Michael Skibbe
Michael Skibbe, 2007
Michael Skibbe Heinz (* August 4, 1965 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German football coach and former football player.
- 2.1 As a player
- 2.2 As a coach
Career
As a player
In his youth, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09 With her 1982 he became German Youth B champion. He then moved to FC Schalke 04 in 1983, he was at the U -18 European Championship in England for the German squad and trained there with Herbert Hoos and Manfred pomp the midfield. Phased Skibbe belonged to two youth national teams at the same time. Between 1984 and 1986 he completed 14 league games for the club until his career by two ACL tears came to an abrupt end. In the 1983/84 season he ran once for Schalke in the Bundesliga 2. At the end of this season, Schalke went on.
As a coach
Schalke and Dortmund
At the age of 22, he became the sports disability and began a career as a coach in the youth field of Schalke 04 by a request from Rudi Assauer Skibbe was coach of the B- youth of Schalke and replaced the previous coach Günther Thon, the father of Olaf Thon, from. In 1989, he was Youth Coordinator at Borussia Dortmund, where he was coach of the 1994 A and 1997 youth team coach of the amateur team. In 1998, he took over the short term as the successor Nevio Scala the post of head coach of Bundesliga Club. Skibbe led the club in his first season in fourth place. After one and a half years and a series of 23 games with only one win Skibbe was fired as head coach during the winter break of the season 1999/2000 and put back on the position of the junior coordinator.
DFB
The post of junior coordinator of the BVB he gave up when he received an offer from the DFB for the management of the national soccer team. Together with Rudi Völler, who has no coaching license itself, he made in the years 2000 to 2004, a double peak in the DFB team. In the external presentation he was the " second man ", responsible for the team took on Rudi Völler. After leaving the national team in the first round of the 2004 European Football Championship in Portugal Michael Skibbe and Rudi Völler occurred on 24 June 2004 from their positions as national coach back. Skibbe then served from 24 August 2004 until 9 October 2005 as DFB youth coordinator and coach of the U18 national team. In the summer of 2005, he oversaw the U20 selection of Germany at the World Championships in the Netherlands.
Bayer Leverkusen
From 9 October 2005 to 21 May 2008 was Skibbe head coach of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. After a good first round in the 2007/ 08 season was followed by a poor second half, in the first Champions League and gambled on the final day of the draw in the UEFA Cup was. For this reason, the work of the club decided to terminate the contract prematurely with Skibbe. Michael Skibbe was the first Leverkusen coach since the first participation of the club in the competition in the 1997/98 season, which during his entire term of office succeeded not once feeding with the team in the UEFA Champions League ( apart from a short period only active gewesenen interim coaches ).
Skibbe greatest success in Leverkusen was a remarkable winning streak of 7 league games in a row, which he succeeded in the second half of his first season.
Galatasaray
In the 2008/2009 season Skibbe coached the club Galatasaray. Skibbe was awarded a one year contract with an option for another year. Shortly before league start, he won his first title with the lions. In the final of the Turkish Supercup his troops sat 2-1 against Kayserispor. After scarce miss the Champions League against Steaua Bucharest he stood in the public criticism and was on 23 February 2009, after a 2:5 defeat yesterday against the upstart Kocaelispor dismissed.
Eintracht Frankfurt
On 5 June 2009 he was presented with Eintracht Frankfurt as successor to the retiring Friedhelm glitter. On March 22, 2011 Skibbe was sacked after his team had fallen after a very successful first round (No. 7) in the second round with only 5 points from 10 games into the relegation zone. Successor Christoph Daum, the yet also only 3 draws in seven league games. Under Skibbe concord was 793 minutes in a row without a goal before Tzavellas from 73 meters scored against Schalke.
Eskişehirspor
On July 17, 2011, Michael Skibbe agreed with the Turkish first division club Eskişehirspor on a three year contract. His debut on the sidelines he was 10 September 2011 against Beşiktaş Istanbul, which ended with a 2-1 victory. In the first round Skibbe took 30 points in 17 games and led the team to fourth place in the table. Eskisehirspor was named Team of the Year and with Dedê a player of the team was honored as player of the season so far. Skibbe as well as many players and staff got but for months no money from the club, as no financial basis was obviously present. He decided to FIFA turn to sue the club and left it.
Hertha BSC
On December 22, 2011 Hertha BSC Skibbe introduced as the new head coach of the club. Skibbe made his exit clause 31 December 2011 at Eskişehirspor use and signed in Berlin a two and a half -year contract until 30 June 2014. According to three league defeats in a row followed from the DFB Cup. After the Hertha 0:5 afterwards lost the Bundesliga game against VfB Stuttgart, tenure he was released after only five games and fifty days, and he was able to get a single point. Both the duration of the term of office as well as on the number of duty games, this was one of the fastest layoffs one actually planned as a long -term solution to coach in the Bundesliga history. Skibbe had a contract until 2014, which it by February 13, 2012 brought a severance payment in the amount of 500,000 euros, according to the BILD newspaper (plus the already earned € 150,000 salary) at Hertha. The IMAGE quantified its resulting from the employment income below the bar with about 15,000 euros per day, he had worked in Berlin, which he also wrote a piece Bundesliga history. Skibbe itself means the agreement in Berlin as an error because it 's true condition of the association could not have seen before.
Kardemir Karabükspor
On 17 May 2012, the Turkish first division side Kardemir Karabükspor announced the commitment of Skibbe. Skibbe signed a contract for two years until 30 June 2014.
Skibbe was made redundant again after the 10th matchday of the 2012/13 season. His team won only two league games and had slipped nine points from ten games on the 16th place in the table.
Grasshopper Club Zurich
On 15 June 2013, the Swiss vice champion Grasshopper Club Zurich confirmed the commitment of Michael Skibbe. He signed a contract for one season, in case of success, the contract should be automatically extended for another year. On 30 January 2014, the club announced that they had already extended the contract with Skibbe to 30 June 2015 ahead of schedule.
Sporting successes
As a player
- B German Youth Champion with the SG Wattenscheid 09 ( 1982)
As a coach
- World Cup: Finale 2002 ( Vice World Champion )
- Turkish Super Cup Winner 2008 with Galatasaray Istanbul