Danny Schwarz (born 11 May 1975) is a German football coach and former player who last coached Würzburger Kickers. He played as a defensive midfielder.[1] He is the manager of FC 08 Homburg.

Danny Schwarz
Schwarz with 1860 Munich in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-05-11) 11 May 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Göppingen, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC 08 Homburg (Manager)
Youth career
0000–1995 1. FC Eislingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 VfB Stuttgart 28 (1)
1998–1999 Karlsruher SC 31 (4)
1999–2002 SpVgg Unterhaching 98 (6)
2002–2004 1860 Munich 26 (3)
2004–2006 Karlsruher SC 56 (10)
2006–2009 1860 Munich 68 (3)
2009–2012 Bayern Munich II 47 (1)
Total 354 (28)
International career
1998 Germany U-21 2 (1)
1999–2001 Germany B 3 (0)
Managerial career
2017 Bayern Munich II (caretaker)
2021 Bayern Munich II
2021–2022 Würzburger Kickers
2023– FC 08 Homburg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

Schwarz was born in Göppingen. He played for VfB Stuttgart between the 1995–96 season and 1997–98 season, Karlsruher SC during the 1998–99 season, SpVgg Unterhaching between the 1999–2000 season and the 2001–02 season, and 1860 Munich during the 2002–03 season and 2003–04 season.[2] He returns to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich.[2] He also played for the reserve team.[2] He finished his playing career at Bayern Munich II.[2]

Coaching career edit

He was interim head coach for Bayern's reserve team from 23 March 2017 until the end of the season.[3] He finished with a record of five wins and four draws in nine matches.[3] He then managed the under-17 team of Bayern Munich.[4] On 2 April 2021, Bayern Munich announced that Schwarz and Martín Demichelis would replace Holger Seitz as Bayern's reserve team manager.[5] Bayern also announced that Seitz's last match would be against VfB Lübeck on 3 April 2021.[6]

On 13 October 2021, he was appointed as the new head coach of Würzburger Kickers.[7] He was sacked on 10 February 2022.[8] He won one match, drew five matches and lost seven matches as head coach of Würzburger Kickers.[9]

In May 2023, it was announced that Schwarz would become new manager of FC 08 Homburg.[10]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VfB Stuttgart 1995–96 Bundesliga 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1996–97 Bundesliga 7 1 2 0 1[a] 0 10 1
1997–98 Bundesliga 12 0 3 0 4[b] 0 19 0
Total 28 1 5 0 5 0 38 1
Karlsruher SC 1998–99 2. Bundesliga 31 4 0 0 31 4
SpVgg Unterhaching 1999–2000 Bundesliga 34 2 1 0 35 2
2000–01 Bundesliga 34 1 2 0 36 1
2001–02 2. Bundesliga 30 3 2 1 32 4
Total 98 6 5 1 103 7
1860 Munich 2002–03 Bundesliga 8 0 1 0 1[a] 0 10 0
2003–04 Bundesliga 18 3 2 0 20 3
Total 26 3 3 0 1 0 30 3
Karlsruher SC 2004–05 2. Bundesliga 24 5 1 0 25 5
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 32 5 2 0 34 5
Total 56 10 3 0 59 10
1860 Munich 2006–07 2. Bundesliga 28 1 1 0 29 1
2007–08 2. Bundesliga 30 2 4 1 34 3
2008–09 2. Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 11 0
Total 68 3 6 1 74 4
1860 Munich II 2006–07 Regionalliga Süd 1 0 1 0
2007–08 Regionalliga Süd 1 0 1 0
2008–09 Regionalliga Süd 3 0 3 0
Total 5 0 5 0
Bayern Munich II 2009–10 3. Liga 33 0 33 0
2010–11 3. Liga 14 1 14 1
Total 47 1 47 1
Career total 359 28 22 2 6 0 387 30
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
  2. ^ Appearances in the DFL-Ligapokal & UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Managerial record edit

As of match played 7 October 2023
Team From To Record Ref.
M W D L Win %
Bayern Munich II 21 March 2017 30 June 2017 9 5 4 0 055.56 [3]
Bayern Munich II[1] 4 April 2021 30 June 2021 8 0 4 4 000.00 [3]
Würzburger Kickers 13 October 2021 9 February 2022 13 1 5 7 007.69 [9]
FC 08 Homburg 1 July 2023 Present 13 6 4 3 046.15
Total 43 12 17 14 027.91
1.^ Bayern Munich stated Danny Schwarz is co-manager with Martin Demichelis.[5][6]

Honours edit

Stuttgart

References edit

  1. ^ "Danny Schwarz" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Danny Schwarz " Club matches" (in German). World Football. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bayern München II – Trainer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Danny Schwarz übernimmt U17, Demichelis bleibt U19-Coach". FC Bayern Munich. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Trainerwechsel bei Bayern II: Duo übernimmt am Sonntag". kicker.de (in German). Olympia Verlag. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Schwarz und Demichelis übernehmen FC Bayern Amateure vorzeitig". fcbayern.com (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Würzburger Kickers: Danny Schwarz übernimmt" (in German). dfb.de. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Kickers stellen Trainerduo Danny und Benjamin Schwarz frei – Ralf Santelli übernimmt". wuerzburger-kickers.de. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Würzburger Kickers Trainer". kicker.de (in German). Olympia Verlag. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Danny Schwarz wird neuer Cheftrainer". FC 08 Homburg (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Danny Schwarz " Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

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