Former Head Coach: Jupp Heynckes

Position: FC Bayern Munich head coach

Date & place of birth: 9 May 1945 in Mönchengladbach

Star sign: Taurus

Height / weight: 1.80 m / 83 kg

Marital status: Married to Iris, daughter Kerstin

Education: Qualified as plasterer

Hobbies: Music, tennis, football

Coaching career
Borussia Mönchengladbach (1979 - 1987), FC Bayern (1987 - 1991), Athletic Bilbao (1992 - 1994), Eintracht Frankfurt (1994 - 1995), CD Teneriffa (1996 - 1997), Real Madrid (1997 - 1998), Benfica Lissabon (1999 - 2000), Athletic Bilbao (2000 - 2003), Schalke 04 (2003 - 2004), Borussia Mönchengladbach (2006 - 2007), FC Bayern (April 2009 - Juni 2009), Bayer Leverkusen (2009 - 2011), FC Bayern (from 2011)

Career record (coaching)
Champions League 1998
Champions League Finalist 2012
German Cup 1989, 1990

Playing career
Borussia Mönchengladbach (1964 - 1967)
Hannover 96 (1967 - 1970)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (1970 - 1978)

Career record (player)
World Cup 1974
European Championship 1972
German Championship 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977
DFB Cup 1973

Premier League matches
369 appearences (220 goals)

International matches
39 appearences (14 goals)

Contract until: 30 June 2013

Is Jupp heynckes a truly elite manager nowadays or is he riding off the work of Van Gaal in a better climate?

He won CL with Madrid in 1998 and got immediately fired.... legendary Granted, Sanz didn't want to lose out on Del Bosque and made the move to bring in the best Spanish manager...

You should know Nick shouldn't you?

I mean he was Madrid manager after all.

im talking about now, this Bayern Munich side, because they are the better footballing unit after barcelona. so i am wondering if it's success attributed to him or Van Gaal

Oh right its a combination of both, without Van Gaal this team wouldn't be using this philosophy and he started it all even if he didn't finish the project and Heynckes has taken it on again.

I don't think either one can take all the praise.

no one can take all the praise but surely the first mover is always the most important.

Usually i agree but its not like Heynckes is a nobody, he's had success at most clubs he has been at so i think the advancements made under him means he should be given a great deal of credit.

The Capello to Van Gaal's Sacchi if you will.

Yup. Jupp is very good working with young players, too. His work at Leverkusen before he went to Bayern was pretty good, too, and he takes a lot of credit for developing Toni Kroos there.

I think if Jupp Heynckes actually goes to Schalke next season as it is rumoured, this will be a good thing for the Schalke young guns like Julian Draxler or Max Meyer.

Mr Nick09 wrote:Is Jupp heynckes a truly elite manager nowadays or is he riding off the work of Van Gaal in a better climate?

Both. Heynckes does very good work, but he also gets to preside over the best squad Bayern has had since the '70s. So maybe "elite" is overdoing it, I tend to not go overboard with praise for managers who have squads worth hundreds of milions, but some praise is warranted.

Heynckes instills a great sense of discipline and tactical awareness, while still having his players obviously enjoy their football.

The stars respect him, and he has a way with the very young players as well, has been developing youth quite well wherever he went. What he really does well is balance his teams. Doesn't forget the defence just because he's got some grand master plan, liek van Gaal did. Even while Don Jupp is thinking offensive tactics, and Bayern do have a great attack, he never forgot that not conceding is just as important as scoring.

nope.

Idiot wrote:nope.

What well thought-out argument... Care to elaborate?

good, not elite, considering what he has achieved in 30 years you dont expect me to believe that suddenly he transformed into top flight maestro, yes he managed to succeed with the big guns in the past yet he didnt manage to maintain his position at the top level.

this is the same bayern as before him, only better players

sportsczy wrote:He won CL with Madrid in 1998 and got immediately fired.... legendary Granted, Sanz didn't want to lose out on Del Bosque and made the move to bring in the best Spanish manager...

He lost the dressing room too. Sanchis and Redondo were de facto leaders when we were in Amsterdam.

Jupp is most definitely a quality manager. One of my favourite German managers and the reason why I watch Bayern as a whole.

He has built a fantastic Bayern side and far better then the one that fraud Van Gaal did. Its fantastic to watch not aesthetically but since the team is tactically so infused with discipline and consistent adaptation to the variances of their system and the oppositions. This team is head and shoulders above everyone in the BL and deserve it.

He won the Champions League after 32 years for Madrid, but Madrid being Madrid, sacked him obviously since their management is clueless as usual.

I obviously remember (retrospect) him for his Athletic Club stint the most as from the countless highlights I saw, Atheltic played a fantastic football under him through his harnessing of Euskadi futbol and its philosophy as a whole which the fans absolutely adored while having them qualify for the UEFA cup. Fans also had a nickname for him similar to the German "Osram", they called him Bonbilla after how his face turned orange at the strangest of times.

His 2nd tenure sadly wasn't as successful but it was forgiveable due to the internal problems of Athletic at the time yet he still carried Athletic with the original Basque roots and did the club proud.

Hopefully he doesn't retire, would love to follow him wherever he goes.

Arq he lost the dressing room at Madrid. There was no point in keeping him on. Especially when we were so bad in every other competition that year. Us winning the CL against Juventus remains one of the biggest upsets in the competition. No one gave us a shot and I don't blame them.

The players came together under Sanchis and Redondo. Juup is a cool guy but we didn't win because of him. Besides it's not like we regretted replacing him with Del Bosque anyway.

Bayern owe a lot to those two tbh


on a side note
the older he gets the mOAAAAr attractive he is FFS

1000th app tomorrow

Only King Rehakles has more with 1033

jupp's first appearance

the amount of shit this man goes through by the media

The amount of good work he put in that Guardiola will eventually take credit for

If he wins the CL, how would anyone but him get the credit?

Anyway, I wanted to ask this but couldnt be bothered making a thread.

Why are Bayern replacing him if he isnt retiring?

I took it as fact he was retiring, which is why they want Pep...but I now learn that may not be the case...so why get Pep? He is doing a great job already.

The Franchise wrote:If he wins the CL, how would anyone but him get the credit?

Anyway, I wanted to ask this but couldnt be bothered making a thread.

Why are Bayern replacing him if he isnt retiring?

I took it as fact he was retiring, which is why they want Pep...but I now learn that may not be the case...so why get Pep? He is doing a great job already.

the thing is pep was available and jupp was being discreet over his contract
so id have to guess that they did not want to miss out on 2 great coaches etc etc etc

la bestia negra wrote:the amount of shit this man goes through by the media

He got asked today whether he'll ask Guardiola for help against Barca.
I would've choked that journalist to death.

Who the f*ck do they think they are? Jupp has been a top level coach for decades, Guardiola wasn't even able to use a toilet when Don Jupp was already a BMG legend.

Short attention span killing meaningful journalism. -.-