Joachim Löw

Joachim Löw , born the February 3rd 1960 with Schönau im Schwarzwald, was a Football German or today renconvertit as trainer.

He is the trainer of the national team of Germany since the summer 2006.

Career of player

The professional path of Joachim Löw starts in 2.Bundesliga (the second German division) with SC Freiburg. Two years later, the attacker discovers the 1.Bundesliga (the first German division) with the VfB Stuttgart where he is especially substitute, taking share only with 4 matches. It then leaves to play Eintracht Frankfurt where it registers 5 goals on of 24 matches then decides to turn over to SC Freiburg in the second division. In two seasons it marks 8 then 17 goals in respectively 34 and 31 matches of championship. It tries a new experiment in the first division, with the Karlsruher SC, but as to Stuttgart or Frankfurt, it does not manage to be essential. It does not mark that two goals of 24 matches and is frequently replaced. Disappointed by its season, it returns to SC Freiburg where it plays 4 more years, of 1985 to 1989. The two first are successful with respectively 12 and 17 goals, the two following ones are it definitely less.

With final in its German career, in 52 matches of the first division, it marked 7 goals for which it is necessary to add its 81 goals in 252 matches of the second division. In addition he played 4 matches with the team of Germany of less than 21 years.

He finishes his career in Switzerland where he plays of 1989 to 1992 with FC Schaffhouse then with the FC Winterthur where he also deals with the young people of the club and finally with the FC Frauenfeld where he occupies the post of trainer-player in the first Swiss division.

Career of trainer

Parallel to its experiment with the FC Frauenfeld, it follows a training of trainer but it will not go until the term of this one.

It receives indeed in 1995 a proposal of Rolf Fringer to assist it with the VfB Stuttgart. Four days before the beginning of the following season, Fringer leaves to deal with the Swiss national team leaving Löw with the orders for an interim which will be confirmed as trainer after six matches without defeat to begin the championship. Having under its orders of the players of talent like Krasimir Balakov, Fredi Bobic and Giovane Elber, it finally leads the club to the championship victory of Germany 1997 then the following year of the Coupe of Europe of the Winners of Cut, match lost 1-0 against Chelsea. At the time of this same season, it leads the club to the fourth place of the championship.

Löw decides to then leave to involve in Turkey with the head of the Fenerbahçe Istanbul, which it leads to the second place of the championship behind the rival the Galatasaray Istanbul. In spite of this result, its contract in Turkey will stop there.

Löw connects then two bad experiments, first of all in Karlsruhe in 1999 when it cannot prevent the relegation of the club in the third division. It gains only one match out of the 18 disputed under its mandate and it is laid off. Then from December 2000 in March 2001, it turns over to Turkey to involve Adanaspor but it is again laid off due to bad results.

In October 2001, Löw becomes trainer of FC the Tirol Innsbruck and takes again a team which already conquered the championship of Austria in 2000 and 2001. It continues the work undertaken before by Kurt Jara and gains the title 2002. But shortly after the club announces its bankruptcy and Löw is found again without club. It involves for one short period FK Austria Vienna of June 2003 in March 2004.

After the Championship of Europe of football 2004 and the resignation of Rüdi Völler, Joachim Löw becomes a little with the general surprise, trainer attending of the team of Germany the sides of Jürgen Klinsmann in August 2004. The two men had met during a formation to obtain their diplomas for the occupation of trainer and as soon as Jürgen Klinsmann was selected to involve the team of Germany, it called upon Löw. The duet was complementary, Jürgen Klinsmann, more charismatic, was especially occupied to bring a new style, more offensive, with the team of Germany and psychological aspect whereas Löw was in load of the tactical aspects. Germany finishes third of the organized residence World cup 2006 with a system of play to two attackers effective and attractive whereas the majority of the large teams played with only one point.

Selector of the team of Germany

At the conclusion of the World cup, Jürgen Klinsmann decides not to prolong its work with the head of the team of Germany in spite of the credit which the results of its team conferred to him. During the summer 2006, Löw is thus named selector for the two next seasons and announces that he wants to continue in with the same philosophy of offensive play that Klinsmann and initiated to him during the World one and that its goal is to gain the Euro 2008. It becomes the tenth selector of the team of Germany, only the third not to have been an international player (after Otto Nerz and Erich Ribbeck). It starts with a series of five victories (vis-a-vis Sweden, Ireland, San Marino, Georgia and finally Slovakia) what is the best beginning of the history for a German selector. In addition during these 5 matches, its team marks 19 goals for only one boxed. The following match, in Cyprus, shows a tie (1-1) putting fine at this series victories. Thereafter the selection beats Switzerland in friendly in February 2007 then the Czech Republic in March 2007 within the framework of the qualifications for the Euro 2008. The first defeat of the Löw era intervenes four days later at the time of a friendly match vis-a-vis Denmark whereas it had largely altered its team while making begin six beginners. With the head of a team weakened by the wounds in this beginning of the season, it succeeds in beating England 1-2 in new the Wembley in September 2007 before losing its first official match against Czech Republic 0-3 with the Allianz-Arena of Munich whereas Germany was already qualified for the Euro 2008

To date, its assessment is of 12 victories, two null and two defeats (given to October 17th, 2007).

Prize list of trainer

With VfB Stuttgart:

Victorious of the Cut of Germany in 1997
Finalist of the Cut of the Cuts in 1998

With the FC Wacker the Tirol:

Champion of Austria in 2002

With the team of Germany:

3rd place with the Cut of the Confederations 2005 (as an assistant of Jürgen Klinsmann)
3rd place with the Football world cup of 2006 (as an assistant of Jürgen Klinsmann)

Simple: Joachim Löw

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