 Köstner at a press conference withWolfsburg in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1952-01-30)30 January 1952 (age 73) | ||
| Place of birth | Wallenfels,West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Wallenfels | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1971 | Bayern Hof | ||
| 1971–1973 | VfB Helmbrechts | ||
| 1973–1975 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 29 | (3) |
| 1975–1977 | Bayer Uerdingen | 50 | (7) |
| 1977–1981 | Arminia Bielefeld | 98 | (7) |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1975 | West Germany Amateur | 11 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982–1986 | Bayern Hof | ||
| 1986–1989 | SSV Reutlingen | ||
| 1989 | SC Freiburg | ||
| 1989–1991 | Hessen Kassel | ||
| 1991–1994 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| 1994–1997 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
| 1997–1998 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 1998–2001 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
| 2002–2004 | Karlsruher SC | ||
| 2005–2006 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| 2006–2007 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| 2009–2010 | VfL Wolfsburg II | ||
| 2010 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| 2010–2012 | VfL Wolfsburg II | ||
| 2012–2013 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| 2014 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lorenz-Günther Köstner (born 30 January 1952) is a retired Germanfootballer who is now a football manager who last managedFortuna Düsseldorf.[1] Following the sacking ofArmin Veh on 25 January 2010, he was named interim manager ofVfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2010.[2]
Between July 1982 and June 1990, Köstner was head coach ofBayern Hof,Reutlingen 05,SC Freiburg, andHessen Kassel.[3] Then Köstner became assistant coach withVfB Stuttgart.[3]
Köstner was head coach ofRot-Weiss Essen between November 2006 and May 2007.[3]
Köstner had three spells as head coach ofVfL Wolfsburg.[3] The first spell happened between December 2008 and January 2010, the second spell happened between July 2010 and October 2012, and the final stint happened between December 2012 and June 2013.[3] In between the stints, Köstner was head coach on two occasions.[3] In the first occasion, Köstner replacedArmin Veh and was named interim head coach until the end of the season on 25 January 2010.[4]Steve McClaren eventually replace Veh as head coach.[5] For the second stint, Köstner became interim head coach when Wolfsburg sackedFelix Magath on 25 October 2012.[6]Dieter Hecking eventually replaced Magath.[7] Köstner then continued in his role as the reserve team head coach until June 2013.[3]Valérien Ismaël replaced Köstner as the reserve team head coach.[8]
Köstner became manager ofFortuna Düsseldorf on 30 December 2013.[9]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Bayern Hof | 1 July 1982[10] | 15 February 1986[10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | |
| Reutlingen 05 | 1 October 1986[11] | 30 June 1989[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | |
| SC Freiburg | 1 July 1989[12] | 31 August 1989[12] | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 071.43 | [12] [13] |
| Hessen Kassel | 15 September 1989[14] | 30 June 1990[14] | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 040.00 | [14] |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1 July 1993[14] | 1 March 1994[14] | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 022.73 | [14] [15] |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1 July 1994[14] | 1 October 1997[14] | 81 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 039.51 | [14][16] [17] |
| 1. FC Köln | 1 October 1997[14] | 30 June 1998[14] | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 030.77 | [14] |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1 July 1998[14] | 13 September 2001[14] | 113 | 43 | 26 | 44 | 038.05 | [14][18][19] [20][21] |
| Karlsruher SC | 1 October 2002[14] | 20 December 2004[14] | 83 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 030.12 | [14][22] [23] |
| TSG Hoffenheim | 10 January 2006[24] | 24 May 2006[24] | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 042.86 | [24] |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 18 November 2006[14] | 30 June 2007[14] | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 027.27 | [14] |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 22 December 2008[8] | 25 January 2010[4] | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 054.29 | [25] |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 25 January 2010[4] | 11 May 2010[5] | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 047.62 | [26] |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 11 May 2010[5] | 25 October 2012[6] | 79 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 053.16 | [27] [28] |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 25 October 2012[6] | 22 December 2012[7] | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 054.55 | [26] |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 22 December 2012[7] | 30 June 2013[8] | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 076.47 | [28] |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 December 2013[9] | 12 June 2014[1] | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 011.11 | [14] |
| Total | 569 | 233 | 149 | 187 | 040.95 | — | ||
