List of Bundesliga managers
Otto Rehhagel has managed the most Bundesliga games.
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.
Most Bundesliga games managed
First / Last = year of first / last Bundesliga game managed
Seasons (S): number of Bundesliga seasons managed
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 22 December 2024[ 1] [ 2]
Rank
Manager
Nat.
Games
First
Last
S
Club(s)
1
Otto Rehhagel
836
1974
2012
28
Bremen 493, K'lautern 109, Dortmund 68, Offenbach 57, Düsseldorf 41, Bayern 30, Bielefeld 26, Hertha 12
2
Jupp Heynckes
669
1979
2018
23
M'gladbach 291, Bayern 248, Leverkusen 68, Schalke 38, Frankfurt 24
3
Erich Ribbeck
569
1968
1996
19
K'lautern 170, Frankfurt 170, Leverkusen 140, Bayern 65, Dortmund 24
4
Thomas Schaaf
525
1999
2021
18
Bremen 480, Frankfurt 34, Hannover 11
5
Udo Lattek
522
1970
2000
19
Bayern 299, M'gladbach 136, Dortmund 69, Schalke 17, Köln 1
6
Friedhelm Funkel
518
1991
2021
19
Frankfurt 136, Duisburg 127, Uerdingen 104, Düsseldorf 53, Rostock 43, Köln 28, Hertha 27
7
Felix Magath
503
1995
2022
18
Wolfsburg 118, Stuttgart 114, Bayern 87, Schalke 60, Hamburg 58, Frankfurt 36, Bremen 22, Hertha 8
8
Hennes Weisweiler
470
1965
1980
14
M'gladbach 340, Köln 130
9
Ottmar Hitzfeld
461
1991
2008
14
Bayern 253, Dortmund 208
10
Christoph Daum
426
1986
2011
15
Köln 163, Leverkusen 144, Stuttgart 112, Frankfurt 7
11
Dieter Hecking
424
2006
2024
14
Wolfsburg 126, Nürnberg 102, Hannover 101, M'gladbach 86, Bochum 6, Aachen 3
12
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
414
1978
1992
14
K'lautern 220, Uerdingen 102, Frankfurt 42, Dortmund 26, Bielefeld 24
13
Branko Zebec
413
1968
1983
14
Braunschweig 136, Hamburg 85, Stuttgart 62, Bayern 58, Frankfurt 38, Dortmund 34
14
Heinz Höher
396
1972
1988
13
Bochum 238, Nürnberg 119, Duisburg 21, Düsseldorf 18
15
Christian Streich
391
2012
2024
12
Freiburg 391
16
Huub Stevens
388
1996
2020
17
Schalke 249, Hamburg 49, Hertha 48, Stuttgart 32, Hoffenheim 10
17
Winfried Schäfer
386
1987
1998
12
Karlsruhe 371, Stuttgart 15
18
Dietrich Weise
370
1969
1986
13
Frankfurt 208, K'lautern 94, Düsseldorf 68
19
Rolf Schafstall
351
1976
2001
14
Bochum 190, Schalke 52, Uerdingen 49, Duisburg 44, Düsseldorf 16
20
Helmuth Johannsen
347
1963
1981
11
Braunschweig 230, Bochum 68, Hannover 49
Gyula Lóránt
347
1965
1979
12
K'lautern 125, Offenbach 62, Frankfurt 38, Bayern 34, Duisburg 34, Schalke 28, Köln 26
22
Volker Finke
343
1993
2011
11
Freiburg 340, Köln 3
23
Jürgen Klopp
340
2004
2015
10
Dortmund 238, Mainz 102
24
Jörg Berger
326
1981
2009
17
Frankfurt 100, Schalke 99, Köln 49, Düsseldorf 44, Rostock 21, Karlsruhe 7, Hannover 5, Bielefeld 1
25
Lucien Favre
307
2007
2020
12
M'gladbach 153, Dortmund 79, Hertha 75
26
Armin Veh
304
2002
2016
13
Stuttgart 108, Frankfurt 93, Rostock 58, Hamburg 26, Wolfsburg 19
27
Helmut Kronsbein
298
1964
1980
10
Hertha 212, Hannover 86
28
Ralf Rangnick
294
1999
2019
12
Hoffenheim 85, Stuttgart 61, Hannover 57, Schalke 57, Leipzig 34
29
Kuno Klötzer
286
1966
1982
11
Hamburg 136, Hertha 78, Düsseldorf 34, Duisburg 19, Offenbach 13, Nürnberg 6
30
Bruno Labbadia
283
2008
2023
14
Stuttgart 100, Hamburg 77, Wolfsburg 45, Leverkusen 34, Hertha 27
31
Thomas Tuchel
281
2009
2024
9
Mainz 170, Dortmund 68, Bayern 43
32
Willibert Kremer
279
1973
1992
10
Duisburg 113, Düsseldorf 84, Leverkusen 82
33
Hannes Bongartz
269
1985
1994
10
Wattenscheid 129, K'lautern 83, M'gladbach 34, Duisburg 23
34
Horst Buhtz
266
1964
1981
9
Wuppertal 78, Uerdingen 68, Neunkirchen 64, Hannover 56
35
Friedel Rausch
247
1976
2001
11
K'lautern 91, Schalke 65, Frankfurt 58, M'gladbach 17, Nürnberg 16
Werner Lorant
247
1994
2001
8
1860 Munich 247
37
Zlatko Čajkovski
246
1965
1976
8
Bayern 102, Köln 78, Hannover 49, Offenbach 17
38
Hermann Eppenhoff
245
1963
1974
8
Stuttgart 83, Duisburg 68, Dortmund 60, Bochum 34
39
Jürgen Röber
244
1994
2007
10
Hertha 157, Stuttgart 41, Wolfsburg 38, Dortmund 8
Frank Pagelsdorf
244
1995
2008
8
Hamburg 142, Rostock 102
41
Julian Nagelsmann
243
2016
2023
8
Hoffenheim 116, Leipzig 68, Bayern 59
42
Klaus Toppmöller
242
1993
2004
9
Bochum 124, Leverkusen 55, Hamburg 33, Frankfurt 30
43
Wolfgang Wolf
236
1998
2006
8
Wolfsburg 166, Nürnberg 49, K'lautern 21
44
Ivica Horvat
231
1964
1979
9
Schalke 157, Essen 41, Frankfurt 33
45
Max Merkel
230
1963
1982
8
1860 Munich 110, Nürnberg 78, Schalke 22, Karlsruhe 20
Mirko Slomka
230
2006
2014
9
Hannover 135, Schalke 79, Hamburg 16
Markus Weinzierl
230
2012
2022
8
Augsburg 173, Schalke 34, Stuttgart 23
48
Ewald Lienen
227
1993
2005
10
Hannover 57, Rostock 55, Köln 53, Duisburg 45, M'gladbach 17
49
Rudi Gutendorf
225
1963
1977
9
Schalke 57, Stuttgart 56, Duisburg 52, TeBe Berlin 34, Offenbach 14, Hamburg 12
50
Peter Neururer
224
1991
2006
10
Bochum 102, Köln 51, Saarbrücken 34, Hannover 25, Hertha 12
51
Dettmar Cramer
220
1975
1985
7
Leverkusen 102, Bayern 101, Frankfurt 17
52
Reinhard Saftig
213
1983
1993
10
Dortmund 70, Leverkusen 67, Bochum 61, Hannover 12, Bayern 3
53
Aleksandar Ristić
211
1981
1996
8
Düsseldorf 100, Braunschweig 60, Schalke 34, Hamburg 17
Michael Skibbe
211
1998
2012
8
Leverkusen 94, Frankfurt 61, Dortmund 52, Hertha 4
55
Günter Brocker
209
1963
1972
9
Bremen 71, Oberhausen 52, K'lautern 50, Schalke 36
Manfred Krafft
209
1975
1989
9
K'lautern 56, Saarbrücken 49, Karlsruhe 48, Stuttg. Kickers 34, Düsseldorf 13, Darmstadt 9
57
Ernst Happel
204
1981
1987
6
Hamburg 204
58
Horst Köppel
203
1982
2006
8
Dortmund 102, M'gladbach 40, Bielefeld 34, Uerdingen 18, Düsseldorf 9
Minimum 200 games
Most Bundesliga games managed by club
Current Bundesliga managers who hold the record for the club are shown in bold .
As of 21 December 2024
Rank
Club
Manager
Nat.
Games
S
Years
1
Werder Bremen
Otto Rehhagel
493
15
1976 (13) , 1981–1995 (480)
2
SC Freiburg
Christian Streich
391
12
2012–2024
3
Karlsruher SC
Winfried Schäfer
371
11
1987–1998
4
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hennes Weisweiler
340
10
1965–1975
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
FC Augsburg
Markus Weinzierl
173
6
2012–2016 (136) , 2021–2022 (37)
16
Mainz 05
Thomas Tuchel
170
5
2009–2014
17
VfL Wolfsburg
Wolfgang Wolf
166
6
1998–2003
18
1. FC Köln
Christoph Daum
163
5
1986–1990 (129) , 2008–2009 (34)
19
Union Berlin
Urs Fischer
147
5
2019–2023
20
Bayer Leverkusen
Christoph Daum
144
5
1996–2000
21
VfB Stuttgart
Jürgen Sundermann
143
5
1977–1979 (68) , 1980–1982 (68) , 1995 (7)
22
Waldhof Mannheim
Klaus Schlappner
136
4
1983–1987
23
Hannover 96
Mirko Slomka
135
5
2010–2013
24
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Heinz Lucas
130
4
1971–1975
25
Wattenscheid 09
Hannes Bongartz
129
4
1990–1994
26
MSV Duisburg
Friedhelm Funkel
127
4
1996–2000
27
1. FC Nürnberg
Heinz Höher
119
4
1984–1988
28
TSG Hoffenheim
Julian Nagelsmann
116
4
2016–2019
29
Bayer Uerdingen
Friedhelm Funkel
104
4
1991–1996
30
Hansa Rostock
Frank Pagelsdorf
102
3
1995–1997 (68) , 2007–2008 (34)
Energie Cottbus
Eduard Geyer
102
3
2000–2003
32
Arminia Bielefeld
Ernst Middendorp
93
4
1996–1998 (68) , 2007 (25)
33
FC St. Pauli
Helmut Schulte
85
3
1988–1990
34
Wuppertaler SV
Horst Buhtz
78
3
1972–1974
RB Leipzig
Marco Rose
78
3
2022–current
Minimum 75 games
Bundesliga title-winning managers
Udo Lattek won a record eight Bundesliga titles as a manager.
See also
References
2024–25 clubsFormer clubs History Competition Lists and statistics Seasons