List of Bundesliga managers

These are lists of Bundesliga managers who have taken charge of the most matches or have won a title in this league, which is the top level of the German football league system and started in 1963.

Otto Rehhagel has managed the most Bundesliga games.

Most Bundesliga games managed
  • First / Last = year of first / last Bundesliga game managed
  • Seasons (Sea): number of Bundesliga seasons managed
  • Won = number of Bundesliga titles won

Managers are sorted by number of games, then by year of first game. Current Bundesliga managers and their current clubs are shown in bold.

As of 7 February 2021[1][2]
# Name Nat Games First Last Sea Won Club(s)
1 Otto Rehhagel 836 19742012283 Bremen 493, K'lautern 109, Dortmund 68, Offenbach 57, D'dorf 41, Bayern 30, Bielefeld 26, Hertha 12
2 Jupp Heynckes 668 19792018234 M’gladbach 291, Bayern 247, Leverkusen 68, Schalke 38, Frankfurt 24
3 Erich Ribbeck 569 19681996190 K'lautern 170, Frankfurt 170, Leverkusen 140, Bayern 65, Dortmund 24
4 Thomas Schaaf 524 19992016171 Bremen 479, Frankfurt 34, Hannover 11
5 Udo Lattek 522 19702000198 Bayern 299, M’gladbach 136, Dortmund 69, Schalke 17, Köln 1
6 Friedhelm Funkel 512 19912020180 Frankfurt 136, Duisburg 127, Uerdingen 104, Düsseldorf 53, Rostock 43, Hertha 27, Köln 22
7 Felix Magath 495 19952012173 Wolfsburg 118, Stuttgart 114, Bayern 87, Schalke 60, Hamburg 58, Frankfurt 36, Bremen 22
8 Hennes Weisweiler 470 19651980144 M’gladbach 340, Köln 130
9 Ottmar Hitzfeld 461 19912008147 Bayern 253, Dortmund 208
10 Christoph Daum 426 19862011151 Köln 163, Leverkusen 144, Stuttgart 112, Frankfurt 7
11 Dieter Hecking 418 20062019130 Wolfsburg 126, Nürnberg 102, Hannover 101, M’gladbach 86, Aachen 3
12 Karl-Heinz Feldkamp 414 19781992141 K'lautern 220, Uerdingen 102, Frankfurt 42, Dortmund 26, Bielefeld 24
13 Branko Zebec 413 19681983142 Braunschweig 136, Hamburg 85, Stuttgart 62, Bayern 58, Frankfurt 38, Dortmund 34
14 Heinz Höher 396 19721988130 Bochum 238, Nürnberg 119, Duisburg 21, Düsseldorf 18
15 Huub Stevens 388 19962020170 Schalke 249, Hamburg 49, Hertha 48, Stuttgart 32, Hoffenheim 10
16 Winfried Schäfer 386 19871998120 Karlsruhe 371, Stuttgart 15
17 Dietrich Weise 370 19691986130 Frankfurt 208, K'lautern 94, Düsseldorf 68
18 Rolf Schafstall 351 19762001140 Bochum 190, Schalke 52, Uerdingen 49, Duisburg 44, Düsseldorf 16
19 Helmuth Johannsen 347 19631981111 Braunschweig 230, Bochum 68, Hannover 49
Gyula Lóránt 347 19651979120 K'lautern 125, Offenbach 62, Frankfurt 38, Bayern 34, Duisburg 34, Schalke 28, Köln 26
21 Volker Finke 343 19932011110 Freiburg 340, Köln 3
22 Jürgen Klopp 340 20042015102 Dortmund 238, Mainz 102
23 Jörg Berger 326 19812009170 Frankfurt 100, Schalke 99, Köln 49, Düsseldorf 44, Rostock 21, Karlsruhe 7, Hannover 5, Bielefeld 1
24 Lucien Favre 307 20072020120 M’gladbach 153, Dortmund 79, Hertha 75
25 Armin Veh 304 20022016131 Stuttgart 108, Frankfurt 93, Rostock 58, Hamburg 26, Wolfsburg 19
26 Helmut Kronsbein 298 19641980100 Hertha 212, Hannover 86
27 Ralf Rangnick 294 19992019120 Hoffenheim 85, Stuttgart 61, Hannover 57, Schalke 57, Leipzig 34
28 Kuno Klötzer 286 19661982110 Hamburg 136, Hertha 78, Düsseldorf 34, Duisburg 19, Offenbach 13, Nürnberg 6
29 Willibert Kremer 279 19731992100 Duisburg 113, Düsseldorf 84, Leverkusen 82
30 Christian Streich 275 2012202190 Freiburg 275
31 Bruno Labbadia 272 20082021130 Stuttgart 89, Hamburg 77, Wolfsburg 45, Leverkusen 34, Hertha 27
32 Hannes Bongartz 269 19851994100 Wattenscheid 129, K'lautern 83, M’gladbach 34, Duisburg 23
33 Horst Buhtz 266 1964198190 Wuppertal 78, Uerdingen 68, Neunkirchen 64, Hannover 56
34 Friedel Rausch 247 19762001110 K'lautern 91, Schalke 65, Frankfurt 58, M’gladbach 17, Nürnberg 16
Werner Lorant 247 1994200180 1860 Munich 247
36 Zlatko Čajkovski 246 1965197680 Bayern 102, Köln 78, Hannover 49, Offenbach 17
37 Hermann Eppenhoff 245 1963197480 Stuttgart 83, Duisburg 68, Dortmund 60, Bochum 34
38 Jürgen Röber 244 19942007100 Hertha 157, Stuttgart 41, Wolfsburg 38, Dortmund 8
Frank Pagelsdorf 244 1995200880 Hamburg 142, Rostock 102
40 Klaus Toppmöller 242 1993200490 Bochum 124, Leverkusen 55, Hamburg 33, Frankfurt 30
41 Thomas Tuchel 238 2009201770 Mainz 170, Dortmund 68
42 Wolfgang Wolf 236 1998200680 Wolfsburg 166, Nürnberg 49, K'lautern 21
43 Ivica Horvat 231 1964197990 Schalke 157, Essen 41, Frankfurt 33
44 Max Merkel 230 1963198282 1860 Munich 110, Nürnberg 78, Schalke 22, Karlsruhe 20
Mirko Slomka 230 2006201490 Hannover 135, Schalke 79, Hamburg 16
46 Ewald Lienen 227 19932005100 Hannover 57, Rostock 55, Köln 53, Duisburg 45, M’gladbach 17
47 Rudi Gutendorf 225 1963197790 Schalke 57, Stuttgart 56, Duisburg 52, TeBe Berlin 34, Offenbach 14, Hamburg 12
48 Peter Neururer 224 19912006100 Bochum 102, Köln 51, Saarbrücken 34, Hannover 25, Hertha 12
49 Dettmar Cramer 220 1975198570 Leverkusen 102, Bayern 101, Frankfurt 17
50 Reinhard Saftig 213 19831993100 Dortmund 70, Leverkusen 67, Bochum 61, Hannover 12, Bayern 3
51 Aleksandar Ristić 211 1981199680 Düsseldorf 100, Braunschweig 60, Schalke 34, Hamburg 17
Michael Skibbe 211 1998201280 Leverkusen 94, Frankfurt 61, Dortmund 52, Hertha 4
53 Günter Brocker 209 1963197290 Bremen 71, Oberhausen 52, K'lautern 50, Schalke 36
Manfred Krafft 209 1975198990 K'lautern 56, Saarbrücken 49, Karlsruhe 48, Stuttg. Kickers 34, Düsseldorf 13, Darmstadt 9
55 Ernst Happel 204 1981198762 Hamburg 204
56 Horst Köppel 203 1982200680 Dortmund 102, M’gladbach 40, Bielefeld 34, Uerdingen 18, Düsseldorf 9
– Pál Csernai 198 1978199182 Bayern 151, Dortmund 32, Frankfurt 9, Hertha 6
– Matthias Sammer 170 2000200551 Dortmund 136, Stuttgart 34
– Willy Multhaup 166 1963197161 Köln 68, Bremen 64, Dortmund 34
– Georg Knöpfle 162 1963197051 Köln 94, Hamburg 68
– Giovanni Trapattoni 122 1994200641 Bayern 102, Stuttgart 20
– Niko Kovač 121 2016201951 Frankfurt 77, Bayern 44
– Helmut Benthaus 102 1982198531 Stuttgart 102
– Pep Guardiola 102 2013201633 Bayern 102
– Louis van Gaal 63 2009201121 Bayern 63
– Hans-Dieter Flick 44 2019202121 Bayern 44
– Carlo Ancelotti 40 2016201721 Bayern 40
– Franz Beckenbauer 17 1994199621 Bayern 17
Minimum 200 games or won a title

Most Bundesliga games managed by club
# Club Name Nat Games Sea Years
1 Werder Bremen Otto Rehhagel 493 15 1976 (13), 1981–1995 (480)
2 Karlsruher SC Winfried Schäfer 371 11 1987–1998
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hennes Weisweiler 340 10 1965–1975
SC Freiburg Volker Finke 340 10 1993–2005
5 Bayern Munich Udo Lattek 299 10 1970–1975 (163), 1983–1987 (136)
6 Schalke 04 Huub Stevens 249 10 1996–2002 (195), 2011–2012 (44), 2019 (9), 2020 (1)
7 1860 Munich Werner Lorant 247 8 1994–2001
8 VfL Bochum Heinz Höher 238 7 1972–1979
Borussia Dortmund Jürgen Klopp 238 7 2008–2015
10 Eintracht Braunschweig Helmuth Johannsen 230 7 1963–1970
11 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karl-Heinz Feldkamp 220 7 1978–1982 (136), 1990–1992 (84)
12 Hertha BSC Helmut Kronsbein 212 7 1968–1974 (195), 1980 (17)
13 Eintracht Frankfurt Dietrich Weise 208 7 1973–1976 (102), 1983–1986 (106)
14 Hamburger SV Ernst Happel 204 6 1981–1987
15 Mainz 05 Thomas Tuchel 170 5 2009–2014
16 VfL Wolfsburg Wolfgang Wolf 166 6 1998–2003
17 1. FC Köln Christoph Daum 163 5 1986–1990 (129), 2008–2009 (34)
18 Bayer Leverkusen Christoph Daum 144 5 1996–2000
19 VfB Stuttgart Jürgen Sundermann 143 5 1977–1979 (68), 1980–1982 (68), 1995 (7)
20 Waldhof Mannheim Klaus Schlappner 136 4 1983–1987
FC Augsburg Markus Weinzierl 136 4 2012–2016
22 Hannover 96 Mirko Slomka 135 5 2010–2013
23 Fortuna Düsseldorf Heinz Lucas 130 4 1971–1975
24 Wattenscheid 09 Hannes Bongartz 129 4 1990–1994
25 MSV Duisburg Friedhelm Funkel 127 4 1996–2000
26 1. FC Nürnberg Heinz Höher 119 4 1984–1988
27 1899 Hoffenheim Julian Nagelsmann 116 4 2016–2019
28 Bayer Uerdingen Friedhelm Funkel 104 4 1991–1996
29 Hansa Rostock Frank Pagelsdorf 102 3 1995–1997 (68), 2007–2008 (34)
Energie Cottbus Eduard Geyer 102 3 2000–2003
31 Arminia Bielefeld Ernst Middendorp 93 4 1996–1998 (68), 2007 (25)
32 FC St. Pauli Helmut Schulte 85 3 1988–1990
33 Wuppertaler SV Horst Buhtz 78 3 1972–1974
Minimum 75 games

See also

References
  1. "Coach Finder - DFB data center". DFB.
  2. "Trainer Statistische Auswertungen" (PDF). DSFS (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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