Jeff Saibene (born 13 September 1968) is a Luxembourgish former professional footballer and manager who most recently managed Swiss Challenge League club Neuchâtel Xamax.
Personal life Saibene is a citizen of both Luxembourg and Switzerland and married with a Swiss wife. He is a fan of Hamburger SV.
Club career
He played most of his club football abroad, predominantly in Switzerland, but also in Belgium for Standard Liège. He began and ended his playing career in his native Luxembourg.
International career As a defensive midfielder or defender, Saibene played for Luxembourg's national team 63 times between 1986 and 2001. He played in 27 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
He played his final international game in October 2001, a World Cup qualification loss at Yugoslavia.
Coaching career Saibene was the manager of FC Aarau, in SwitzerlandProfile – FC Aarau and assistant to Allan Simonsen at the national team. He was formerly the assistant manager to Ryszard Komornicki at Aarau but was promoted in June 2009 when Komornicki left the club.Komornicki nicht mehr Trainer des FC Aarau He then managed Luxembourg U-21. He left his position in March 2011 to coach FC St. Gallen.
On 19 March 2017, he was appointed as the new head coach of Arminia Bielefeld. He was sacked on 10 December 2018.
He was appointed as the new head coach of FC Ingolstadt for the 2019–20 season. He was sacked on 9 March 2020.
On 2 October 2020, he was named head coach of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He was sacked on 30 January 2021.
In June 2021, he was named new head coach of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.
On 29 August 2022, he returned to Switzerland to take over coaching duties of struggling Swiss Challenge League side Neuchâtel Xamax. He was unable to turn around Xamax's fortune, managing only three wins in 25 games he managed. Following a 2–5 defeat to FC Aarau on 23 April 2023, he handed in his resignation.
Managerial
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamFromToRecord Thun7 March 20075 June 2007Aarau1 July 200912 October 2009Luxembourg U-2120 August 20107 March 2011St. Gallen7 March 20111 September 2015Thun6 October 201519 March 2017Arminia Bielefeld20 March 201710 December 2018Ingolstadt 041 July 20199 March 20201. FC Kaiserslautern2 October 202030 January 2021Racing-Union1 July 202130 June 2022Neuchâtel Xamax29 August 202223 April 2023Total
Honours As player Union Luxembourg Luxembourg Cup: 1985–86
FC Aarau Swiss National League A: 1992–93
As manager St. Gallen Swiss Challenge League: 2011–12
Racing Union Luxembourg Cup: 2021–22
References
External links
Player profile – Standard Liège