Georg Keßler

Georg Keßler
Keßler in 1968
Personal information
Date of birth	(1932-09-23) 23 September 1932 (age 91)
Place of birth	Saarbrücken, Weimar Germany
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Sittardse Boys
	SV Maurits
Managerial career
1966–1970	Netherlands
1970–1971	Sparta Rotterdam
1971–1972	Anderlecht
1972–1974	PEC Zwolle
1974–1977	Hertha BSC
1977–1978	Wacker Innsbruck
1978–1982	AZ
1982–1984	Club Brugge
1984–1985	Olympiacos
1986	1. FC Köln
1986–1989	Royal Antwerp
1989–1990	Standard de Liège
1991–1992	Fortuna Sittard
1996–1998	Royal Antwerp
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georg Keßler managerial positions

Netherlands national football team – managers

Van Hasselt (1905–08)

Chadwick (1908–13)

Hogan (1910)

Bradshaw (1913)

Hunter (1914)

Reynolds (1919)

Warburton (1919–23)

Waites (1921)

Glendenning (1923)

Townley (1924)

Bollington (1924)

Glendenning (1925–40)

Kaufman (1946)

Carver (1947–48)

Sneddon (1948)

Kaufman (1949)

Van der Leck (1949–54)

Kaufman (1954–55)

Donenfeld (1955)

Merkel (1955–56)

Müller (1956)

Donenfeld (1956–57)

Hardwick (1957)

Schwartz (1957–64)

Neville (1964–66)

Keßler (1966–70)

Fadrhonc (1970–74)

Michels (1974)

Knobel (1974–76)

Zwartkruis (1976–77)

Happel (1977–78)

Zwartkruis (1978–81)

Baan (1981)

Rijvers (1981)

Baan (1981)

Rijvers (1981–84)

Michels (1984–85)

Beenhakker (1985–86)

Michels (1986–88)

Libregts (1988–90)

De Ruiter^c (1990)

Beenhakker (1990)

Michels (1990–92)

Advocaat (1992–94)

Hiddink (1994–98)

Rijkaard (1998–2000)

Van Gaal (2000–02)

Krol^c (2002)

Advocaat (2002–04)

Van Basten (2004–08)

Van Marwijk (2008–12)

Van Gaal (2012–14)

Hiddink (2014–15)

Blind (2015–17)

Grim^c (2017)

Advocaat (2017)

Koeman (2018–20)

Lodeweges^c (2020)

De Boer (2020–21)

Van Gaal (2021–22)

Koeman (2023–)

Sparta Rotterdam – managers

Chadwick (1915)

Donaghy (1926–30)

Hall (1948–49)

Livingstone (1949–50)

Crook (1950)

Van de Enden (1950–55)

Neville (1955–63)

Thompson (1963–66)

Coerver (1966–69)

Keßler (1970–71)

Schwartz (1971–72)

Steegman (1972–76)

Adamson (1976)

Brom (1976–78)

Petescu (1978–80)

Brand (a.i.) (1980)

Hughes (1980–83)

Jacobs (1983–84)

T. Vonk (1984–86)

Hughes (1986–88)

Baan (1988–90)

Van Doorneveld (1990–91)

Jacobs (1991–93)

Berger (1993–95)

Van Stee (a.i.) (1995)

Ten Cate (1995–97)

Brand (a.i.) (1997)

Van der Zee (1997–98)

Everse (1998–99)

Roks (1999–2001)

Van Hanegem (2001)

Rijkaard (2001–02)

Roks (2002–03)

Korbach (2003)

Van Leeuwen (a.i.) (2003)

Dekker (2003)

Snoei (2003–05)

Van Tiggelen / Nascimento (a.i.) (2005)

Vloet (2005–07)

Aandewiel (2007)

Van Tiggelen (a.i.) (2007)

Booy (2007–09)

Adelaar (2009–10)

De Mos (2010)

Everse (2010–11)

Van Eck (2011)

M. Vonk (2011–13)

Van der Laan (a.i.) (2013)

Ten Cate (2013)

Bogers (2013)

Van der Laan (a.i.) (2013)

Kruys (2014)

Pastoor (2015–17)

Advocaat (2018)

Fraser (2018–22)

Steijn (2022–23)

Rijsdijk (2023–)

R.S.C. Anderlecht – managers

Brébart (1920–22)

Ch. Bunyan (1922)

Cy. Bunyan (1922–25)

Howard (1928–36)

Defour (1936–38)

Defevere (1938–41)

Rage (1941–45)

Defevere (1945–46)

Perino (1946–47)

Smit (1947–50)

Gormlie (1950–60)

Sinibaldi (1960–66)

Béres (1966–67)

Deraeymaeker (1967–68)

Höfling (1968–70)

Deraeymaeker (1970)

Sinibaldi (1970–71)

Keßler (1971–72)

Van den Bosch (1972–73)

Braems (1973–75)

Croon (1975–76)

Goethals (1976–79)

Braems (1979–80)

Ivić (1980–83)

Van Himst (1983–86)

Haan (1986–87)

Leekens (1987–88)

Goethals (1988–89)

De Mos (1989–92)

Peruzović (1992–93)

Boskamp (1993–95)

Neumann (1995–96)

Boskamp (1996–97)

Vandereycken (1997)

Haan (1997–98)

Dockx (1998–99)

Anthuenis (1999–2002)

Broos (2002–05)

Vercauteren (2005–07)

Jacobs (2007–12)

Van den Brom (2012–14)

Hasi (2014–16)

Weiler (2016–17)

Frutos (a.i.) (2017)

Vanhaezebrouck (2017–18)

Belhocine (a.i.) (2018)

Rutten (2019)

Belhocine (a.i.) (2019)

Davies & Kompany (2019)

De Roeck (a.i.) (2019)

Vercauteren (2019–20)

Kompany (2020–22)

Mazzù (2022)

Veldman (a.i.) (2022)

Riemer (2022–)

PEC Zwolle – managers

Van Asten (1955–57)

De Roos & Vogelzang (1957–58)

Her. Spijkerman (1958–59)

De Roos (1959–61)

Her. Spijkerman (1961–63)

Sluyk (1963–65)

Blokland (1965–66)

Van Asten (1966–68)

Brandes (1968–69)

Van de Meent (1969–70)

Zalai (1970–73)

Keßler (1973–74)

Donenfeld & Verhaert (1974–75)

Alleman (1975–77)

Korbach (1977–82)

Paauwe (a.i.) (1982)

Israël (a.i.) (1982)

Brom (1982–84)

Adriaanse (1984–88)

Hendriks (a.i.) (1988)

Laseroms (1988–89)

De Jong (1989–92)

Hendriks (1992–95)

Schrijvers (1995–96)

Everse (1996–98)

Lodeweges (1999–2001)

Krabbe (2001–02)

Boeve (2002–03)

Nijkamp (a.i.) (2003)

Hen. Spijkerman (2003–06)

Sinkgraven (a.i.) (2006)

Everse (2006–09)

Boekweg (a.i.) (2009)

Roelofsen (a.i.) (2009)

Everse (2009)

Boekweg & Stam (dual a.i.) (2009)

Langeler (2010–13)

Jans (2013–17)

Van 't Schip (2017–18)

Stam (2018–19)

Stegeman (2019–21)

Konterman (a.i.) (2021)

Langeler (2021)

Schreuder (2021–23)

Jansen (2023–)

Hertha BSC – managers

Kohn (1924–25)

Popovic (1925–26)

Girulatis (1929–31)

Knesebeck (1935–38)

Sauerwein (1938–44)

Sobek (1959–63)

Schneider (1963–65)

Schulte (1965–66)

Kronsbein (1966–74)

Eder (1974)

Cramer (1974)

Eder (1974)

Keßler (1974–77)

Klötzer (1977–79)

Eder (1979)

Kronsbein (1979–80)

Klimaschefski (1980–81)

Gawliczek (1981–83)

Luppen (1983–84)

Kliemann (1984–85)

Eder (1985)

Gutendorf (1986)

Sundermann (1986–88)

Fuchs (1988–90)

Csernai (1990–91)

Neururer (1991)

Heine (1991)

Stange (1991–92)

Sebert (1992–93)

Reinders (1993–94)

Heine (1994–95)

Röber (1996–2002)

Götz (2002)

Stevens (2002–03)

Thom (2003)

Meyer (2003–04)

Götz (2004–07)

Heine (2007)

Favre (2007–09)

Heine (2009)

Funkel (2009–10)

Babbel (2010–11)

Widmayer (2011)

Skibbe (2011–12)

Tretschok (2012)

Rehhagel (2012)

Luhukay (2012–15)

Dárdai (2015–19)

Čović (2019)

Klinsmann (2019–20)

Nouri (2020)

Labbadia (2020–21)

Dárdai (2021)

Korkut (2021–22)

Magath (2022)

Schwarz (2022–23)

Dárdai (2023–24)

Fiél (2024–)

FC Wacker Innsbruck – managers

Brinek (1959–61)

Hahnemann (1961–62)

Wagner (1962–63)

Brinek (1963–65)

Schrettl & Sommer (1965)

Bulla (1965)

Šťastný (1966–68)

Elsner (1968–70)

Barić (1970–72)

Ri. Kirchler (1972)

Elsner (1972)

Herlan (1973)

Gebhardt (1973–74)

Elsner (1974–76)

Pfister (1976–77)

Keßler (1977–78)

Eigenstiller (1978)

Baróti (1979)

Velhorn (1979–80)

Wolny (1980–83)

Binder (1983–84)

Brom (1984–85)

We. Schwarz & Peer (1985)

Latzke (1985–87)

Happel (1987–91)

Hrubesch (1992)

Elsner (1992)

Skocik (1993)

Köppel (1993–94)

Wo. Schwarz (1994)

Krankl (1994–95)

Constantini (1995–97)

Peischl (1997)

Cipro (1997–98)

Jara (1999–2001)

Binder (2001)

Löw (2001–02)

Known as FC Wacker Innsbruck (1915–1971), SSW Wacker Innsbruck (1971–1986), FC Swarovski Tirol (1986–1992), and FC Tirol Innsbruck (1993–2002)

AZ Alkmaar – managers

Van Wijhe (1954–56)

Smit (1956–58)

Veg (1958–60)

De Wolf (1960–61)

Bult (1961–62)

Rentenaar (1962–63)

Veg (1963–65)

Hughes (1965–67)

Talbot (1967–68)

Blokland (1968–69)

Heinz (1969–71)

Van der Hart (1971–73)

Brand (1973–76)

Kraay (1976–77)

Notermans (1977)

Van der Hart (1977–78)

Keßler (1978–82)

Eijkenbroek (1982–83)

De Visser (1983–85)

Brand (1985–86)

Berger (1986)

Eijkenbroek (1987–89)

Fransz (a.i.) (1989)

Van Doorneveld (1989–90)

Wullems (1990–93)

Schrijvers (1993–95)

Fransz (a.i.) (1995)

Vonk (1995–97)

De Koning & Haar (1997)

Van Hanegem (1997–99)

Van der Lem (1999–2000)

Van Stee (2000–02)

Adriaanse (2002–05)

Van Gaal (2005–09)

Koeman (2009)

Haar (a.i.) (2009)

Advocaat (2009–10)

Verbeek (2010–13)

Haar (a.i.) (2013)

Advocaat (2013–14)

Van Basten (2014)

Pastoor (a.i.) (2014)

Haar (a.i.) (2014)

Van den Brom (2014–19)

Slot (2019–20)

Jansen (2020–24)

Martens (2024–)

Club Brugge KV – managers

Goetinck (1930–33)

Delbeke (1933–34)

Volckaert (1934–36)

Schrenk (1936–38)

De Veen (1938–39)

Delbeke (1939–45)

Versyp (1945–50)

Kennedy (1950–51)

Schavy (1951–57)

Höfling (1957–63)

Schwanner (1963)

Dekens (1963–65)

Dupal (1965–67)

Höfling (1967–68)

Pavić (1968–69)

De Munck (1969–71)

Canjels (1971–73)

De Wit (1973–74)

Happel (1974–78)

Béres (1978–79)

Bollen (1979)

Grijzenhout (1979–80)

Gress (1980–81)

Kohn (1981)

Coppens (1981)

Mertens (1981–82)

Keßler (1982–84)

Houwaart (1984–89)

Leekens (1989–91)

Broos (1991–97)

Gerets (1997–99)

Verheyen (1999–2000)

Sollied (2000–05)

Ceulemans (2005–06)

Ferrera (2006–07)

Janevski (2007)

Mathijssen (2007–09)

Koster (2009–11)

Daum (2011–12)

Leekens (2012)

Garrido (2012–13)

Preud'homme (2013–17)

Leko (2017–19)

Clement (2019–21)

Schreuder (2022)

Hoefkens (2022)

Parker (2022–23)

De Mil (2023)

Deila (2023–24)

Hayen (2024–)

Olympiacos F.C. – managers

Andrianopoulos (1925–27)

Kopřiva (1927–30)

Kovács (1930–32)

Esser (1932–33)

Kopřiva (1933–34)

Pispaloou (1934–35)

Panopoulos (1935–36)

Kopsiva (1936–37)

Lantz (1937–38)

Esser (1938–1941)

Asderis (1945–47)

Symeonidis (1948–50)

V. Chelmis (1950–53)

Symeonidis (1953–55)

Negrepontis (1955)

G. Chelmis (1956)

Dragićević (1956–57)

Kemény (1957–58)

Vale (1958–60)

Simonovski (1960–62)

Chatzistavridis (1962)

G. Chelmis (1962–63)

Dolgos (1963–64)

Cserna (1964–65)

Bukovi (1965–67)

Kinley (1967–68)

Spajić (1968–69)

Bebis^c (1969)

Bobek (1969–70)

Yfantis^c (1970)

Georgiadis (1970–71)

Darivas^c (1971)

Petropoulos^c (1971)

Ashman (1972)

Petropoulos (1972–75)

Darivas (1975)

Buckingham (1975–76)

Darivas (1976)

Shannon (1976–77)

Veselinović (1977–80)

Górski (1980–81)

Senekowitsch (1981)

Panagoulias (1981–83)

Górski (1983)

Höher (1983)

Bebis^c (1983)

Alefantos (1983–84)

Bebis^c (1984)

Keßler (1984–85)

Bebis^c (1985)

Georgiadis (1985–86)

Panagoulias (1986–87)

Grigoriadis^c (1987)

Libregts (1987–88)

Grigoriadis^c (1988)

Gmoch (1988–89)

Papamalis^c (1989)

Gounaris^c (1989)

Papapostolou (1989)

Komora (1989–90)

Blokhin (1990–93)

Georgiadis (1993)

Filis^c (1993)

Petrović (1993)

Polychroniou (1993–94)

Alefantos (1994)

Gioutsos^c (1994)

Libregts (1994–95)

Diamantopoulos (1995–96)

Persias (1996)

Bajević (1996–99)

Bigon (1999–00)

Mantzourakis (2000)

Lemonis (2000–02)

Kollias^c (2002)

Katanec (2002–03)

Protasov (2003–04)

Gogić^c (2004)

Alefantos (2004)

Bajević (2004–05)

Sollied (2005–06)

Lemonis (2006–08)

Segura^c (2008)

Valverde (2008–09)

Ketsbaia (2009)

Bandović^c (2009)

Zico (2009–10)

Bandović^c (2010)

Lienen (2010)

Valverde (2010–12)

Jardim (2012–13)

Nikopolidis^c (2013)

Míchel (2013–15)

Pereira (2015)

Silva (2015–16)

Víctor (2016)

Bento (2016–17)

Vouzas^c (2017)

Lemonis (2017–18)

García (2018)

Kontis^c (2018)

Martins (2018–22)

Corberán (2022)

Míchel (2022–23)

Anigo^c (2023)

Martínez (2023)

Carvalhal (2023–24)

Mendilibar (2024–)

1. FC Köln – managers

Flink (1948)

Schneider (1952–53)

Winkler (1953–54)

Baluses (1954–55)

Weisweiler (1955–58)

Szabó (1958–59)

Pfau (1959–61)

Čajkovski (1961–63)

Knöpfle (1963–64)

Multhaup (1966–68)

Merkle (1968–70)

Ocwirk (1970–71)

Lóránt (1971–72)

Herings (1972)

Schlott (1972–73)

Čajkovski (1973–75)

Stollenwerk (1976)

Weisweiler (1976–80)

Heddergott (1980)

Herings (1980)

Michels (1980–83)

Löhr (1983–86)

Keßler (1986)

Daum (1986–90)

Rutemöller (1990–91)

Lattek (1991)

Linßen (1991)

Berger (1991–93)

Jerat (1993)

Olsen (1993–95)

Engels (1995–96)

Neururer (1996–97)

Köstner (1997–98)

Schuster (1998–99)

Lienen (1999–2002)

John (2002)

Funkel (2002–03)

Luhukay (2003)

Koller (2003–04)

Stevens (2004–05)

Rapolder (2005–06)

Latour (2006)

Gehrke (2006)

Daum (2006–09)

Soldo (2009–10)

Schaefer (2010–11)

Finke^c (2011)

Solbakken (2011–12)

Schaefer (2012)

Stanislawski (2012–13)

Stöger (2013–17)

Ruthenbeck (2017–18)

Anfang (2018–19)

Pawlak^c (2019)

Beierlorzer (2019)

Gisdol (2019–21)

Funkel (2021)

Baumgart (2021–23)

Schultz (2024)

Struber (2024–)

Royal Antwerp F.C. – managers

Verdyck (1919–30)

Löwenfelt (1930–32)

Delausnay (1932–34)

Less (1934)

Molnar (1934–36)

Löwenfelt (1936–38)

Wertz (1938–39)

Pelsmaeker (1941–44)

Pelsmaeker (1945–49)

De Clercq & Gedopt (1949–53)

Game (1953–60)

Havlicek (1960–61)

Humenberger (1961–64)

Hofman & Fraifont (1964)

D'Hollander (1964–65)

Game (1965–68)

Maertens (1968–70)

Cautreels (1970–71)

Csernai (1971–72)

Wauters & Simons (1972)

Braems (1972–73)

Thys (1973–76)

Vliers (1976–77)

Novák (1977–79)

Van Den Bergh (1979–80)

Wauters (1980)

Davidovic (1980–83)

Dockx (1983–84)

Haan (1984–85)

Nollet (1985–86)

Keßler (1986–89)

Davidovic (1989–91)

Koekelcoren (1991)

de Wit (1991)

Meeuws (1991–93)

Haesaert (1993–95)

Svilar (1995)

Fazekas (1995–96)

Svilar (1996)

Keßler (1996–97)

Svilar (1997–98)

Van Acker (1998–01)

De Coninck (2001–02)

Houwaart (2002–03)

Desaeyere (2003)

Perazić (2003–04)

Grosjean (2004)

Tipurić (2004–05)

Van Acker (2005–06)

Joyce (2006–08)

Davidović (2008–09)

Svilar (2009)

Andrews (2009–10)

De Roover (2010–11)

Wilmssen (2011–12)

Van Wijk (2012–13)

Hasselbaink (2013–14)

Stricker (2014–15)

Gevaert (2015–16)

Vanderbiest (2016)

Gevaert (2016)

De Decker (2016–17)

Bölöni (2017–20)

Leko (2020)

Vercauteren (2021)

Priske (2021–22)

Van Bommel (2022–24)

De Roeck (2024–)

Standard Liège – managers

Bunyan (1912–14)

Van Hoorden (1916–19)

Lamport/Kogel (1922–24)

Hartley (1924–30)

Grisard (1930–32)

Hartley (1932–35)

Dupont (1935–36)

Riff (1937–39)

Grisard (1939–40)

Dohet (1940–42)

Wertz (1942–45)

Waroux (1945–50)

Basleer (1950–52)

Grisard (1952–53)

Riou (1953–58)

Kalocsay (1958–61)

Prouff (1961–63)

Jordan (1963–64)

Pavić (1964–68)

Hauss (1968–73)

Marković (1973)

Bulatović (1973–74)

Van der Hart (1974–76)

Leduc/Lempereur (1976)

Waseige (1976–79)

Happel (1979–81)

Goethals (1981–84)

Semmeling (1984)

Pilot (1984–85)

Pavić (1985–87)

Desaeyere (1987)

Pavić (1987–88)

Vliers (1988)

Braems (1988–89)

Keßler (1989–91)

Haan (1991–93)

Vandereycken (1993–94)

Waseige (1994–96)

Daerden (1996–97)

De Mos (1997)

Boccar (1997–98)

Peruzović (1998)

Ivić (1998–99)

Mijač (1999)

Thissen (2000)

Ivić (2000)

D'Onofrio (2000–01)

Preud'homme (2001–02)

Waseige (2002)

D'Onofrio (2002–06)

Boskamp (2006)

Preud'homme (2006–08)

Bölöni (2008–10)

D'Onofrio (2010–11)

Riga (2011–12)

Jans (2012)

Balette^c (2012)

Rednic (2012–13)

Luzon (2013–14)

Vukomanović (2014–15)

Riga (2015)

Muslin (2015)

Ferrera (2015–16)

Janković (2016–17)

Jeunechamps^c (2017)

Sá Pinto (2017–18)

Preud'homme (2018–20)

Montanier (2020)

Leye (2020–21)

Elsner (2021–22)

Deila (2022–23)

Valenne^c (2023)

Hoefkens (2023)

Leko (2024–)

Fortuna Sittard – managers

Debruyn (1968–69)

Reuvers (1969–70)

Teunissen (1970–72)

Brom (1972–76)

Van der Hart (1976–77)

Castenmiller (1977–80)

Körver (1980–84)

Jacobs (1984–87)

Van Doorneveld (1987–89)

Berger (1989–91)

Keßler (1991–92)

Dekker (1992–94)

Verbeek (1994–97)

Van Marwijk (1997–2000)

Duut (2000)

Thijssen (2000–01)

Verèl (2001)

De Koning (2001–04)

Dekker (2004–06)

Körver (2006–07)

Wisman (2007)

Reijners (2007–10)

Dusseldorp (2010–11)

Ruys (2011–12)

Boessen (2012–14)

Van Vossen (2014–15)

Van Dael (2015–16)

Oliseh (2017–18)

Braga (2018)

Eijer (2018–19)

Ultee (2019–20)

Hofland (2020)

Ultee (2020–22)

Vergoossen (2022)

Velázquez (2022–23)

Buijs (2023–)

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