Thomas Schaaf
![]() Schaaf with Werder Bremen in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 April 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Mannheim, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
BBV Union Bremen | |||
1972–1978 | Werder Bremen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1980 | Werder Bremen II | 59 | (0) |
1978–1995 | Werder Bremen | 281 | (14) |
Total | 340 | (14) | |
Teams managed | |||
1995–1999 | Werder Bremen II | ||
1999–2013 | Werder Bremen | ||
2014–2015 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
2015–2016 | Hannover 96 | ||
2021 | Werder Bremen (interim) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Thomas Schaaf (born 30 April 1961 in Mannheim) is a former German football player. Schaaf was a defender.
Career
[change | change source]After the death of his father the Schaaf family went to Bremen. They lived near the Weser Stadion, and Thomas Schaaf came to SV Werder. He spent all his active and manager time with SV Werder. In 1972 he came to Werder Bremen's youth academy. In 1978 he turned professional. From 1978 to 1994 he played 281 matches for Werder Bremen. He was twice German champion with Bremen, in 1988 and 1993, and twice Cup winner (1991, 1994). He also won the UEFA Cup in 1992. As player he played two times for the German U21 national team.
Schaaf began his coaching career during his active career. He was then coach of Werder's youth teams U17 (1987/88) and U19 (1988 - 1995). From 1993 to 1995 he was assistance coach in the first team. After four years as coach with the second team he became coach of the first team in 1999. He is still coach. As coach of the first team he won the German Bundesliga in 2004 and was three times Cup winner (1999, 2004, 2009). From 2004 his team qualified 5 times for the UEFA Champions League.
Thomas Schaaf is married and has a daughter. He is also engaged in social issues. He is ambassador for the "Zentrum für trauernde Kinder und Jugendliche " (center for mourning children and youths).
Career statistics
[change | change source]Club
[change | change source]Club | Season | League | Cup[n 1] | Europe[n 2] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Werder Bremen | 1978–79 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
1979–80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
1980–81 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | ||
1981–82 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
1982–83 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
1983–84 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
1984–85 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
1985–86 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
1986–87 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
1987–88 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 3 | ||
1988–89 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 3 | ||
1989–90 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
1990–91 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
1991–92 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
1992–93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
1993–94 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
1994–95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 281 | 14 | 37 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 361 | 18 |
Manager
[change | change source]- As of 22 May 2021
Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
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M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. | |||
Werder Bremen II | 1 July 1995[3] | 9 May 1999[3] | 137 | 64 | 30 | 43 | 277 | 187 | +90 | 46.72 | [4][5][6][7] |
Werder Bremen | 10 May 1999[8] | 18 May 2013[8] | 672 | 321 | 141 | 210 | 1,218 | 903 | +315 | 47.77 | [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 May 2014[25] | 26 May 2015[26] | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 33.33 | [27][28] |
Hannover 96 | 28 December 2015[29] | 3 April 2016[30] | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 9.09 | [31][32] |
Werder Bremen | 16 May 2021[33] | 30 June 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 | |
Total | 857 | 398 | 181 | 278 | 1,560 | 1,181 | +379 | 46.44 | — |
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Total includes two DFL-Supercup matches (1988, 1991)
- ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , UEFA Cup and European Super Cup
Honours
[change | change source]Player
[change | change source]Werder Bremen
- Bundesliga: 1987–88, 1992–93
- DFB-Pokal: 1990–91, 1993–94; runner-up: 1988–89, 1989–90
- 2. Bundesliga: 1980–81
- DFL-Supercup: 1988, 1993, 1994; runner-up: 1991
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92
- UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 1992
Manager
[change | change source]Werder Bremen
- Bundesliga: 2003–04
- DFB-Pokal: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2008–09; runner-up: 1999–2000, 2009–10
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2006; runner-up: 1999, 2004
- DFL-Supercup: 2009
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 2008–09
Individual
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Thomas Schaaf". UEFA. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ↑ "Thomas Schaaf" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Werder Bremen II – Coaches from A-Z". Worldfootball. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Regionalliga Nord (1994–2000) – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Werder Bremen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "1. Bundesliga – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen " Fixtures & Results 1999/2000". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen " Fixtures & Results 2001/2002". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen " Fixtures & Results 2002/2003". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen " Fixtures & Results 2003/2004". World Football. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen " Fixtures & Results 2004/2005". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen " Fixtures & Results 2005/2006". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen " Fixtures & Results 2006/2007". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Champions League 2007/2008 " Group C". World Football. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Weder Bremen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Werder Bremen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ Marwedel, Jörg (21 May 2014). "Der ewige Bremer wird Frankfurter" [The real Bremer is a Frankfurter]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Roberto Di Matteo quits as Schalke coach, Schaaf leaves Frankfurt". Deutsche Welle. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ Penfold, Chuck (28 December 2015). "Hannover appoint Thomas Schaaf as head coach". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ↑ "Thomas Schaaf: Bundesliga strugglers Hannover sack coach". BBC Sport. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Hannover 96" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Hannover 96". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ "Kohfeldt muss gehen – Schaaf soll Werder Bremen vor dem Abstieg retten". Der Spiegel (in German). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ↑ "Alle Trainer des Jahres". Trainer Baade (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Fansite Thomas Schaaf (German) Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Profile Official Werder Homepage (German) Archived 2015-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
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