Huub Stevens
He is regarded as a coach, the great emphasis on discipline and strict tactical order sets. Because of its rather strict, grumpy way, he is also called the Growler of Kerkrade.
- 3.1 As a player
- 3.2 As a coach
Beginnings in Sittard
His debut in the Eerste Divisie he gave as Vorstopper under coach Evert Teunissen in the 1970/71 season with a 0-1 defeat against SC Heerenveen. In this match he had the year- earlier Kees Kist cover, with whom he would later compete together for the Netherlands in Oranje. 1972 took over as coach at Cor Brom SC Fortuna, who had previously earned as Rinus Michels Kotrainer of AFC Ajax in Amsterdam and as head coach at the SBV Vitesse Arnhem in his spurs. He led the team in 1973/74 in the first season period at number one, making it secured a place for the promotion round at the end of the season. At the end of the Fortuna had to settle for fifth place table. In the deciding match of the promotion round against the fourth-, FC Wageningen, the Limburg, however, a 0-1 defeat had to plug it in and thus remained second-rate.
Since Fortuna SC Stevens refused a raise to 100 guilders per month ( about 90 German marks), he decided in 1975 to change clubs. Stevens ' teammate from the junior national team, Adrie van Kraay, recommended him with Kees Rijvers, his coach at reigning champions PSV Eindhoven. Stevens was invited for a trial and then offered a two year contract. His negotiation talks accompanied him be Sittarder trainer Cor bromine, causing it to einhandelte some trouble with the Board of Directors.
Top-level football in Eindhoven
Three days before the pre-decisive end game for the championship against rivals Feyenoord Rotterdam to the penultimate round Stevens broke his fibula and stuck six weeks in a cast; PSV won 4-1 without him and secured the championship. Jan van Beveren, had defended this season before its gate Stevens, called his players at the championship celebration " a very important switching station in the team". As an " unshakable, winner, rough skin - hard core, man with a strong sense of justice " portrays January Reker, who worked as a trainer and Kotrainer long years with Stevens, the Limburg: "He was and is a man who never in the defense goes, but immediately launched a counter attack. "
The following season, Stevens became the PSV- team regular. The league and cup double in 1976 was followed in 1978 another championship and winning the UEFA Cup.
From 1979 Huub Stevens played in the national team; to 1985, he was appointed 18 times in the Oranje Oranje.
Coaching career
1993 Stevens began his coaching career at Roda JC Kerkrade and led the club several times in the UEFA Cup. Last 1996, when he in the first round against FC Schalke 04 retired with Roda and two weeks later there took over as coach.
FC Schalke 04
On October 9, 1996, he became coach of FC Schalke 04 in his first season in the Bundesliga, although it was enough only to 12th place, but could Schalke 04 UEFA Cup win. The final two games against Inter Milan are legendary, and the Schalke team at the Belgian Marc Wilmot became known as " Euro Fighter". 1997/98 FC Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga reached a UEFA Cup place and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup from. It was followed by two years without participating in an international competition (ranked 10 and 14). In the 2000/2001 season succeeded Stevens to build a new team with players like Andreas Möller and Ebbe Sand. Schalke missed the German championship in the last seconds of the last game day. In addition, the DFB Cup in 2001 was won. Stevens and Schalke could this success in 2002 repeat, but Schalke difference in the preliminary round of the Champions League and landed in the Bundesliga after a weak first round at No. 5 As early as the winter break gave Stevens announced that he would go to the end of season for Premier League rivals Hertha BSC. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the club in 2004 chose more than 10,000 supporters of FC Schalke 04 their team of the century. To coach this team, they chose Huub Stevens.
Hertha BSC
In the season 2002/ 03 Stevens reached with Hertha BSC after a few teething problems 5th place in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup so. The start of the 2003/ 04 season, failed, however, and Stevens was fired because of persistent failure on 4 December 2003.
1 FC Köln
For the 2004/2005 season under Stevens wrote a contract with the Bundesliga relegation 1 FC Köln, in which he rose to the end of the season as the first table in the Bundesliga. However, Stevens left the club to be more often in his seriously ill wife in the Netherlands.
Roda JC Kerkrade
2005 Stevens returned to his original club Roda JC Kerkrade back to the Netherlands. The 2005/06 season was finished number 8 in the Dutch Eredivisie. The new season was similar, and on 2 February 2007 sparked Huub Stevens on his contract, to move to German Bundesliga side Hamburger SV.
Hamburger SV
On 2 February 2007, Stevens coach of Hamburger SV, whom he led from last place in the UEFA Cup in 15 games over the Intertoto Cup. His contract ran until the end of the season 2007/08. In his last game as coach of the HSV- Karlsruher SC was beaten 7-0 - the second highest victory of Hamburg in the Bundesliga.
PSV Eindhoven
From the 2008/ 09 season was Stevens coach of PSV Eindhoven. He did not extend in Hamburg, to return to the Netherlands to his suffering from Crohn's wife. Stevens signed in Eindhoven a two-year contract until 2010, but from which he resigned on 28 January 2009. At this time stood Eindhoven only to fifth place in the Eredivisie, 15 points behind the leader. Reason of the failure was that it had " not done click ' " between himself and the team, Stevens said.
Red Bull Salzburg
From the beginning of the season 2009/10, Stevens worked as a trainer at Red Bull Salzburg, where he got a two-year contract. As a first major success on August 4, 2009, he celebrated the victory in the third round of the Champions League qualification over Dinamo Zagreb, which marked the first time drawn into an international, European competition for the club in the era of "Red Bull". Because even if he failed in the subsequent play-offs of the Champions League, the participation in the Europa League was safe. There, the team won its group in all six games and moved so as group winners in the round of 32 teams, left there but then against Standard Liege from. With Salzburg Stevens finished the season 2009/10 as a table first, becoming the first time in his coaching career champion in a major league. This success earned him the award for coach of the year 2010 in Austria. On 8 April 2011, there was nine laps before the end of the championship for consensual separation between Stevens and the Association. At this time the team was in 3rd place and had five points behind the winners FK Austria Wien. Was succeeded by Ricardo Moniz, who had come from Hamburg SV before the season and had previously exercised the activity of the technology coaches.
FC Schalke 04
After Ralf Rangnick resigned because of a burnout on 22 September 2011 as the coach of FC Schalke 04, Stevens was presented as his successor on 27 September 2011 with a contract until 2013. On 16 December 2012, the FC Schalke 04 Stevens on leave after a losing streak and the crash in 7th place in the Bundesliga table. Only a few weeks before his leave of absence Stevens had reiterated in one of his latest full TV interviews as a coach, that he probably felt at Schalke and the club as long as possible would remain faithful.
For the 2013/14 season Stevens took over the position as head coach of the Greek first division club PAOK Salonika. On August 14, 2013 Metalist Kharkiv was excluded from the Appeal to UEFA from all European competitions 2013/14 as a result of involvement in a match-fixing scandal of 2008. UEFA subsequently decided that PAOK Saloniki competes in the play-offs instead of Metalist Kharkiv. Thus met on August 21, 2013 Huub Stevens in the Veltins - Arena back to his "old" club Schalke 04 The game ended in a 1-1. On March 2, 2014 Stevens was released. Reason was that the distance of the second- had become too big with 19 points to the First Olympiakos to still be champion.
VfB Stuttgart
On March 10, 2014 Stevens took the stand at the 15th place in the table Bundesligaelf of VfB Stuttgart as a successor to the furloughed Thomas Schneider. Stevens received a contract until the end of the season.
Achievements
As a player
PSV Eindhoven:
- KNVB Cup: 1976
- UEFA Cup: 1978
As a coach
FC Schalke 04:
- UEFA Cup: 1997
- DFB Cup: 2001, 2002
Hertha BSC:
- German League Cup: 2002
PSV Eindhoven:
- Johan Cruyff Schaal: 2008
- Austrian Champion: 2010
Awards
- Coach of the Year 2010 in Austria