]
1985–86302108[lower-alpha 2]3395[27]
1986–87298305[lower-alpha 1]1379[27]
1987–8827240—312[27]
1988–8930220322[27]
1989–90900090[27]
Totals1894019113422145—
Career totals52117046122811595193—
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Cup.
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Managerial
As of 29 January 2020
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %Ref.
Bayer Uerdingen3 June 199113 May 1996 186 57 55 74 030.65
MSV Duisburg13 May 1996[4]19 March 2000[4] 162 56 47 59 034.57 [4]
Hansa Rostock19 September 2000[5]1 December 2001[5] 45 13 10 22 028.89 [5]
1. FC Köln14 February 2002[6]30 October 2003[6] 63 29 15 19 046.03 [6]
Eintracht Frankfurt1 July 2004[7]30 June 2009[7] 194 70 50 74 036.08 [7]
Hertha BSC3 October 2009[8]30 June 2010[9] 33 7 10 16 021.21 [10]
VfL Bochum22 May 2010[11]14 September 2011[13] 45 21 8 16 046.67 [15]
Alemannia Aachen19 September 2011[16]1 April 2012[16] 20 3 8 9 015.00 [16]
1860 Munich7 September 2013[18]6 April 2014[21] 24 7 8 9 029.17 [24]
Fortuna Düsseldorf14 March 2016[25]29 January 2020[26] 138 55 28 55 039.86 [25]
Total 910 318 239 353 034.95 —

Honours

Player

Bayer Uerdingen

References
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  2. "Funkel, Friedhelm – Spielerstatistik" [Funkel, Friedhelm – player statistics] (in German). kicker. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  3. "Funkel, Friedhelm – Trainerstatistik" [Funkel, Friedhelm – manager statistics] (in German). kicker. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
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  7. "Eintracht Frankfurt" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  8. "Funkel: "Hertha ist ein Top-Verein"". kicker (in German). 3 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  9. "Hertha gibt Trennung von Funkel bekannt". kicker (in German). 11 May 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  10. "Hertha BSC" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  11. "Experte Funkel soll's richten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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  13. "VfL beurlaubt Trainer Funkel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  14. "VfL Bochum". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  15. "VfL Bochum". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  16. "Alemannia Aachen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  17. "Alemannia Aachen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  18. "Perfekt: Funkel ist neuer Löwen-Dompteur". kicker (in German). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  19. "Adlung kann die Nullnummer entscheiden". kicker (in German). 13 September 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  20. "Trainer Funkel verlässt die Löwen zum Saisonende". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 2 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  21. "Funkel ab sofort kein 1860-Trainer mehr". Die Welt (in German). 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  22. Schneider, Philipp (7 April 2014). "Ende der Jagdsaison". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  23. "Hennings erst cool, dann knallhart". kicker (in German). 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  24. "1860 München". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  25. "Fortuna Düsseldorf". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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