Bernhard Schuster (born 22 December 1959 in
AugsburgAugsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria in Germany. It is a College town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
) is a
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football coach and former player.
Club career
Schuster started his professional career with
1. FC Köln1. FC Köln is a German football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Like many of Germany's other professional football clubs, 1...
at age 18 in 1978 after a number of promising performances with the West German Under-18 National team. Schuster left Köln after the 1980 European campaign to sign with Spain's
FC BarcelonaFútbol Club Barcelona , also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is a football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The team was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. The club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto "Més que...
, where he flourished. During his career, he played for clubs such as
Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...
, Atlético Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen. At his final team, the Mexican side
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he appeared in ten matches in spring 1997.
FC Barcelona
Schuster was an important part of the FC Barcelona team during the 1980s, leading the game from midfield and scoring many goals. His club president
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and some trainers like
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,
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,
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and
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had difficult relations with him. He won, however, the European Silver Ball in 1980 and Bronze Ball in 1981 and 1985. At age 21, in 1981, he received a bad injury on his right knee by
Athletic BilbaoAthletic Club, commonly known as Athletic Bilbao in English, is a football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions. In the historical classification of La Liga...
defender
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.
Real Madrid
His move to
Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...
was controversial due to the strong rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid. Bernd Schusters style complemented the group of home-grown Madrid players known as la
Quinta del BuitreLa Quinta del Buitre was the name given by Spanish sport journalist Julio César Iglesias to the five homegrown Real Madrid players who were at the core of the team that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s. The name was derived from the nickname given to its most charismatic member Emilio...
who led the team to a dominance of the Spanish Championship through the 1980s.
Atlético Madrid
Bernd Schuster signed with Atlético Madrid in the fall of 1990 and helped improve the performance of Atletico's traditional games based on backpasses. His long precise passes helped restore Atlético Madrid as a prominent club.
Bayer Leverkusen
In 1993 Bernd returned home to Germany to play for three seasons with
Bayer LeverkusenBayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and the early years:On 27 November...
. Despite his contributions, the club was unable to capture
BundesligaThe Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany's football league system. The term Bundesliga also applies to football in Austria and is used to refer to the highest level league competitions in several other sports in the two countries....
and German Cup titles but his performances inspired much of the country to push for a place for him in the 1994 World Cup squad. In the national TV-Station ARD "Goal of the year" election Schuster won the first 3 places in 1994 .
In the
UEFA Golden Jubilee PollThe UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll is the popular name for an online poll conducted in 2004 by UEFA as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations, celebrating the best European footballers from the fifty previous years. The poll, available on UEFA's website, asked respondents to pick their ten favorite...
to name the finest European players of the last five decades, Bernd Schuster finished 40th.
National career
He was part of the West German side that won the
1980 UEFA European Football ChampionshipThe 1980 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 11 June and 22 June 1980....
in Italy, appearing in two of Germany's four matches. His performances there helped him earn the Silver Ball Trophy honour as the Europe's second best player in 1980 behind Golden Ball winner, and Germany team-mate
Karl-Heinz RummeniggeKarl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a German former football player.He had his greatest career success with German club Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup, the European Cup, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups.A member of the German national team, Rummenigge won the...
. Overall Schuster won twenty-two caps for the West German national team and retired from the German national team at the age of 24, due to his repeated disagreements with the
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, then national team manager
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, and teammates including
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. His refusal to take part in a match against
AlbaniaThe Albania national football team is the national football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania. Although not considered as one of the strongest footballing sides in Europe, Albanians are passionate about their football and the national team has occasionally...
in order to be home for the birth of his second son David caused a sporting scandal at the time .
According to Schuster himself, his premature retirement from the German National Team was due to a major disagreement with the managements of both Barcelona and the German National Team on either side of a friendly match against Brazil.
Fortuna Köln
After his retirement as a player in 1997, Schuster successfully
managedIn sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.- Staff :...
a small club in Cologne,
SC Fortuna KölnSC Fortuna Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was formed as on February 21, 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 , Bayenthaler SV , and Sparkassen-Verein Köln...
in
2. Fußball-BundesligaThe 2nd Bundesliga is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. It is below the Bundesliga in the German football league system....
.
FC Köln
Following this, he managed his former club
1. FC Köln1. FC Köln is a German football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Like many of Germany's other professional football clubs, 1...
, also in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, but was unable to get the club promoted and so left. In 2000, he applied for the manager job at Scottish club Dundee FC but the Dundee chairman rejected his application.
Xerez CD
In 2001 he received an offer from the small club
Xerez CDXerez Club Deportivo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia. Founded on September 24, 1947, the team will play the 2009–10 season in La Liga for the first time...
in Southern Spain and he managed the team, very successfully, for two seasons; the best two seasons in the history of the club. However, he could not promote the team to
Primera DivisionThe Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...
.
Shakhtar Donetsk
Upon receiving no good offers from Spain, he accepted a deal to coach the Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk where he established a club record number of consecutive victories. However, the team did not win the championship and did not reach the final round of the Champions League with a match against Lokomotiv Moscow. Schuster was fired one week before his team played and won the Ukrainian Cup in 2004.
Levante
He went back to Spain in summer 2004 to coach
Levante UDLevante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. , also known as Llevant Unió Esportiva , is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, the oldest of the two city ones...
and made a good start with the small club from Valencia. The president fired him with a 5-point advantage over the relegation places just five games from the end of the season. Levante could not win a game and fell to
Segunda DivisiónThe Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. On 16 August, 2006, the LFP reached an agreement with the banking group BBVA for sponsorship of the Segunda División renaming the league Liga BBVA...
(Spanish second division) again.
Getafe
In summer 2005,
Getafe CFGetafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez....
, a small side from Madrid, had their best season in team history. Schuster coached Getafe in their second successful season under his guidance and the team did even better, 7th in
La LigaThe Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...
. Getafe have also secured entry to the 2007-08 UEFA Cup as a result of reaching the final of the
Copa del ReyThe Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España - Copa de Su Majestad El Rey Don Juan Carlos I , referring to the current King of Spain, Juan Carlos I of Spain; it has been known by various names over the years.First played in 1902, FC...
after overcoming a 5-2 first leg defeat against Barcelona, beating them 4-0 in the second leg.
Real Madrid
Schuster was then appointed manager of
Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...
on 9 July 2007. He was required to buy-out his existing contract with
GetafeGetafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez....
for €480,000, which he paid for out of his own pocket. He made a successful start with Real taking them to top of the La Liga standings. As manager beautiful football returned again to the
Santiago BernabeuSantiago Bernabéu may refer to:*Santiago Bernabéu Yeste - the former Real Madrid footballer and president*Santiago Bernabéu Stadium - the football stadium in Madrid named after the above...
stadium with Real Madrid having the strongest offence, not beaten at home from the start of the league and defeating their arch rival Barcelona at their home ground
Camp NouThe Camp Nou , often erroneously called the Nou Camp is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. The stadium has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957. It is a UEFA 5-star rated stadium, and has hosted numerous international matches at senior level, and UEFA Champions League...
with a goal scored by
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thus increasing their lead to seven points between them and the second place (Barcelona). The team also qualified to the second round of the
UEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe...
leading their group which also contained
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, Werder Bremen and
S.S. LazioSocietà Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as simply Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club most noted for its football section, founded in 1900 and based in Rome...
. He improved Real Madrid's style of play significantly. He managed to switch from the unattractive defensive football during the reign of
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to fast paced, attacking football. After losing 2-1 to AS Roma in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League which meant the elimination of Real Madrid, many doubted that Schuster would continue to be Madrid's coach, but the club denied such allegations.
On 4 May 2008, Schuster guided Real Madrid to their 31st title with 3 games to spare.
On 18 May 2008, Schuster's
Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...
achieved the highest point total (85 points) a record that was set by rivals Barcelona. He then went on to win the 2008 Spanish Super Cup.
On 9 December 2008 Schuster stepped down as manager after a 4-3 defeat to
Sevilla FCSevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club that plays in the top-flight Spanish La Liga championship. The club was established on October 14 1905, making it the oldest football club from Seville, and the second oldest from Andalusia.- The early years :On 15 October 1905,...
, and speaking out publicly about his team standing no chance of beating Barcelona in the
El ClásicoEl Clásico , also known as El derbi español, El derbi, ¡El SuperClásico! or El clàssic is a football match between rivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona...
derby match. He was replaced by Juande Ramos, former
Sevilla FCSevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club that plays in the top-flight Spanish La Liga championship. The club was established on October 14 1905, making it the oldest football club from Seville, and the second oldest from Andalusia.- The early years :On 15 October 1905,...
and
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coach.
Managerial stats
Last updated 24 September 2008
| Nat |
Team |
From |
To |
Record |
| G | W | L | D | Win % | GF | GA | +/- |
|---|
| GER |
SC Fortuna KölnSC Fortuna Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:The club was formed as on February 21, 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 , Bayenthaler SV , and Sparkassen-Verein Köln...
|
1997 |
1998 |
34 |
11 |
13 |
10 |
% |
53 |
53 |
0 |
| GER |
1. FC Köln1. FC Köln is a German football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07. Like many of Germany's other professional football clubs, 1...
|
1998 |
1999 |
34 |
12 |
9 |
13 |
% |
46 |
53 |
| ESP |
Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia. Founded on September 24, 1947, the team will play the 2009–10 season in La Liga for the first time...
|
2001 |
2003 |
81 |
34 |
22 |
25 |
% |
89 |
89 |
0 |
| UKR |
FC Shakhtar DonetskFC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club, playing in the city of Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk region. The club won the 2009 UEFA Cup final, defeating German side Werder Bremen 2-1 after extra time.- History overview :...
|
2003 |
2004 |
23 |
15 |
4 |
4 |
% |
41 |
18 |
23
| ESP |
Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. , also known as Llevant Unió Esportiva , is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, the oldest of the two city ones...
|
2004 |
2005 |
34 |
9 |
8 |
17 |
% |
36 |
50 |
| ESP |
Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez....
|
2005 |
2007 |
76 |
29 |
19 |
28 |
% |
93 |
82 |
11
| ESP |
Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...
|
2007 |
2008 |
53 |
35 |
6 |
12 |
% |
114 |
63 |
51
| Total Career |
323 |
139 |
79 |
105 |
% |
449 |
386 |
+63 |
Personal life
During his heyday as a player Schuster and his wife, Gaby, were celebrities in Germany. Gaby had a controversial reputation, worsened when she took over the job as her husband's manager. She was soon labelled by the press as being "Bernd's dragon-like boss" without whom he would never even sign a bill in a restaurant. During the Schusters' residence in Spain, Gaby was also notorious for her often public comments directed towards FC Barcelona coach
Udo LattekUdo Lattek is a former German football player and coach, and is now a television sportscaster....
and national coach Jupp Derwall when her husband played for them. Gaby and Bernd Schuster are still married and have four children. Gaby is a sports manager but she has not been Bernd Schuster's manager for some years. Since 2008 Bernd Schuster lives separated from his wife and has a new girlfriend.
As player
FC BarcelonaFútbol Club Barcelona , also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is a football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The team was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. The club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto "Més que...
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- La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...
: 1985La Liga 1984–85 season, the 54th since its establishment, started on September 1, 1984 and finished on April 21, 1985. It was composed of the following clubs:- Final table :-Results Table:...
- Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España - Copa de Su Majestad El Rey Don Juan Carlos I , referring to the current King of Spain, Juan Carlos I of Spain; it has been known by various names over the years.First played in 1902, FC...
: 1981, 1983, 1988
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1981-82
The season 1981-82 of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in the final against Standard Liège at the Nou Camp. It was their second title in the competition.-Preliminary round:-First round:-Second round:-Quarter-finals:...
- Supercopa de España
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: 1983
- Copa de la Liga
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: 1983, 1986
- European Cup:
- Runner-up: 1986
The 1985–86 season of the European Cup was the 31st edition of UEFA's premier club football tournament. The European Champion Clubs' Cup was won by Steaua Bucharest on penalties in a final against Barcelona...
Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...
-
- La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...
: 1989La Liga 1988-89 season, the 58th since its establishment, started on September 3, 1988 and finished on June 25, 1989.La Liga 1988-89 season was composed of the following clubs:- Final table :...
, 1990La Liga 1989-90 season, the 59th since its establishment, started on September 2, 1989, and finished on May 6, 1990. It was composed of the following clubs:- Final table :-Relegation playoff:-Results Table:...
- Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España - Copa de Su Majestad El Rey Don Juan Carlos I , referring to the current King of Spain, Juan Carlos I of Spain; it has been known by various names over the years.First played in 1902, FC...
: 1989
- Supercopa de España
The Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey.The 2009 edition of the Supercopa de España was played between FC Barcelona and Athletic Club Bilbao...
: 1989
Atlético Madrid
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- La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...
:
- Runner-up: 1991
La Liga 1990-91 season, the 60th since its establishment, started on September 1, 1990 and finished on June 9, 1991. It was composed of the following clubs:- Final table :-Relegation playoff:-Results Table:...
- Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España - Copa de Su Majestad El Rey Don Juan Carlos I , referring to the current King of Spain, Juan Carlos I of Spain; it has been known by various names over the years.First played in 1902, FC...
: 1991, 1992
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-
- UEFA European Football Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
: 1980The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 11 June and 22 June 1980....
As coach
Shakhtar Donetsk
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- Ukrainian Cup
The Ukrainian Cup is a knockout cup competition in Ukrainian football, run by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The winner of the competition is awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup...
: 2004 Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...
- La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...
: 2008La Liga 2007-08 season, the 77th since its establishment, started on 25 August 2007 and finished on 18 May 2008. Real Madrid defended their La Liga title successfully after a 2-1 victory over Osasuna. This season, all European leagues ended earlier than the previous season, due to the UEFA Euro...
- Supercopa de España
The Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey.The 2009 edition of the Supercopa de España was played between FC Barcelona and Athletic Club Bilbao...
: 2008The 2008 Supercopa de España was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 17 August and 24 August 2008. It was contested by Valencia CF, who were Spanish Cup winners in 2007–08, and Real Madrid, who won the 2007–08 Spanish League. Real Madrid won 6–5 on aggregate for their 8th Supercopa de...
Individual
- La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...
: Best Foreign Player 1985, 1991
- European Footballer of the Year
The "", "", referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award, is an annual association football award. It is presented to the player who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. The award was conceived by France Football's chief magazine writer Gabriel...
: Silver Ball 1980 - Bronze Ball 1981 and 1985
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