Jakob Fimpel

Jakob Fimpel

Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-03-18) 18 March 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Filderstadt, Germany
Team information
Current team	Schalke 04 II (head coach)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2022–2024	Schalke 04 II
2024	Schalke 04 (interim)
2024–2025	Schalke 04 II
2025	Schalke 04 (interim)
2025–	Schalke 04 II

Jakob Fimpel (born 18 March 1989) is a German football coach who is the head coach of Schalke 04 II. ^[1]

Career

On 28 March 2022, it was announced that Fimpel would replace Torsten Fröhling as Schalke 04 II manager. ^[2]

On 21 September 2024, he took over Schalke 04 as head coach on an interim basis after Karel Geraerts was sacked by the club. ^[3] His tenure was over after two weeks, when a new coach, Kees van Wonderen, was hired and he returned to Schalke II. ^[4] On 3 May 2025, he was named interim head coach again. ^[5]

Managerial statistics

As of 9 October 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Schalke 04 II	28 March 2022	21 September 2024	84	35	20	29	041.67
Schalke 04	21 September 2024	5 October 2024	2	1	1	0	050.00	[6]
Schalke 04 II	6 October 2024	2 May 2025	19	5	5	9	026.32
Schalke 04	3 May 2025	18 May 2025	2	0	0	2	000.00	[6]
Schalke 04 II	19 May 2025		11	7	2	2	063.64
Total			118	48	28	42	040.68

References

1. "J. Fimpel". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
2. "S04 entbindet U23-Chef-Trainer Torsten Fröhling von seinen Aufgaben". FC Schalke 04 (in German). 28 March 2022.
3. "Marc Wilmots and Karel Geraerts leave S04 with immediate effect". FC Schalke 04. 21 September 2024.
4. "Kees van Wonderen is the new head coach of FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. 6 October 2024.
5. "Jakob Fimpel assumes first-team duties for the remainder of the season". Schalke 04. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
6. "FC Schalke 04 – Trainer". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 25 September 2024.

External links

• Profile at the Schalke 04 website (in German)