Joachim Löw

During the season, in the DFB-Pokal, Stuttgart reached the competition's semi-finals, defeating reserve teams of Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha BSC, SSV Ulm 1846 and KFC Uerdingen 05 en route.

Joachim "Jogi" Löw (born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player.

In 1978, Löw started his playing career with 2. Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.

In 1980, Löw joined VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, but he had difficulties establishing himself in the starting lineup and played only four matches.

In the 1981–82 season, Löw played for Eintracht Frankfurt (24 matches, five goals), but he returned to Freiburg the following year.

He returned to the club twice (1982, 1985) and held the club's overall goal scoring record until 2020, when Nils Petersen surpassed him.

In 1982–83, he scored eight goals in 34 matches, 1983–84 he scored 17 goals in 31 matches in the 2.

Bundesliga.

Afterwards, he returned to the Bundesliga with Karlsruher SC, but he only scored two goals in 24 matches.

Later, he joined Freiburg again for four years, played 116 matches and scored 38 goals.

Löw concluded his career in Switzerland, where he played for FC Schaffhausen (1989–1992) and FC Winterthur (1992–1994).

Löw played four times for the West Germany national under-21 team.

Löw started his coaching career as a youth coach for FC Winterthur while he was still active as a player.

In 1994–95, he served as player-coach of FC Frauenfeld.

In 1995–96, he became an assistant coach to VfB Stuttgart head coach Rolf Fringer.

As Fringer had the opportunity to become coach of the Switzerland national team, Löw was promoted caretaker manager on 14 August 1996.

His first match as head coach was a 4–0 win against Schalke 04 on 17 August 1996.

They finished the 1996–97 season in fourth place.

The 1997-98 season started with a 3–0 against Karlsruher SC on 22 July 1997 in the semi–final of the DFB-Ligapokal.

They went on to lose in the final against Bayern Munich on 26 July 1997.

In the Bundesliga, Stuttgart finished in fourth place.

He eventually became the permanent manager and was at the club until 21 May 1998.

In the semi-final on 17 February 1998, however, Bayern Munich defeated Stuttgart 3–0.

Stuttgart also got to the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Stuttgart eliminated IP Vestmannaeyja, Beerschot, Slavia Prague and Lokomotiv Moscow.

In the final on 13 May 1998, Stuttgart lost 1–0 to Chelsea.

This proved to be his final match as he left the club seven days later.

He finished with a record of 46 wins, 20 draws and 23 losses.

Löw joined Turkish club Fenerbahçe on 1 July 1998.

His first match was a 0–0 draw against Dardanelspor.

During the 1998–99 season, Fenerbahçe finished third in the Süper Lig and were eliminated in the first round of the UEFA Cup.

They were serving a one-year ban in the Turkish Cup.

Löw became manager of Karlsruher SC on 25 October 1999.

His first match was a 1–1 draw against Hannover 96 on 31 October 1999.

He was manager until 19 April 2000, finishing with a record of one win, seven draws and ten losses.

His final match was a 3–1 loss to Hannover on 16 April 2000, while his only win came in a 2–1 win against Fortuna Köln on 19 March 2000.

He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021.

During his tenure as manager, he led Germany to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

In March 2021, Löw announced that he would resign from his position after the delayed Euro 2020.

Of all head coaches of the German national football team, Löw has managed and won the most matches (189/120).