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.
Coaching career Early career 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.
Rot-Weiss Essen Köstner was head coach of Rot-Weiss Essen between November 2006 and May 2007.
VfL Wolfsburg 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.
Fortuna Düsseldorf Köstner became manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 30 December 2013.
Managerial statistics
Team From ToRecordGWDLWin % Bayern Hof 1 July 1982 15 February 1986 Reutlingen 05 1 October 1986 30 June 1989 SC Freiburg 1 July 1989 31 August 1989 Hessen Kassel 15 September 1989 30 June 1990 Stuttgarter Kickers 1 July 1993 1 March 1994 SpVgg Unterhaching 1 July 1994 1 October 1997 1. FC Köln 1 October 1997 30 June 1998 SpVgg Unterhaching 1 July 1998 13 September 2001 Karlsruher SC 1 October 2002 20 December 2004 TSG Hoffenheim 10 January 2006 24 May 2006 Rot-Weiss Essen 18 November 2006 30 June 2007 VfL Wolfsburg II 22 December 2008 25 January 2010 VfL Wolfsburg 25 January 2010 11 May 2010 VfL Wolfsburg II 11 May 2010 25 October 2012 VfL Wolfsburg 25 October 2012 22 December 2012 VfL Wolfsburg II 22 December 2012 30 June 2013 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 December 2013 12 June 2014 Total—
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