Christian Ilzer (born 21 October 1977) is an Austrian football manager, who is the currently manager of Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim.
.jpg) Ilzer in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Puch bei Weiz, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TSG Hoffenheim (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1998 | USK Raiffeisen Puch | ||
| 1998–1999 | SV Ada Anger | ||
| 2001–2004 | USK Raiffeisen Puch | ||
| 2004–2006 | SC Weiz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | USK Raiffeisen Puch | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | USK Raiffeisen Puch (player-manager) | ||
| 2012–2013 | SC Weiz | ||
| 2014 | Wiener Neustadt (caretaker) | ||
| 2015 | TSV Hartberg | ||
| 2017–2018 | TSV Hartberg | ||
| 2018–2019 | Wolfsberger AC | ||
| 2019–2020 | Austria Wien | ||
| 2020–2024 | Sturm Graz | ||
| 2024– | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Coaching career
editEarly career
editAs a teenager, three cruciate ligament injuries stopped his career and at the age of only 17, where became coach of USK Raiffeisen Puch's U17 squad. In addition to his job as an electronics technician, he started a second education as a trainer. From 2006 to 2007, he was in charge of the first team of USK Raiffeisen Puch as a playing manager.[2] From July 2007 to July 2011, he was assistant manager under manager Bruno Friesenbichler at TSV Hartberg.[2]
In September 2011, he worked with the Austrian U19 national team as a fitness coach, while he in the 2012–13 season also was the manager of SC Weiz.[2] From the summer 2013, once again he became assistant manager under manager Bruno Friesenbichler at TSV Hartberg.[2] After one season at TSV Hartberg, he joined Wiener Neustadt as assistant manager. On 12 November 2014, Heimo Pfeifenberger was fired at Neustadt and Ilzer took over as caretaker manager. Ilzer was in charge for one game which he won 2–0 against Wolfsberger AC, before Helgi Kolviðsson was appointed as manager on 23 November 2014. Ilzer continued his role as assistant manager at the club, before he left at the end of the season and then became manager of TSV Hartberg.[2] He left his position already on 25 November 2015, to become an assistant manager at Wolfsberger under Heimo Pfeifenberger.[2]
TSV Hartberg
editIn May 2017, Ilzer returned to TSV Hartberg as head coach.[3] In the 2017–18 season, he guided the club to finish second in the second division, securing promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga for the first time in their history.[4]
Wolfsberger
editIn May 2018, it was announced that Ilzer would rejoin Wolfsberger as head coach for the 2018–19 season.[5] He led the club to qualify to the Europa League group stage for first time in their history, after finishing third in the Austrian Bundesliga.[6]
Austria Wien
editOn 29 May 2019, Ilzer was appointed manager of Austria Wien for the 2019–20 season.[7] After a seventh-place finish in the league, his team lost the Europa League play-offs 3–2 on aggregate against his former club TSV Hartberg.[8]
Sturm Graz
editOn 17 July 2020, he was hired as manager of Sturm Graz.[9] He guided the club to a runner-up finish in both 2021–22 and 2022–23, where he achieved the VdF-Fußballerwahl Coach of the Season award for the latter.[10] He won his first title at the club by clinching the 2022–23 Austrian Cup after a 2–0 win against Rapid Wien in the final.[11]
In the 2023–24 season, he led the club to their fourth league title in history after a 2–0 win over Austria Klagenfurt on the final matchday, ending Red Bull Salzburg's decade-long dominance, in addition to securing a UEFA Champions League group stage berth for the first time since 2000–01.[12] Furthermore, he succeeded in steering the club to their first domestic double since the 1998–99 season, having achieved the 2023–24 Austrian Cup following a 2–1 victory over Rapid Wien in the final.[13]
TSG Hoffenheim
editHe was appointed by TSG Hoffenheim in November 2024.[14]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 23 November 2024[15]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| SC Weiz | 1 July 2012 | 8 June 2013 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 63.33 |
| Wiener Neustadt (caretaker) | 12 November 2014 | 23 November 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| TSV Hartberg | 5 June 2015 | 25 November 2015 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 70.59 |
| TSV Hartberg | 1 July 2017 | 1 June 2018 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 76 | 41 | +35 | 55.00 |
| Wolfsberger AC | 1 June 2018 | 29 May 2019 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 40.00 |
| Austria Wien | 29 May 2019 | 17 July 2020 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 65 | 60 | +5 | 35.90 |
| Sturm Graz | 17 July 2020 | 15 November 2024 | 195 | 107 | 40 | 48 | 357 | 223 | +134 | 54.87 |
| TSG Hoffenheim | 15 November 2024 | Present | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | 358 | 190 | 76 | 92 | 657 | 435 | +222 | 53.07 | ||
Honours
editSturm Graz
Individual
- VdF-Fußballerwahl Coach of the Season: 2023[10]
References
edit- ^ "Christian Ilzer" (in German). weltfussball.de.
- ^ a b c d e f Christian Ilzer im Porträt Archived 22 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine, fk-austria.at, 28 May 2019
- ^ Gutmann, Ulrich (29 May 2017). "Christian Ilzer kehrt als Cheftrainer zum TSV Hartberg zurück" (in German). MeinBezirk.at.
- ^ "WIR SIND BUNDESLIGA !!!". tsv-hartberg-fussball.at (in German). 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Christian Ilzer wird neuer Cheftrainer der Wölfe" (in German). Wolfsberger AC. 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Nach historischem Erfolg: WAC sucht Coach und Stadion". SPOX (in German). 27 May 2019.
- ^ Christian Ilzer becomes the new head coach of Austria Wien Archived 22 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine, fk-austria.at, 29 May 2019
- ^ Marten, Jan (1 August 2020). "Das Hartberger Fußballmärchen" (in German). Sport1.
- ^ "Christian Ilzer neuer Cheftrainer" (in German). Sturm Graz. 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Sturm beendet Salzburgs Bruno-Dominanz" (in German). sport.orf.at. 9 October 2023.
- ^ "So wollte Sarkaria nicht in Erinnerung bleiben" (in German). laola1.at. 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Salzburg entthront: Sturm zum vierten Mal Meister!" (in German). Kicker. 19 May 2024.
- ^ "SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz 2–1 SK Rapid" (in German). Austrian Football Association. 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Christian Ilzer is the new TSG Hoffenheim head coach". tsg-hoffenheim.de. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Christian Ilzer coach profile at Soccerway
External links
edit- Christian Ilzer at WorldFootball.net
- Christian Ilzer at OEFB