.jpg) Glasner in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1974-08-28)28 August 1974 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Schärding, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–2011 | SV Ried | 516 | (27) |
| 2003–2004 | →LASK (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 519 | (27) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | SV Ried | ||
| 2015–2019 | LASK | ||
| 2019–2021 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| 2021–2023 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 2024– | Crystal Palace | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Oliver Glasner (born 28 August 1974) is an Austrian professionalfootball manager and formerplayer who is the manager ofPremier League clubCrystal Palace.
Adefender by trade, he spent almost all of his professional career withAustrian Bundesliga clubSV Ried, winning theAustrian Cup in 1998 and 2011.[1] Following his retirement, Glasner worked as an assistant manager atRed Bull Salzburg before returning to Ried as manager in 2014. He then spent four seasons as manager of former clubLASK, winning promotion to the Austrian top flight, and helping the club finish as runners-up in his final season.
From 2019 until 2023, Glasner worked in GermanBundesliga, atVfL Wolfsburg andEintracht Frankfurt. With Frankfurt he won theUEFA Europa League and led them to theChampions League knockout stages andDFB-Pokal final. In 2024, he was named manager of Crystal Palace, where he won theFA Cup, the club's first ever major trophy, in his first full season and qualified them for theEuropa Conference League for the first time.
Glasner started his career at SV Riedau, and joined theAustrian second division teamSV Ried in 1993.[2] Ried got promoted to theAustrian Bundesliga in 1995. During the1997–98 season he won theAustrian Cup with the club. When Ried went down to second division again in2003, Glasner joined First League teamLASK for the next season, but returned to Ried a year later. Ried returned to the Bundesliga in2005, and in the2010–11 season, Glasner won the Austrian Cup for the second time. On 31 July 2011, he suffered a cut above the eye and a slight concussion during a heading duel in a league match between Ried andRapid Wien. Nevertheless, he accompanied his team during theEuropa Leaguethird qualifying round second leg againstBrøndby. After the final heading training session, he developed abrain hemorrhage on 4 August 2011. He was operated on the same day. Glasner survived the operation, but ended his career on the advice of the doctors on 23 August 2011. He made more than 500 league appearances in his 16-year career.[3]
In 2006, Glasner completed hisDiplomkaufmann qualification at theUniversity of Hagen. He was offered an assistant coach role at Ried in 2012. But Peter Vogl, then honorary president of SV Ried and CEO ofRed Bull Salzburg, hired Glasner as management assistant, responsible for sports.Ralf Rangnick asked Glasner that they are looking for an assistant coach toRoger Schmidt in the first-team squad. Two weeks in his role for the 2012-13 season, Salzburg dropped out of European football against F91 Düdelingen from Luxemburg.[4] After their successful two-year spell at Salzburg, finishing as Austrian champions, Glasner did not follow Schmidt toLeverkusen in theGerman Bundesliga, but instead was appointed manager at his former club Ried for the2014–15 season.[5] He started the campaign with two wins: 3–2 againstParndorf in thefirst round of the Austrian Cup on 11 July 2014; and 3–1 againstWiener Neustädter in a league game on 19 July.[6]
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Glasner joined LASK in the2015–16 season as a director of sport, as well as manager. Over time, vice presidentJürgen Werner and Glasner constructed a team with an unmistakable style of play. LASK earned promotion to the first division in Glasner'ssecond season, then finished the2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga season in fourth position, earning a place in theEuropa League third qualifying round. It was the club's first European campaign since2000.[7] In the2018–19 season, LASK finished in second place, just behind perennial champions Red Bull Salzburg, which allowed them to participate in theUEFA Champions League third qualifying round.[7] Following his success with LASK,Jörg Schmadtke hired Glasner to manageVfL Wolfsburg in theBundesliga, andValérien Ismaël joined LASK as his replacement.[8]
In hisfirst season with Wolfsburg, the club managed to qualify for theEuropa League, finishing seventh in theleague. Glasner also guided them to theEuropa League round of 16 phase, where they lost 5–1 on aggregate againstShakhtar Donetsk. In the2020–21 Bundesliga, Wolfsburg finished fourth, qualifying for theUEFA Champions League.[9] Glasner left Wolfsburg after two seasons, despite qualifying for the Champions League, due to a poor relationship with sporting directorJörg Schmadtke and some players including club captainJosuha Guilavogui, who said, "I'm happy he's gone."[10][11]Mark van Bommel joined to succeed Glasner.
In May 2021 Glasner signed a three-year deal until 30 June 2024 as head coach ofEintracht Frankfurt.[2] The start at Frankfurt was challenging. Frankfurt appointed Axel Hellmann as the new chairman of the board,Markus Krösche succeededFredi Bobic as managing director for sport,Ben Manga replaced Bruno Hübner as sporting director and the team lost its top scorer,André Silva, toRB Leipzig. The team lost 2–0 in thefirst round of DFB-Pokal againstthird tierWaldhof Mannheim. Frankfurt were close to the relegation zone in November, managing to win only one league game during the first months – againstBayern Munich at theAllianz Arena. It was the first time after 21 years, and after 16 matches they did so.[12]
Between November and December, Frankfurt won six out of seven, and were placed sixth at the end of the first round of matches. The second half of the season was inconsistent and Frankfurtfinished the league at 11th place. Their European campaign was successful, they advanced to theEuropa Leaguefinal, for the second time in the club's history (after1980) – defeatingBarcelona andWest Ham United en route[13][14] – and won the match 5–4 onpenalties against Scottish clubRangers. Frankfurt stayed undefeated for 13 EL games, and qualified for the Champions League for the first time since1960.[15]
The following season, Glasner led Frankfurt to second place in theChampions League group stage againstTottenham,Sporting andMarseille, but lost in theround of 16 against the subsequent Italian championsNapoli.[16] Though they were fourth at the halfway point, Frankfurt onlyfinished seventh, winning two of their last three matches to secure qualification for theEuropa Conference League.[16] They also reached theDFB-Pokal final against RB Leipzig, but lost 2–0.[17] Following a poor second half of the league season, Glasner left Frankfurt at the end of the 2022–23 season, one year earlier than his original contract.[16]Dino Toppmöller was his successor.
On 19 February 2024, Glasner was appointed manager ofPremier League clubCrystal Palace, signing a contract until the end of the 2025–26 season. He replacedRoy Hodgson, who stepped down as manager the same day.[18][19] He did not take charge of the match againstEverton that day, which was overseen by interim managerPaddy McCarthy; he was instead seen watching the 1–1 draw from theGoodison Park stand alongside chairmanSteve Parish.[20][21] Glasner won his first game in charge, beatingBurnley 3–0 atSelhurst Park on 24 February.[22] On 14 April, Glasner won his first away game with the club, endingLiverpool's 29-game unbeaten streak atAnfield with a 1–0 win.[23] On 6 May, he led Palace to a 4–0 win overManchester United at Selhurst Park to complete their first ever Premier League double over the club.[24][25] On the final day of the season, he led Palace to a 5–0 home win overAston Villa, the joint biggest Premier League win in Palace's history.[26][27] Palace ended the season with six wins from their last seven games, equalling their highest ever Premier League points tally of 49, having won 4 consecutive home games for the first time and finishing in the top 10 for the second time in the Premier League era.[27][28]
On 17 May 2025, Glasner led Palace to their first major trophy in the club's history by defeatingManchester City 1–0 in theFA Cup final atWembley Stadium.[29] Palace finished the2024–25 Premier League season in twelfth place with a club record 53 points. On 10 August 2025, Glasner led Palace to another trophy after beating Liverpool 3–2 on penalties in the2025 FA Community Shield.[30]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
 SV Ried | 12 May 2014 | 25 May 2015 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 035.14 | [31] |
| LASK Linz | 1 July 2015 | 1 July 2019 | 161 | 94 | 32 | 35 | 308 | 173 | +135 | 058.39 | [32] |
 VfL Wolfsburg | 1 July 2019 | 30 June 2021 | 87 | 41 | 22 | 24 | 146 | 110 | +36 | 047.13 | [33] |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 July 2021 | 30 June 2023 | 97 | 38 | 30 | 29 | 145 | 137 | +8 | 039.18 | |
 Crystal Palace | 19 February 2024 | present | 81 | 38 | 25 | 18 | 129 | 82 | +47 | 046.91 | |
| Career total | 461 | 223 | 116 | 122 | 781 | 556 | +225 | 048.37 | — | ||
SV Ried
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