September 2020

Monday, September 21, 2020

SERIE A 2020/21 MANAGERS DURING THEIR PLAYING DAYS

And the last of the European top five leagues: Serie A. Juventus have a chance to win their 10th league title in a row. Promoted teams for 2020/21 season are Benevento, Crotone and Spezia. First Serie A season for Spezia.

All club managers in their football days are listed below.

Gian Piero Gasperini (Palermo / Atalanta)

Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus / Benevento)

Siniša Mihajlović (Crvena Zvezda / Bologna)

Eusebio Di Francesco (Piacenza / Cagliari)

Giovanni Stroppa (Milan / Crotone)

Giuseppe Iachini (Ascoli / Fiorentina)

Rolando Maran (Chievo / Genoa)

Ivan Jurić (Hajduk Split / Hellas Verona)

Antonio Conte (Juventus / Inter)

Andrea Pirlo (Brescia / Juventus)

Simone Inzaghi (Lazio)

Stefano Pioli (Fiorentina / Milan)

Gennaro Gattuso (Milan / Napoli)

Fabio Liverani (Fiorentina / Parma)

Paulo Fonseca (Vitoria Guimaraes / Roma)

Claudio Ranieri (Catanzaro / Sampdoria)

Roberto De Zerbi (Avellino / Sassuolo)

Vincenzo Italiano (Verona / Spezia)

Marco Giampaolo (Gubbio / Torino)

Luca Gotti (? / Udinese)

MANAGERIAL CHANGES:

Claudio Cesare Prandelli Atalanta 1978-79 Calciatori Panini

Claudio Prandelli (Atalanta / Fiorentina): New / old manager of Fiorentina. He was their coach from 2005 to 2010.

SERIE A 2020/21 MANAGERS:

UPDATE 1:

Sunday, September 20, 2020

BUNDESLIGA 2020/21 MANAGERS DURING THEIR PLAYING DAYS

58th Bundesliga season started last week. A total of 18 team participate in the league. Bayern won treble last season and is again the main candidate for lifting the trophy. New promoted teams are Arminia Bielefeld and Stuttgart.

Here are all Bundesliga managers from the time when they were footballers. There of them played football for lower division teams so I couldn't find photo of them. They are: Florian Kohfeldt, Markus Gisdol and Achim Beierlorzer. All others are here.

Heiko Herrlich Borussia Dortmund 2001-2002 Bundesliga Panini

Heiko Herrlich (Borussia Dortmund / Augsburg)

Bruno Labbadia (SV Darmstadt 98 / Hertha)

Urs Fischer (Zurich / Union Berlin)

Uwe Neuhaus (SG Wattenscheid 09 / Arminia Bielefeld)

Florian Kohfeldt (Werder Bremen)

Lucien Favre (Servette / Borussia Dortmund)

Adi Hutter (SV Wustenrot Salzburg / Eintracht Frankfurt)

Christian Streich (Freiburg)

Sebastian Hoeness (Hoffenheim)

Markus Gisdol (SSV Ulm / Koln)

Julian Nagelsmann (Augsburg II / RB Leipzig)

Peter Bosz (Feyenoord / Bayer Leverkusen)

Achim Beierlorzer (Furth / Mainz)

Marco Rose (Hannover / Borussia Monchengladbach)

Hans-Dieter Flick (Bayern Munchen)

David Wagner (Mainz / Schalke 04)

Pellegrino Matarazzo (SV Wehen / Stuttgart)

Oliver Glasner (SV Reid / Wolfsburg)

MANAGERIAL CHANGES:

Manuel Baum (Ismaning / Schalke)

Jan-Moritz Lichte (Paderborn / Mainz): Mainz assistant coach Lichte is a new club manager.

Edin Terzić (Cloppenburg / Borussia Dortmund): BvB caretaker manager until the end of 2020/21 season. He was assistant to former manager Favre.

Huub Stevens (PSV / Schalke): Stevens 4th spell as Schalke manager. There he won UEFA Cup in 1997.

BUNDESLIGA 2020/21 MANAGERS:

UPDATE 1:

UPDATE 2:

Friday, September 18, 2020

LA LIGA 2020/21 MANAGERS DURING THEIR PLAYING DAYS

New La Liga season started on 12 September. This is a jubilee 90th season of Spain first football league since its establishment. A total of 20 teams contest the league. Real Madrid won it last season. Cadiz, Huesca and Elche are new promoted teams.

Here are all managers from the time when they played football. Jose Bordalas played for some smaller clubs in Spain so I couldn't find photo of him. Same works for Diego Martinez Penas.