Albert Capellas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Capellasand the second or maternal family name is Herms.

Albert Capellas

Capellas with Vitesse in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Albert Capellas Herms
Date of birth	(1967-10-01) 1 October 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Avinyó, Spain
Team information
Current team	Philippines (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1991–1999	Gavà (assistant)
1999–2003	Barcelona B (assistant)
2004–2010	Barcelona B (academy)
2010–2014	Vitesse (assistant)
2014–2015	Brøndby (assistant)
2016	Brøndby U17
2016–2017	Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2017	Borussia Dortmund (assistant)
2018–2019	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan (assistant)
2019–2021	Denmark U21
2021	Barcelona B (interim)
2022–2023	Midtjylland
2024–	Philippines

Albert Capellas Herms (born 1 October 1967), is a Spanish football manager who is the head coach of the Philippines national team.

Managerial Career

Capellas was born in Avinyó, Barcelona, Catalonia. ^[1] After a modest career as a player, he joined Gavà in 1991 as assistant manager.

Capellas later joined the youth academy of Barcelona where he was the assistant manager of Barcelona B from 1999 to 2003 and then became the youth coordinator at Barcelona from 2004 until 2010.

In 2010, Capellas went to the Netherlands to be the assistant manager of Albert Ferrer at Vitesse during the 2010–2011 season. After Albert Ferrer's departure following poor results, he continued working for three more seasons at the Dutch side as the assistant coach of John van den Brom and Peter Bosz. ^[2]

After leaving Vitesse in the summer of 2014, he went to Denmark to work as an assistant to Thomas Frank at Brøndby IF between 2014 and 2015. In addition, he was also the manager of the U-17 team during 2016. ^[3]

In July 2016 , Capellas reunited with Peter Bosz and worked under him as an assistant manager at Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

On 6 June 2017, Peter Bosz bring in Capellas as an assistant manager at Borussia Dortmund. Both would be sacked in December 2017 after a series of poor results. ^[4]

In the summer of 2018, Capellas was hired as Jordi Cruyff's assistant at Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in the Chinese Super League where he would stay until the end of the season. ^[5] Working together, the two managed to save Chongqing's status in the top flight of the Chinese Super League. ^[6]

In June 2019, Capellas signed a contract with the Danish Football Federation to become the manager of the Denmark U21 national team. On 16 October 2020 after a 2–1 victory over Finland, Denmark qualified for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship with good results. ^[7]

Following the dismissal of Ronald Koeman as Barcelona manager and the appointment of Sergi Barjuán as interim manager, Capellas was chosen as interim manager of Barcelona B during Barjuan's absence. ^[8]

On 24 August 2022, Capellas was named new manager of Danish Superliga side Midtjylland on at contract running until 2025. ^[9] He was sacked on 14 March 2023 with the club in 9th place in the Danish Superliga. ^[10]

Capellas first joined the Philippine national team at the 2024 Merdeka Tournament under interim coach Norman Fegidero. After the tournament, he was officially announced as the head coach on 10 September 2024. ^{[11] [12]}

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 March 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Denmark U21		1 August 2019	30 June 2021	16	12	4	0	32	12	+20	075.00
Barcelona B (interim)		28 October 2021	7 November 2021	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
FC Midtjylland		24 August 2022	14 March 2023	25	8	9	8	36	29	+7	032.00
Philippines		10 September 2024	Present	10	4	3	3	16	14	+2	040.00
Career Total				53	26	16	11	90	56	+34	049.06

References

1. Albert Capellas manager profile at BDFutbol. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Ruiz, David (1 December 2012). "Albert Capellas: "El Vitesse puede jugar de tú a tú con los grandes y ganar"". La Vanguardia .
3. "Albert Capellas, del Vitesse al Brondby". Mundo Deportivo . 2 April 2014.
4. Castro, Juan (16 August 2017). "Albert Capellas, de La Masía a la Bundesliga". Marca .
5. San Antonio, Iván (26 June 2019). "El español Albert Capellas, primer extranjero en entrenar a la sub-21 danesa". Mundo Deportivo .
6. "La llegada de Jordi Cruyff al Barça vista por Albert Capellas". Mundo Deportivo. 3 August 2021.
7. "Albert Capellas clasifica a la sub-21 de Dinamarca para la Eurocopa". Sport . 14 October 2020.
8. "Oficial: Albert Capellas, nuevo entrenador interino del Barça B". Sport. 21 November 2021.
9. "Officielt: FCM ansætter Albert Capellas". bold.dk. 24 August 2022.
10. "Officielt: Albert Capellas er færdig i FC Midtjylland". bold.dk. 14 March 2023.
11. "Meet Albert Capellas, The New Philippine Men's Football Team Coach". The Game. One Mega Group. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
12. "Albert Capellas is new head coach of PH men's football team". ABS-CBN News. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.