Felix Magath debuts as Schalke 04

On Saturday, 8 August, Felix Magath will make his Bundesliga debut as Schalke 04 head coach. Magath is trying to become the first coach to win the German league title with three different clubs. No Bundesliga club has parted ways with their head coach prematurely more often than Schalke 04 (22).

According to Infostrada, Magath has now been head coach of seven different Bundesliga clubs (Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen, Eintracht Frankfurt, VfB Stuttgart, Bayern München, VfL Wolfsburg and Schalke 04). Only Jörg Berger has coached more Bundesliga clubs (8).

Coaches leading most different Bundesliga clubs
# Name From To

8 Jörg Berger 1981/1982 2008/2009
7 Gyula Lorant 1965/1966 1979/1980
7 Otto Rehhagel 1973/1974 2000/2001
7 Felix Magath 1995/1996 2009/2010
6 Rudolf Gutendorf 1963/1964 1977/1978
6 Kuno Klötzer 1966/1967 1981/1982
6 Branko Zebec 1968/1969 1983/1984
6 Manfred Krafft 1974/1975 1988/1989
Bold denotes active coaches

Head coaches winning most Bundesliga championships
# Name Nation Club(s)

8 Udo Lattek GER Bayern München (6), Borussia Mönchengladbach (2)
7 Ottmar Hitzfeld GER Borussia Dortmund (2), Bayern München (5)
4 Hennes Weisweiler GER Borussia Mönchengladbach (3), 1. FC Köln
3 Otto Rehhagel GER Werder Bremen (2), 1. FC Kaiserslautern
3 Felix Magath GER Bayern München (2), VfL Wolfsburg
2 Max Merkel AUT 1860 München, 1. FC Nürnberg
2 Branko Zebec YUG Bayern München, Hamburger SV
2 Pal Csernai HUN Bayern München (2)
2 Ernst Happel AUT Hamburger SV (2)
2 Jupp Heynckes GER Bayern München (2)