Marcel Koller

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Marcel Koller
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Marcel Koller, 2015
Personnel
birthday 11th November 1960 (age 59)
place of birth Zurich ,  Switzerland
Size 173 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1970-1972 FC Schwamendingen
1972-1988 Grasshopper Club Zurich
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1978-1996 Grasshopper Club Zurich 434 (58)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1982-1996 Switzerland 55 0(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1997-1999 FC Wil
1999-2002 FC St. Gallen
2002-2003 Grasshopper Club Zurich
2003-2004 1. FC Cologne
2005-2009 VfL Bochum
2011-2017 Austria
2018-2020 FC Basel
1 Only league games are given.
Marcel Koller is celebrated for successfully qualifying for the 2016 European Football Championship
Marcel Koller and captain Christian Fuchs (left) celebrate the successful qualification for the 2016 European Football Championship

Marcel Koller (born November 11, 1960 in Zurich ) is a Swiss football coach and former football player .

Career

Player career

The midfielder Koller played his entire career as a player at Grasshopper Club Zurich . With the club he won seven championships and five times the cup. He signed his first professional contract at the age of 18 and was appointed to the first team for the 1980/81 season. He was a team captain for a long time and often played in the position of the six .

He played 55 international matches for the Swiss national football team . The conclusion and at the same time the highlight was the participation in the European Football Championship in 1996 .

Coaching career

Associations in Switzerland

Koller made his coaching debut on July 1, 1997 at FC Wil in the 1997/98 season in the Swiss NLB . When the club was on a promotion position in January 1999, he moved to FC St. Gallen in the NLA . In St. Gallen, he scored the first successes as a coach in the top league: In the 1999/2000 season, FC St. Gallen for the first time since 1904 was Swiss , and the club defeated in the UEFA Cup to Chelsea . Koller was named Swiss Coach of the Year 1999.

On January 9, 2002, he moved to the club where he had spent his career as an active player, the Grasshoppers Zurich. There he won the Swiss championship again in 2003 . After five defeats in a row, most recently against his former club FC Wil, he resigned on October 3, 2003.

Associations in Germany

Immediately after his work in Zurich, Koller moved to Germany : From November 2, 2003 to June 14, 2004 he was head coach at 1. FC Cologne in the Bundesliga . He is considered to be the discoverer of the German national player Lukas Podolski . However, Koller went down with the club in the 2nd Bundesliga and was on leave after the season.

From May 23, 2005 he was the coach of VfL Bochum . After a season in the 2nd Bundesliga, VfL was mathematically determined to have been promoted to the Bundesliga on April 17, 2006, five game days before the end of the season. On May 5, 2007, VfL Bochum secured relegation in the Bundesliga with an away win against Hamburger SV two game days before the end of the 2006/07 season. Koller reached eighth place in the table with VfL Bochum in the 2006/07 season, which was VfL Bochum's third-best position in the Bundesliga. With Koller, VfL Bochum played in the top division for three seasons in a row. Nevertheless, VfL Bochum parted ways with Koller at the beginning of the fourth season on September 20, 2009. At the end of the 2009/10 season, VfL was relegated back to the 2nd Bundesliga.

National coach

On November 1, 2011, Koller became the ÖFB team manager as the successor to interim coach Willibald Ruttensteiner . The appointment of Koller as the new team boss was criticized by former Austrian national players. Others were neutral to positive. The national team then recorded a clear upward trend, but failed in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as third in the group.

Koller was associated with clubs in Switzerland and Germany towards the end of World Cup qualification. In addition, the Swiss Football Association offered him the post of national coach for Switzerland. In the end, he extended his contract with the ÖFB for two years. Shortly before the contract was extended, Wolfgang Fellner accused Koller of treason in the daily newspaper “ Österreich ” and asked the ÖFB to send him a “Packerl to the Swiss”. The entire ÖFB-Elf stood in solidarity with Koller with an open letter.

After a 4-1 win over Sweden, the team with Koller qualified as group winners for the European Championship 2016 on September 8, 2015 , for the first time ever in a sporting way. The national team was in the top 10 of the FIFA world rankings for the first time . When the Austrian Sportsman of the Year 2015 was honored, the national team was named Team of the Year ; Koller himself received the Special Award .

Koller's contract with the ÖFB ran until December 31, 2017, and in the case of successful qualification for the World Cup in Russia until 2018. In September 2017, the ÖFB decided that no extension of Koller's contract would be sought. On October 30, 2017, the ÖFB announced that Koller will be replaced by Franco Foda from January 1, 2018 . Koller was on leave from November 2017, which is why Franco Foda, thanks to the courtesy of SK Sturm Graz, already looked after the national team in the friendly against Uruguay (2: 1) on November 14, 2017.

FC Basel

On August 2, 2018, Koller became head coach of FC Basel , which he will leave by mutual agreement at the end of August 2020.

Private

Marcel Koller has been married for the second time since 2007. He has two children with his first wife, an Austrian. His son Kevin Koller is also a soccer player and plays for the Zurich soccer club FC Pfäffikon .

successes

As a player

  • 7 × Swiss champions (with Grasshopper Zurich)
  • 5 × Swiss Cup (with Grasshopper Zurich)
  • Participation in the 1996 European Football Championship in England

As a trainer

  • 2 × Swiss champions (with FC St. Gallen and Grasshopper Zurich)
  • 2 × Swiss Trainer of the Year (1999 and 2015)
  • Promotion to the Bundesliga (2006 VfL Bochum)
  • Qualification for the EM 2016 (Austria)
  • Austrian Trainer of the Year (2015)

1x Swiss Cup winner (FC Basel 2019)

Awards

ÖFB international matches under team boss Marcel Koller

Legend
  • H = home game
  • A = away game
  • * = Play on a neutral place
  • green background color = victory of Austria
  • yellow background color = tie
  • red background color = defeat
Games Victories draw Defeats Gates TD
54 25th 13 16 81:58 +23
No. date Result opponent venue occasion comment
708 11/15/2011 1: 2 UkraineUkraine Ukraine A. Lviv ( UKR ) First international match against Ukraine.
First international match under Marcel Koller
709 02/29/2012 3: 1 FinlandFinland Finland H Klagenfurt
710 06/01/2012 3: 2 UkraineUkraine Ukraine H innsbruck
711 06/05/2012 0-0 RomaniaRomania Romania H innsbruck
712 08/15/2012 2-0 TurkeyTurkey Turkey H Vienna 300th international match in Vienna
713 09/11/2012 1: 2 GermanyGermany Germany H Vienna World Cup 2014 qualification For the first time, only legionaries are in the ÖFB starting eleven
714 October 12, 2012 0-0 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan A. Astana ( KAZ ) World Cup 2014 qualification For the first time, no player from an Austrian club is used
715 10/16/2012 4-0 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan H Vienna World Cup 2014 qualification
716 11/14/2012 0: 3 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast H Linz
717 02/06/2013 1: 2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales A. Swansea ( WAL )
718 03/22/2013 6-0 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands H Vienna World Cup 2014 qualification
719 03/26/2013 2: 2 IrelandIreland Ireland A. Dublin ( IRL ) World Cup 2014 qualification
720 06/07/2013 2: 1 SwedenSweden Sweden H Vienna World Cup 2014 qualification
721 08/14/2013 0: 2 GreeceGreece Greece H Wals-Siezenheim
722 06.09.2013 0: 3 GermanyGermany Germany A. Munich ( GER ) World Cup 2014 qualification
723 09/10/2013 1-0 IrelandIreland Ireland H Vienna World Cup 2014 qualification
724 10/11/2013 1: 2 SwedenSweden Sweden A. Solna ( SWE ) World Cup 2014 qualification
725 October 15, 2013 3-0 FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands A. Tórshavn ( FRO ) World Cup 2014 qualification Austria missed the World Cup qualification as third in the group. FIFA rejected both associations' request to host the match in June 2012
726 11/19/2013 1-0 United StatesUnited States United States H Vienna
727 05.03.2014 1: 1 UruguayUruguay Uruguay H Klagenfurt
728 05/30/2014 1: 1 IcelandIceland Iceland H innsbruck
729 06/03/2014 2: 1 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic A. Olomouc ( CZE )
730 09/08/2014 1: 1 SwedenSweden Sweden H Vienna Euro 2016 qualification
731 09/10/2014 2: 1 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova A. Chișinău ( MDA ) Euro 2016 qualification
732 10/12/2014 1-0 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro H Vienna Euro 2016 qualification First international match against Montenegro
733 11/15/2014 1-0 RussiaRussia Russia H Vienna Euro 2016 qualification
734 11/18/2014 1: 2 BrazilBrazil Brazil H Vienna
735 03/27/2015 5-0 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein A. Vaduz ( LIE ) Euro 2016 qualification 300th international win
736 03/31/2015 1: 1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina H Vienna
737 06/14/2015 1-0 RussiaRussia Russia A. Moscow ( RUS ) Euro 2016 qualification
738 05.09.2015 1-0 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova H Vienna Euro 2016 qualification
739 09/08/2015 4: 1 SwedenSweden Sweden A. Solna ( SWE ) Euro 2016 qualification Austria qualifies ahead of time as group winners for the European Championship finals
740 09/10/2015 3: 2 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro A. Podgorica ( MNE ) Euro 2016 qualification 100th away win
741 October 12, 2015 3-0 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein H Vienna Euro 2016 qualification 100th European Championship qualifier
742 11/17/2015 1: 2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland H Vienna
743 03/26/2016 2: 1 AlbaniaAlbania Albania H Vienna
744 03/29/2016 1: 2 TurkeyTurkey Turkey H Vienna
745 05/31/2016 2: 1 MaltaMalta Malta H Klagenfurt
746 06/04/2016 0: 2 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands H Vienna
747 06/14/2016 0: 2 HungaryHungary Hungary * Bordeaux ( FRA ) EM 2016 preliminary round
748 06/18/2016 0-0 PortugalPortugal Portugal * Paris ( FRA ) EM 2016 preliminary round
749 06/22/2016 1: 2 IcelandIceland Iceland * Saint-Denis ( FRA ) EM 2016 preliminary round Austria leaves the group last
750 09/05/2016 2: 1 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia A. Tbilisi ( GEO ) World Cup 2018 qualification First international match against Georgia
751 10/06/2016 2: 2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales H Vienna World Cup 2018 qualification
752 10/09/2016 2: 3 SerbiaSerbia Serbia A. Belgrade ( SRB ) World Cup 2018 qualification
753 11/12/2016 0: 1 IrelandIreland Ireland H Vienna World Cup 2018 qualification
754 11/15/2016 0-0 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia H Vienna
755 March 24, 2017 2-0 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova H Vienna World Cup 2018 qualification
756 03/28/2017 1: 1 FinlandFinland Finland H innsbruck
757 06/11/2017 1: 1 IrelandIreland Ireland A. Dublin ( IRL ) World Cup 2018 qualification 50th international match under Marcel Koller
758 02.09.2017 0: 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales A. Cardiff ( WAL ) World Cup 2018 qualification
759 05.09.2017 1: 1 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia H Vienna World Cup 2018 qualification
760 06.10.2017 3: 2 SerbiaSerbia Serbia H Vienna World Cup 2018 qualification
761 09.10.2017 1-0 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova A. Chișinău ( MDA ) World Cup 2018 qualification Last international match under Marcel Koller

Others

Koller analyzed some games at the 2018 World Cup in Russia for ORF on television .

Web links

Commons : Marcel Koller  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Fan Forum Switzerland. Retrieved November 7, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Top 50 Swiss footballers: 42nd place.Retrieved on November 7, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Marcel Koller is the new ÖFB team manager Salzburger Nachrichten, October 4th, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.salzburg.com  
  4. ↑ Walter Mayr: FOOTBALL Gaberln and Gurkerl . In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 2012 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Hubert Gigler, Achim Schneider: What the critics of yore say today about Koller. In: Small newspaper. Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co KG / Styria Media Group, March 31, 2015, accessed on January 22, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Russmedia Digital GmbH (ed.): This is how the experts criticized the ÖFB and Marcel Koller on the ORF. In: vol.at. June 15, 2015, accessed January 22, 2016 .
  7. ↑ courier media house / Tele Courier Online Medien GmbH & Co KG (ed.): Team Principal Koller remains a bone of contention. In: Courier. December 5, 2011, accessed January 22, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Christian Hackl: "Koller has something of a father figure". In: derstandard.at. STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, October 4, 2011, accessed on January 22, 2016 .
  9. ↑ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (ed.): Janko gives the "Haberer-Partie" treats. In: derstandard.at. October 18, 2011, accessed January 22, 2016 .
  10. ↑ World Cup dream then: Austria fails because of Ibrahimovic. diepresse.com, October 11, 2013
  11. ↑ Marcel Koller on the interest of 1. FC Nürnberg: “Nothing is fixed yet”. goal.com, October 13, 2013
  12. ↑ Wolfgang Fellner: Good morning, dear oe24 users and ÖSTERREICH readers. In: Austria (oe24.at). oe24 GmbH, October 29, 2013, accessed on January 22, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Österreichischer Fußball -Bund (Ed.): Open letter from the Austrian national soccer team to the daily newspaper "Österreich". (No longer available online.) In: ÖFB. November 13, 2013, archived from the original on January 22, 2016 ; accessed on January 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oefb.at
  14. ↑ With a gala in the bliss derstandard.at, accessed on September 9, 2015
  15. ↑ kurier.at
  16. ↑ Marcel Koller remains ÖFB team boss! ÖFB website, accessed on March 15, 2016.
  17. ^ ÖFB - Austrian Football Association: ÖFB. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .
  18. ^ ÖFB - Austrian Football Association: ÖFB. Retrieved October 31, 2017 .
  19. ↑ ÖFB news archive: Franco Foda presented as team boss (accessed on November 15, 2017)
  20. ↑ https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2018/08/02/Marcel-Koller-ist-neuer-Cheftrainer-des-FC-Basel-1
  21. ↑ Joint decision: Coach Koller leaves FC Basel. August 19, 2020, accessed on August 19, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Koller's ex-wife comes from Austria. oe24.at, October 13, 2011.
  23. ↑ High honor for Marcel Koller . City hall correspondence of May 13, 2016, accessed on May 13, 2016.
  24. ↑ oefb.at: World Cup qualifying schedule fixed , accessed on June 11, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Koller, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland