![]() Köstner at a press conference with Wolfsburg in 2010.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 January 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Wallenfels, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Wallenfels | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1971 | Bayern Hof | ||
1971–1973 | VfB Helmbrechts | ||
1973–1975 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 29 | (3) |
1975–1977 | Bayer Uerdingen | 50 | (7) |
1977–1981 | Arminia Bielefeld | 98 | (7) |
National team | |||
1972–1975 | West Germany Amateur | 11 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1982–1986 | Bayern Hof | ||
1986–1989 | SSV Reutlingen | ||
1989 | SC Freiburg | ||
1989–1991 | Hessen Kassel | ||
1991–1994 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
1994–1997 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
1997–1998 | 1. FC Köln | ||
1998–2001 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
2002–2004 | Karlsruher SC | ||
2005–2006 | 1899 Hoffenheim | ||
2006–2007 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
2009–2010 | VfL Wolfsburg II | ||
2010 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
2010–2012 | VfL Wolfsburg II | ||
2012–2013 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
2014 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Lorenz-Günther Köstner (born 30 January 1952) is a retired German footballer who is now a football manager who last managed Fortuna Düsseldorf. Following the sacking of Armin Veh on 25 January 2010, he was named interim manager of VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2010.
Between July 1982 and June 1990, Köstner was head coach of Bayern Hof, Reutlingen 05, SC Freiburg, and Hessen Kassel. Then Köstner became assistant coach with VfB Stuttgart.
Köstner was head coach of Rot-Weiss Essen between November 2006 and May 2007.
Köstner had three spells as head coach of VfL Wolfsburg. The first spell happened between December 2008 and January 2010, the second spell happened between July 2010 and October 2012, and the final stint happened between December 2012 and June 2013. In between the stints, Köstner was head coach on two occasions. In the first occasion, Köstner replaced Armin Veh and was named interim head coach until the end of the season on 25 January 2010.Steve McClaren eventually replace Veh as head coach. For the second stint, Köstner became interim head coach when Wolfsburg sacked Felix Magath on 25 October 2012.Dieter Hecking eventually replaced Magath. Köstner then continued in his role as the reserve team head coach until June 2013.Valérien Ismaël replaced Köstner as the reserve team head coach.
Köstner became manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 30 December 2013.