National coach (DFB)

Joachim Löw and Martina Voss-Tecklenburg , current national coach and current national coach of the men's and women's national team

As national coach (before 1945 Empire coach ) called the German Football Association (DFB), the responsible coach of the men's or women's national soccer team .

The first Empire coach Otto Mink , in 1926 first as a " part-time " appointed coach. Until 1928, the game committee of the DFB determined the squad and line-up, but the team captain determined the tactics.

According to the DFB statutes, the national coach must have a coaching license as a football teacher . Since Franz Beckenbauer, who was responsible for the men's national team, did not have a trainer's license, the designation of team manager was introduced for him . This was later also transferred to Rudi Völler . Your actual assistants ( Horst Köppel and Holger Osieck or Michael Skibbe ) then officially acted as national coaches.

In contrast to the players, the national coach does not have to have German citizenship . To date, however, there has not yet been a foreign national coach.

With the exception of Steffi Jones , no national coach has yet been dismissed from the DFB. Jupp Derwall , Erich Ribbeck and Rudi Völler resigned prematurely after the team's poor performance at European championships (each eliminated after the preliminary round), while Berti Vogts resigned, after having only reached and joined the quarter-finals at the 1998 World Cup as European champion and second in the world rankings two friendlies in September against Malta (124th in the FIFA world rankings ) , among others, did not show a convincing performance. Joachim Löw asked the DFB in March 2021 to be able to end his contract , which was valid until the 2022 World Cup, after the 2021 European Championship , which the DFB allowed.

Men

No.	Name (italic = assistant coach 1 )	from 2	until 2	Term of office (days)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.	Quota 3	Victories	Newbies	successes
	no trainer	Apr 5, 1908	June 20, 1926		058	016	012th	030th	0119: 146	- 27 00	60	1.03	27.59%	194
1.	Otto Nerz (Reichstrainer) Sepp Herberger (1932–1936) Ferdinand Fabra (1935–1936)	3October 31, 1926 4	October 17, 1936 5	3,640	075	044	011	020th	0204: 124	+ 80 00	143	1.91	61.11%	138	3rd place WM 1934
2.	Sepp Herberger (Reich trainer) Emil Melcher (1936–1942)	4thNov 15, 1936 5	Nov 22, 1942	2,199	065	040	012th	013	0204: 093	+ 0111	132	2.03	61.54%	82
	Sepp Herberger (national coach) Hennes Weisweiler (1954–1955) Helmut Schön (1955–1964)	Nov 22, 1950	June 7, 1964	4,947	097	052	014th	031	0219: 146	+ 73 00	170	1.75	53.61%	134	World Champion 1954 , 4th place in the 1958 World Cup
	Sepp Herberger (overall)	Nov 15, 1936	June 7, 1964	7.146	162	092	026	044	0423: 239	+ 0184	302	1.86	56.79%	216
3.	Helmut Schön Dettmar Cramer (1964–1966) Udo Lattek (1966–1970) Jupp Derwall (1970–1978)	Nov 4, 1964	June 21, 1978	4,977	139	087	031	021	0292: 107	+ 0185	292	2.10	62.59%	98	Vice World Champion 1966 , 3rd place World Cup 1970 , European Champion 1972 , World Champion 1974 , Vice European Champion 1976
4th	Jupp Derwall Erich Ribbeck	Oct 11, 1978	June 20, 1984	2,079	067	044	012th	011	0144: 60	+ 84 00	144	2.15	65.67%	46	European champion 1980 , vice world champion 1982
5.	Franz Beckenbauer (Team Principal) Horst Köppel (1984–1987) Holger Osieck (1987–1990)	Sep 12 1984	July 8, 1990	2.125	066	034	020th	012th	0107: 61	+ 46 00	122	1.85	51.52%	40	Vice World Champion 1986 , European Championship semi-finals 1988 , World Champion 1990
6th	Berti Vogts Rainer Bonhof	Aug 29, 1990	Sep 5 1998	2,929	102	066	024	012th	0206: 86	+ 0120	222	2.18	64.71%	56	Vice European Champion 1992 , US Cup Winner 1993 , European Champion 1996
7th	Erich Ribbeck Uli Stielike (1998–2000) Horst Hrubesch (only EM 2000)	Oct 10, 1998	June 20, 2000	619	024	010	06th	08th	0042:31	+ 11 00	36	1.50	41.67%	15th
8th.	Rudi Völler (Team Principal) Michael Skibbe	Aug 16, 2000	June 24, 2004	1,408	053	029	011	013	0109: 57	+ 52 00	98	1.85	54.72%	26	Vice World Champion 2002
9.	Jürgen Klinsmann Joachim Loew	July 26, 2004	July 8, 2006	712	034	020th	08th	06th	0081:43	+ 38 00	68	2.00	58.82%	12th	3rd place Confederations Cup 2005 , 3rd place World Cup 2006
10.	Joachim Löw Hansi Flick (2006–2014) Thomas Schneider (2014–2018) Marcus Sorg (2016–2021)	Aug 16, 2006	June 29, 2021	5 431	198 7	124	040	034	0467: 200	+ 0267	412	2.08	62.94%	113	Vice European Champion 2008 , 3rd place World Cup 2010 , EM semi-finals 2012 , World Champion 2014 , EM semi-finals 2016 , winner of the Confederations Cup 2017
11.	Hansi Flick	Sep 2 2021
Total 6 (as of June 15, 2021)					977	566	201	210	2194: 1152	+1042	1899	1.94	57.93%	954
including penalty shootouts					8th	6th		2	034:29				75%

Remarks:

¹ The team bosses (Beckenbauer and Völler) also had the necessary trainer license.

² The dates of the first and last international match are given for the terms of office.

³Average Score Per Game; 3 points per win, 1 point per draw; rounded to two places after the decimal point.

^4thOtto Nerz was employed as a “part-time” coach from July 1, 1926, but his activity was initially limited to “moving” the players selected by the game committee. The functionaries continued to determine the line-up. Gradually, he gained further skills. Therefore, the beginning of his responsibility is documented differently.

⁵Since 2019, the DFB has been counting five international matches in September and October 1936, which used to be the first games under Sepp Herberger, whose predecessor Otto Nerz was assigned. In the first of these five games Otto Nerz was on leave due to sporting failure and was represented by Herberger, the next two games took place on the same day at different locations with different teams, with one selection being looked after by Nerz and one by Herberger. Herberger was not officially appointed coach until November 2, 1936, which is why, according to the revised DFB statistics, only the international match on November 15, 1936 against Italy is considered to be his debut as Reich coach. It should also be noted that until May 1938, Nerz remained jointly responsible for the national team as a "consultant for the national team".

^6thGames that are decided on penalties are counted as a draw. The goals scored on penalties are not counted.

^7th Of these, three games in which Löw was not on the bench due to suspension or illness and was represented by the assistant coach.

Women

No.	Name (italic = assistant trainer 1 )	from 1	until 1	Term of office (days)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Tord.	Quota 2	Pt.	successes
1.	Gero Bisanz Tina Theune-Meyer	Nov 10, 1982	July 25, 1996	5,006	127	83	17th	27	343: 122	+221	2.09	266	European champion in 1989 , 1991 and 1995 ; Vice world champion 1995
2.	Tina Theune-Meyer Silvia Neid	Aug 27, 1996	June 19, 2005	3,218	135	93	18th	24	380: 113	+267	2.20	297	World champion 2003 ; European Champion 1997 , 2001 and 2005 ; Bronze medal Olympic Games 2000 and 2004
3.	Silvia Neid Ulrike Ballweg	Sep 1 2005	Aug 20, 2016	4,006	169	125	22nd	22nd	526: 106	+420	2.35	397	World champion 2007 ; European Champion 2009 and 2013 ; Gold medal Olympic Games 2016 , bronze medal Olympic Games 2008
4th	Steffi Jones Markus Högner	16 Sep 2016	March 7, 2018	543	22nd	13	4th	5	51:20	+31	1.95	43
5.	Horst Hrubesch Ulrike Ballweg	Apr 7, 2018	Nov 13, 2018	220	8th	7th	1	0	29: 5	+24	2.75	22nd	Interim trainer
6th	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg Britta Carlson , Thomas Nörenberg	28 Feb 2019	still active	854 (active)	26	21	2	3	81:13	+68	2.5	65
Total 3 (as of June 10, 2021)					487	342	64	81	1410: 379	+1031	2.24	1090
including penalty shootouts					4th	3	-	1	16:14		75%

Remarks:

¹ The dates of the first and last international match are given for the terms of office.

²Average Score Per Game; 3 points per win, 1 point per draw.

³Games that are decided on penalties are counted as a draw. The goals scored on penalties are not counted.

Trivia

• Most of the previous national and Reich coaches were national players themselves before. Among the men's coaches, this does not apply to Otto Nerz , Erich Ribbeck and Joachim Löw , who, however, played four times for the German U-21s . Of the female national coaches of the women's national team, only Tina Theune was not active in the national team herself.
• The highest number of international matches as a player and coach was achieved by Berti Vogts (96 as a player, 102 as a coach) and Joachim Löw (all as a coach) with 198 games each and Silvia Neid (111 as a player, 169 as a coach) with 280 Play with the women.
• Under the direction of Silvia Neid and Joachim Löw, over 100 games were won each.
• Silvia Neid was the only national coach to win the title at her first world championship. She is the only coach in the world whose team has become a continental champion, world champion and Olympic champion.
• Berti Vogt's men and women interim coach Horst Hrubesch had the best points quota ahead of current national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (as of June 23, 2021).
• For women and men, Germany has the fewest national team coaches among the nations that have been world and / or European champions at least once.

See also

• National soccer team of the GDR / coach
• National football coach (Switzerland)
• ÖFB team boss (Austria)
• List of national soccer coaches with at least 100 international matches

Individual evidence

1. ^ DFB: Rejection to Louis van Gaal. In: tz.de. tz , June 23, 2010, accessed on March 23, 2013 . 
2. ↑ dfb.de: Joachim Löw ends his job as national coach after the EURO
3. ↑ Herberger's international match statistics corrected. In: dfb.de. German Football Association , April 17, 2019, accessed on April 18, 2019 .