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Ralf Rangnick
Rangnick with RB Salzburg in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-06-29) 29 June 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Backnang, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team

RB Leipzig (sporting director)

New York Red Bulls (global sporting director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1979 VfB Stuttgart II
1979–1980 Southwick FC
1980–1982 VfR Heilbronn 66 (6)
1982–1983 Ulm 1846 32 (0)
1983–1985 Viktoria Backnang
1987–1988 TSV Lippoldsweiler
Managerial career
1983–1985 Viktoria Backnang (player/manager)
1985–1987 VfB Stuttgart II
1987–1988 TSV Lippoldsweiler (player/manager)
1988–1990 SC Korb
1990–1994 VfB Stuttgart (youth)
1995–1996 SSV Reutlingen
1997–1999 Ulm 1846
1999–2001 VfB Stuttgart
2001–2004 Hannover 96
2004–2005 Schalke 04
2006–2011 1899 Hoffenheim
2011 Schalke 04
2012–2015 Red Bull Salzburg (sporting director)
2012– RB Leipzig (sporting director)
2015–2016 RB Leipzig
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ralf Rangnick (born 29 June 1958) is a German football manager and former amateur player who is currently the Director of Sports of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. In the 2015/2016 season he filled in as manager at RB Leipzig who had just been promoted to the 2. Bundesliga and guided the team to promotion to the Bundesliga. He has previously coached Bundesliga clubs VfB Stuttgart, Hannover 96, FC Schalke 04 and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, taking the latter from the Regionalliga Süd to the top division in two seasons. Rangnick was influenced by Helmut Gross, Ernst Happel, Valeri Lobanovski, Arrigo Sacchi and Zdenek Zeman, and influenced a generation of football coaches in Germany, like Julian Nagelsmann.[1][2][3]

Playing career

Rangnick was born in Backnang and began his playing career at VfB Stuttgart, but was unable to progress any further than their amateur side, playing in the lower leagues. This was to prove his level, as he played at a string of small lowly clubs, including a stint at English non-league side Southwick while studying Astrophysics on a guest year, at the University of Sussex in Brighton.[4] Whilst at University, Rangnick was shortlisted to join the FDR's space programme.

Coaching career

Early career

Pre-Bundesliga days

His first taste of coaching came in his playing days at Ulm 1846 in the early 1980s, when he was entrusted to coach the youth side. He stepped up to becoming player/coach at his hometown club Viktoria Backnang. Playing against Valeri Lobanovski's Dinamo Kiev in 1984 was a revelation for Rangnick who thought they must have had a player more on the pitch.[5] He continued playing and coaching TSV Lippoldsweiler. After hanging up his boots, he went to VfB Stuttgart to now manage the amateur side he had once played in 1985.[6]

Rangnick stayed at Stuttgart, as both amateur and youth coach, through the early 1990s, before moving to Regionalliga Süd side SSV Reutlingen in 1995.[7] He took the club to a fourth-place finish in his first season,[8] and they began the following campaign brightly too, with the club in the midst of the promotion push by Christmas. Rangnick would not complete the season with the team though, as he moved to his former club Ulm in January 1997.[9] Reutlingen were in fifth place when Rangnick left the club.[10]

Ulm were also positioned in the Regionalliga Süd, and although Rangnick could only manage a sixth-place position from the remainder of the 1996–97 season,[11] the next year they won the league.[12] Rangnick adapted well to life at his highest level yet in the 2. Bundesliga, and Ulm mounted a strong promotion push. He started to be known in Germany as "professor" for the early adoption of the whole team shifting towards the ball when defending. 1998 Rangnick explained this "pressing" on TV.[13] However, during the winter break, he signed a deal to move to top flight VfB Stuttgart for the next season. This was supposed to remain secret until the end of the season, but in February it leaked out into public knowledge. This caused an outcry, especially as the team began to lose ground in the table, and by the end of March, Rangnick quit the post prematurely[9] and, on 3 May 1999, took control of Stuttgart[14] for the final five games.[15] His final match was a 2–0 loss to SpVgg Unterhaching.[16] Ulm were in fifth place when Rangnick was sacked.[17]

Bundesliga entry

On 3 May 1999, took control of Stuttgart[14] for the final five games.[15] Stuttgart finished the 1998–99 season in 11th place.[18] He won two out of the five.[15] His first match was a 2–0 loss to Bayern Munich.[15] Rangnick was now first-team coach at the club he had served as a player and coached at amateur and youth level previously. His first full season at Bundesliga level in 1999–2000 season. saw the team finish a respectable eighth,[19] but the following season was much tougher. Despite making the semi finals of the DFB-Pokal and the round of 16 in the UEFA Cup (via the Intertoto Cup), their league form was mediocre and they were sat in the relegation zone by the halfway point. After their European exit in February 2001, VfB Stuttgart fired Rangnick.[20] His final match was 2–1 loss to Celta de Vigo in the UEFA Cup on 22 February 2001.[21] Stuttgart were in 17th place at the time of his sacking.[22] Rangnick finished with a record of 36 wins, 16 draws, and 34 losses.[14]

The next season brought a new post, as Rangnick took over 2. Bundesliga side Hannover 96 on 23 May 2001.[23] His first match was a 1–1 draw against Union Berlin on 30 July 2001.[24] His first season was a complete success as they romped home as champions and were promoted back to the Bundesliga[25] after a 13-year absence. Their first season back at the top level saw them consolidate with an 11th-place finish,[26] but, as their form nosedived in the second half of the 2003–04 season, Rangnick was fired after a 0–1 defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach in March 2004.[27] Hannover were in 15th place at the time of his sacking.[28] Rangnick finished with a record of 44 wins, 22 draws, and 32 losses.[29]

Overview (1985–2004)

Team Season League German Cup Europe Ref.
League M W D L GF GA Win % Pos. Pos. Competition Pos.
Stuttgart II 1985–86 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 36 16 6 14 58 54 044.44 8th —
1986–87 34 12 10 12 51 59 035.29 10th
Totals 70 28 16 26 109 113 040.00 —
Reutlingen 1995–96 Regionalliga Süd 34 17 7 10 55 39 050.00 4th — [8]
1996–97 17 9 5 3 36 16 052.94 5th [10]
Totals 51 26 12 13 91 55 050.98 —
Ulm 1996–97 Regionalliga Süd 17 6 4 7 34 31 035.29 6th — — [11][30]
1997–98 32 18 6 8 63 36 056.25 1st R16 [12][31]
1998–99 2. Bundesliga 22 10 8 4 43 36 045.45 5th F.R. [16][17]
Totals 71 34 18 19 140 103 047.89 —
Stuttgart 1998–99 Bundesliga 5 2 0 3 5 9 040.00 11th — — [15][18]
1999–2000 34 14 6 14 44 47 041.18 11th Q.F. [19][32]
2000–01 22 5 6 11 31 37 022.73 17th S.F. Intertoto Cup
UEFA Cup		 W
R16		 [21][22]
Totals 61 21 12 28 80 93 034.43 —
Hannover 2001–02 2. Bundesliga 34 22 9 3 93 37 064.71 1st R16 — [24][25]
2002–03 Bundesliga 34 12 7 15 47 57 035.29 11th S.R. [26][33]
2003–04 23 6 6 11 38 51 026.09 15th S.R. [28][34]
Totals 91 40 22 29 178 145 043.96 —

Schalke 04

After missing out on the assistant role in the German national side to Joachim Löw, Rangnick was hired by Schalke 04 on 28 September 2004,[35] after Jupp Heynckes left just weeks into the 2004–05 season. Rangnick again tasted European action as the club had earned a UEFA Cup spot via the Intertoto Cup. His first match was in the UEFA Cup.[36] Schalke won 4–0 against Metalurgs Liepājas.[36] He led them through the group phase, but they exited in the knockout rounds to Shakhtar Donetsk.[36] The German Cup was to prove more successful, though, as Rangnick took the club to the final, where they fell 2–1 to Bayern Munich.[36] Bayern would also pip Rangnick's side in the league as Schalke ended as runners-up.[37]

The next season started well, with Rangnick gaining revenge over former club VfB Stuttgart by beating them 1–0 to lift the Ligapokal.[38] Their second place league finish of the previous year had also qualified them for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, Rangnick's first entry into the prestigious competition. However, the team would fail to progress beyond the group stage, and sat 10 points off the pace in the Bundesliga,[39] as well as having crashed 0–6 in the German Cup to Eintracht Frankfurt.[38] Shortly before the winter break, these factors led the club to dismiss Rangnick. Rangnick was dismissed on 12 December 2005.[40] Rangnick finished with a record of 36 wins, 15 draws, and 14 losses.[41]

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

2006–11

Rangnick had to drop down the divisions for his next club, as he moved to 1899 Hoffenheim of the Regionalliga South for the 2006–07 season.[42] His first match was a 2–2 draw against 1860 Munich II on 5 August 2006.[43] Again, he proved himself adept at this level, as the team instantly won promotion and played the 2007–08 season in the 2. Bundesliga for their first time in their history.[44] The stay in the 2. Bundesliga was short: a second-place finish for Hoffenheim in 2007–08 earned the club, and Rangnick, promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2008–09 season.[45] They also got to the quarter-finals of the German Cup.[46] During the 2008–09 season, Hoffenheim got to the second round of the German Cup.[47] In the first half of the season, Hoffenheim won 35 out of 51 available points.[48] However, Hoffenheim won only 20 out of 51 points in the second half of the season[48] to drop down to seventh place.[49] During the 2009–10 season, Hoffenheim got to the quarter-finals of the German Cup.[50] Hoffenheim finished in 11th place.[51] On 2 January 2011, Rangnick resigned as head coach of Hoffenheim, citing the sale of Luiz Gustavo to Bayern Munich, of which he had not been informed, as his reason for resigning from the club.[52][53] Rangnick's final match was a 2–0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 21 December 2010 in the German Cup.[54] Hoffenheim were in eighth place when Rangnick left the club.[55] Rangnick finished with a record of 79 wins, 43 draws, and 44 losses.[56]

Overview at Hoffenheim

Season League German Cup Ref.
League M W D L GF GA Win % Pos. M W D L GF GA Win % Pos.
2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 34 20 8 6 62 31 058.82 2nd — [43][44]
2007–08 2. Bundesliga 34 17 9 8 60 40 050.00 2nd 4 3 0 1 9 7 075.00 Q.F. [45][46]
2008–09 Bundesliga 34 15 10 9 63 49 044.12 7th 2 1 0 1 2 3 050.00 S.R. [47][49]
2009–10 34 11 9 14 44 42 032.35 11th 4 3 0 1 8 2 075.00 Q.F. [50][51]
2010–11 17 6 7 4 32 22 035.29 8th 3 3 0 0 7 0 100.00 Q.F. [54][55]
Totals 153 69 43 41 261 184 045.10 — 13 10 0 3 26 12 076.92 —

Return to Schalke

In March 2011, Rangnick was named as the replacement for Felix Magath as manager of Schalke 04.[57] His first match was a 2–0[58] forfeit win against FC St. Pauli on 1 April 2011.[59] Just weeks after being named the new Schalke manager, Rangnick led his old club to their first UEFA Champions League semi-final by defeating holders Inter Milan with a 7–3 win on aggregate.[60] They were eliminated by Manchester United in the semi-finals.[61] Schalke started the 2011–12 season by defeating Borussia Dortmund in s shootout in the German Super Cup.[62] On 22 September 2011, Rangnick stepped down as Schalke's manager due to exhaustion syndrome, stating that he currently does not have "the necessary energy to be successful and to develop the team and the club".[63][64] He finished with a record of 10 wins, three draws, and 10 losses.[41]

RB Leipzig

In June 2012, Rangnick became the sporting director for both Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig. When RB Leipzig were unsuccessful in their search for a new manager at the end of the 2014–15 season, Ragnick stepped in as coach on 29 May 2015.[65] He resigned as sporting director of Red Bull Salzburg to fully concentrate on his work as sporting director and manager with RB Leipzig. His first match was a 1–0 win against FSV Frankfurt on 25 July 2015.[66] Against Karlsruhe they reached promotion.[67][68] On 16 May 2016, RB Leipzig announced that then manager of Bundesliga club FC Ingolstadt 04 Ralph Hasenhüttl would take over from Ragnick.[69] Rangnick finished with a record of 21 wins, seven draws, and eight losses.[70]

Managerial statistics

As of matches played on 4 January 2017.
Team From To Record
M W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Stuttgart II 1 July 1985[6] 30 June 1987[6] 70 28 16 26 109 113 −4 040.00
Reutlingen 1 July 1995[7] 31 December 1996[7] 51 26 12 13 91 55 +36 050.98 [8][10]
Ulm 1 January 1997[9] 16 March 1999[9] 75 36 18 21 148 109 +39 048.00 [30][31][16]
Stuttgart 3 May 1999[7] 24 February 2001[20] 86 36 16 34 127 117 +10 041.86 [14][15][32][21]
Hannover 23 May 2001[23] 8 March 2004[27] 98 44 22 32 193 154 +39 044.90 [24][29][33][34]
Schalke 28 September 2004[35] 12 December 2005[40] 65 36 15 14 110 72 +38 055.38 [36][38][62][41]
1899 Hoffenheim 22 June 2006[42] 2 January 2011[53] 166 79 43 44 287 196 +91 047.59 [44][46][47][50][54][56]
Schalke 21 March 2011[57] 22 September 2011[63] 23 10 3 10 48 34 +14 043.48 [41][59][62]
RB Leipzig 29 May 2015[65] 16 May 2016[69] 36 21 7 8 56 35 +21 058.33 [66][70]
Total 670 316 152 202 1,169 885 +284 047.16 —

Managerial honours

Ulm 1846
Stuttgart
Hannover
Schalke

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