Quick Facts
Biography
Lorenz-Günther Köstner (born 30 January 1952) is a retired German footballer who is now a football manager who last managed Fortuna Düsseldorf. Following the sacking of Armin Veh on 25 January 2010, he was named interim manager of VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2010.
Coaching career
Early career
Between July 1982 and June 1990, Köstner was head coach of Bayern Hof, Reutlingen 05, SC Freiburg, and Hessen Kassel. Then Köstner became assistant coach with VfB Stuttgart.
Rot-Weiss Essen
Köstner was head coach of Rot-Weiss Essen between November 2006 and May 2007.
VfL Wolfsburg
Köstner had three spells as head coach of VfL Wolfsburg. 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. In between the stints, Köstner was head coach on two occasions. In the first occasion, Köstner replaced Armin Veh and was named interim head coach until the end of the season on 25 January 2010. Steve McClaren eventually replace Veh as head coach. For the second stint, Köstner became interim head coach when Wolfsburg sacked Felix Magath on 25 October 2012. Dieter Hecking eventually replaced Magath. Köstner then continued in his role as the reserve team head coach until June 2013. Valérien Ismaël replaced Köstner as the reserve team head coach.
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Köstner became manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 30 December 2013.
Managerial statistics
- As of 6 July 2014
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Bayern Hof | 1 July 1982 | 15 February 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Reutlingen 05 | 1 October 1986 | 30 June 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| SC Freiburg | 1 July 1989 | 31 August 1989 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71.43 | |
| Hessen Kassel | 15 September 1989 | 30 June 1990 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 40.00 | |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1 July 1993 | 1 March 1994 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22.73 | |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1 July 1994 | 1 October 1997 | 81 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 39.51 | |
| 1. FC Köln | 1 October 1997 | 30 June 1998 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30.77 | |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1 July 1998 | 13 September 2001 | 113 | 43 | 26 | 44 | 38.05 | |
| Karlsruher SC | 1 October 2002 | 20 December 2004 | 83 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 30.12 | |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 10 January 2006 | 24 May 2006 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 42.86 | |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 18 November 2006 | 30 June 2007 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27.27 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 22 December 2008 | 25 January 2010 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 54.29 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 25 January 2010 | 11 May 2010 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 47.62 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 11 May 2010 | 25 October 2012 | 79 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 53.16 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 25 October 2012 | 22 December 2012 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 54.55 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 22 December 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 76.47 | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 December 2013 | 12 June 2014 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11.11 | |
| Total | 569 | 233 | 149 | 187 | 40.95 | — | ||