Stefan Leitl

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Stefan Leitl
Leitl, Stefan Trainer Ingolstadt 17-18 WP.jpg
Leitl in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-29) 29 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Munich, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hannover 96 (head coach)
Youth career
FC Ismaning
Bayern Munich
0000–1994 SpVgg Unterhaching
1994–1995 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1998 Bayern Munich (A) 26 (2)
1996–1998 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
1998–1999 SV Lohhof
1999–2002 1. FC Nürnberg 57 (4)
2002–2004 SpVgg Unterhaching 57 (4)
2004–2007 Darmstadt 98 90 (14)
2007–2013 FC Ingolstadt 182 (43)
Total412(67)
International career
1997 Germany U21 2 (0)
1998 Germany Olympic 2 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2017 FC Ingolstadt II
2017–2018 FC Ingolstadt
2019–2022 Greuther Fürth
2022– Hannover 96
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Leitl (born 29 August 1977) is a German football manager and former player who currently manages Hannover 96. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

He has managed Ingolstadt 04 II and Ingolstadt 04. He has played for Bayern Munich (A), SV Lohhof, 1. FC Nürnberg, SpVgg Unterhaching, Darmstadt 98, and Ingolstadt 04.

Playing career

Leitl played as a youth for FC Ismaning, before joining the youth setup of Bayern Munich in 1987. He left the club to join SpVgg Unterhaching, but returned, and began playing for the reserve team in 1995. A year later he was promoted to the senior squad, but did not make any first-team appearances, continuing to play for the reserves in the Regionalliga Süd. In 1998, he left FC Bayern, joining local amateur side SV Lohhof, with whom he won the Oberliga Bayern, securing promotion to the Regionalliga. He left, however, joining 1. FC Nürnberg, then of the 2. Bundesliga.

After two years Nürnberg were promoted to the Bundesliga as champions, where Leitl found his opportunities limited – after just five appearances he left the club half-way through the 2001–02 season, dropping back down a division to return to Unterhaching. He could not prevent them being relegated down to the Regionalliga, but played in 33 of 36 games the following season as they won the title, finishing ahead of Jahn Regensburg on goals scored. Leitl had now been a champion at the top four levels of German football.

The following season Leitl had lost his place, and only played 13 games, mostly as a substitute. He left the club in July 2004, joining Darmstadt, where he spent three seasons in the Regionalliga, leaving in 2007 after the club were relegated. He returned to Bavaria to sign for FC Ingolstadt 04, where he established himself as a key player, captaining the club to promotion as league runners-up. Ingolstadt were relegated after one season, but bounced back in 2010, beating Hansa Rostock in a playoff to return to the 2. Bundesliga.

Leitl started the 2010–11 season with a goal in a DFB-Pokal match against Karlsruher SC, the first goal at Ingolstadt's new Audi Sportpark. He retired at the end of the 2012–13 season.

Managerial career

Leitl was manager of FC Ingolstadt 04 II between 16 September 2014 and 21 August 2017. [4] The first match for Leitl as manager of FC Ingolstadt 04 II was a 4–2 win against Wacker Burghausen on 19 September 2014. [5] FC Ingolstadt 04 II finished the 2014–15 season in fifth place. [6] Ingolstadt II finished the following season in 11th place. [7] Ingolstadt II finished the 2016–17 season in eighth place. [8] His final match for Ingolstadt II was a 2–0 win against 1860 Rosenheim on 18 August 2017 [9] because Leitl replaced Maik Walpurgis on 22 August 2017 as manager of the first team. [10] He was sacked on 22 September 2018. [11] He finished with a record of 14 wins, 11 draws, and 15 losses. [10]

On 5 February 2019, he was appointed as the new head coach of Greuther Fürth as a replacement for Damir Burić. [12] Under his management, the club finished second in the 2020–21 season of the 2. Bundesliga, and Greuther Fürth gained promotion to the Bundesliga for the second time in the club's history. [13]

On 27 April 2022, Leitl announced that he would leave Greuther Fürth at the end of the 2021–22 season. [14] On 8 May 2022, he was announced as the new head coach for Hannover 96 starting with the 2022–23 season. [15]

Managerial record

As of matches played on 22 December 2024
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %Ref.
FC Ingolstadt II 16 September 2014 [4] 21 August 2017 [4] 97343132035.05 [5] [7] [8] [9]
FC Ingolstadt 22 August 2017 [10] 22 September 2018 [11] 40141115035.00 [10]
Greuther Fürth 5 February 201914 May 2022121373846030.58
Hannover 96 8 May 2022Present89342530038.20
Total347119105123034.29—

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Leitl, Stefan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Stefan Leitl übernimmt die U23" (in German). FC Ingolstadt. 15 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "FCI & Trainer Maik Walpurgis trennen sich – Leitl wird Interimstrainer" (in German). fcingolstadt.de. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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