Joachim Löw has restored longevity to the post of Germany national coach. The 53-year-old has been in charge of the team for seven years, with Germany set to take to the field in Brazil in 2014 in what will be his eighth. That is equivalent to the amount of time amassed by the three preceding coaches (Jürgen Klinsmann, 2004-2006), Rudi Völler (2000-2004) and Erich Ribbeck (1998-2000) put together.
Löw, who signed a three-year contract extension with the DFB, keeping him in his post until 2016, has coached Germany in 99 games as of 15 October 2013, putting him tenth on the all-time list of coaches in terms of matches presided over since 1926. He is set to oversee his 100th game against Italy in Milan on 15 November and will pull level with Berti Vogts on 102 with his first game of the New Year, putting him within sight of Helmut Schön’s tally of 139. Legendary coach Sepp Herberger holds the record of leading Germany in the most games, with 167.
Joachim Löw
Löw's points-per-game ration is far better that those all off his predecessors, however. Astonishingly, he has taken an average of 2.21 points from his 99 matches in charge. To put that into perspective, Herberger, Franz Beckenbauer and Völler could only manage 1.85 points per game. At present, Germany are second in the world rankings behind defending world and European champions Spain. In 2007, they were in seventh place, while in 2006, when Löw took over after the "fairytale summer", they were down as far as ninth.
Löw is restoring durability to a post that was traditionally held for long periods of time by its incumbents. Indeed in its first 52 years, Germany had just three coaches: Otto Nerz (1926-1936), Herberger (1936-1964) and Helmut Schön (1964-1978). And a comparison of the recent managerial history with other major footballing countries also reinforces the point: since 2006, Spain have had two coaches (Luis Aragones and Vincente del Bosque); Argentina four (Alfio Basile, Diego Maradona; Sergio Batista and Alejandro Sabella); Italy three (Roberto Donadoni, Marcello Lippi and Cesare Prandelli); the Netherlands three (Marco van Basten, Bert van Marwijk and Louis van Gaal); England four (Steve McClaren, Fabio Capello, Stuart Pierce (interim) and Roy Hodgson); and France three (Raymond Domenech, Laurent Blanc and Didier Deschamps).
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Joachim Löw has restored longevity to the post of Germany national coach. The 53-year-old has been in charge of the team for seven years, with Germany set to take to the field in Brazil in 2014 in what will be his eighth. That is equivalent to the amount of time amassed by the three preceding coaches (Jürgen Klinsmann, 2004-2006), Rudi Völler (2000-2004) and Erich Ribbeck (1998-2000) put together.
Löw, who signed a three-year contract extension with the DFB, keeping him in his post until 2016, has coached Germany in 99 games as of 15 October 2013, putting him tenth on the all-time list of coaches in terms of matches presided over since 1926. He is set to oversee his 100th game against Italy in Milan on 15 November and will pull level with Berti Vogts on 102 with his first game of the New Year, putting him within sight of Helmut Schön’s tally of 139. Legendary coach Sepp Herberger holds the record of leading Germany in the most games, with 167.
Joachim Löw
Löw's points-per-game ration is far better that those all off his predecessors, however. Astonishingly, he has taken an average of 2.21 points from his 99 matches in charge. To put that into perspective, Herberger, Franz Beckenbauer and Völler could only manage 1.85 points per game. At present, Germany are second in the world rankings behind defending world and European champions Spain. In 2007, they were in seventh place, while in 2006, when Löw took over after the "fairytale summer", they were down as far as ninth.
Löw is restoring durability to a post that was traditionally held for long periods of time by its incumbents. Indeed in its first 52 years, Germany had just three coaches: Otto Nerz (1926-1936), Herberger (1936-1964) and Helmut Schön (1964-1978). And a comparison of the recent managerial history with other major footballing countries also reinforces the point: since 2006, Spain have had two coaches (Luis Aragones and Vincente del Bosque); Argentina four (Alfio Basile, Diego Maradona; Sergio Batista and Alejandro Sabella); Italy three (Roberto Donadoni, Marcello Lippi and Cesare Prandelli); the Netherlands three (Marco van Basten, Bert van Marwijk and Louis van Gaal); England four (Steve McClaren, Fabio Capello, Stuart Pierce (interim) and Roy Hodgson); and France three (Raymond Domenech, Laurent Blanc and Didier Deschamps).
