# Peter Stöger

Peter Stöger (German pronunciation:; born 11 April 1966) is an Austrian football coach and a former player.
As a player Stöger played as a midfielder and won the Austrian championship four times and the domestic cup three times playing for Austria Wien and Rapid Wien. As a coach or sporting director, Stöger won the Austrian championship twice and the Austrian Cup twice with Austria Wien; he also won promotion with 1. FC Köln, with four years at Austria Wien between 2013 and 2017, was his longest stint at one club.

## Club career

Stöger started his career at Favoritner AC Wien, and played six years for Austria Wien from 1988 through 1994, winning league three consecutive seasons, with teammates like Ralph Hasenhüttl. After a year at Tirol Innsbruck, he joined Rapid Wien in 1995 and won a league title with them. He also played in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels, which Rapid lost. He then returned to Austria after a year at LASK Linz and finished his career at 38 years of age with Untersiebenbrunn.

## International career

He made his debut for Austria in February 1988 against Switzerland, missed out on the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 65 caps, scoring 15 goals. His last international was a March 1999 friendly match, also against Switzerland.

## Managerial career
### Austria

Stöger, along with Frank Schinkels, became coach of Austria Wien on 6 May 2005 and was scheduled to end his role at the end of the season. However, Stöger continued in the position until December 2005, then became sporting director. After winning the championship in that season, the following season did not start well and both coach and manager were sacked before year's end. Stöger eventually moved for 3 years to First Vienna, then Grazer AK, and Wiener Neustadt. Stöger returned to manage Austria Wien on 30 May 2012, stayed for one year and celebrated the Austrian championship with a record number of points, despite Red Bull Salzburg investing much more money in Schmidt as a coach, Mane, Alan, Soriano and Kampl as players.

### 1. FC Köln

Stöger and his co-trainer Manfred Schmid were bought out of their contracts for 700,000 EUR and a friendly, and thus started at 1. FC Köln on 11 June 2013. A couple of weeks later, Köln signed Jörg Schmadtke as co-CEO. The Billy Goats continuously improved under their tenure, from 33 points in the first half in the 2. Bundesliga, to 35 points in the second half, followed by promotion. The next half in the German top-flight ended with 19 points, followed by 22 points. The first half of 2015/16 ended with 24 points. In January 2016, Stöger, along with his co-trainer Manfred Schmid, let his contract be extended to 2020, including a buy-out clause. During the second half of the season, Köln was not as good, with 19 points, but finished on a single-digit rank for the first time in 24 years. In the season 2016/17, Köln reached 26 and 23 points, and was on the lucky end of the congestion for the places which brought international football back into the city after 25 years. Cologne finished 5th and qualified for the Europa League. In the 2017/18 season, Köln's poor start was the worst ever start to a Bundesliga season, with only three points from the opening 14 matches. In October, Schmadtke resigned. After a win against Arsenal in the Europa League, a loss against Hertha and a draw against Schalke in the league, Schmidt and Stöger were sacked on 3 December 2017. Stöger was still supported by the fans and the team at the time; he came to a fundraising event for disabled kids the night after his dismissal.

### Borussia Dortmund

On 10 December 2017, Stöger was appointed as successor to Peter Bosz to coach Borussia Dortmund until the end of the season. Some colleagues found taking on this challenge a couple of days after leaving Köln, a little hard. With BVB sitting eighth in the league table, Stöger stabilized the team, his squad including young players such as Manuel Akanji and Jadon Sancho, as well as Sergio Gómez. At the end of the season, BVB finished fourth, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League on the final matchday. He left Dortmund on 12 May 2018.

### Return to Austria Wien

On 31 July 2020, Stöger returned as head coach of Austria Wien.

### Move to Ferencváros

On 5 June 2021, Stöger signed as head coach for Hungarian side Ferencváros. Under his tenure, the team managed to get to the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, where they were drawn together with Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic and Real Betis. Ferencváros lost five of the six group stage games, finishing last in their group. After suffering its first away loss domestically to newly-promoted Debreceni, he was relieved of his duties by the club on 13 December 2021.

## Career statistics
### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Austria | 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| Austria | 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| Austria | 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| Austria | 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| Austria | 1992 | 9 | 2 |
| Austria | 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| Austria | 1994 | 8 | 3 |
| Austria | 1995 | 4 | 4 |
| Austria | 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| Austria | 1997 | 8 | 4 |
| Austria | 1998 | 8 | 2 |
| Austria | 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 65 | 15 |
    Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stöger goal.
List of international goals scored by Peter Stöger :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 19 August 1992 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava | Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 28 October 1992 | Praterstadion, Vienna | Israel | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1994 World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | 17 May 1994 | Stadion GKS, Katowice | Poland | 1–0 | 4–3 | Friendly |
| 4 | 17 May 1994 | Stadion GKS, Katowice | Poland | 2–1 | 4–3 | Friendly |
| 5 | 17 May 1994 | Stadion GKS, Katowice | Poland | 3–2 | 4–3 | Friendly |
| 6 | 6 September 1995 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 3–1 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 7 | 6 September 1995 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | 3–1 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 8 | 6 September 1995 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Republic of Ireland | 3–1 | 3–1 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 9 | 11 October 1995 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Portugal | 1–0 | 1–1 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 10 | 30 April 1997 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Estonia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
| 11 | 8 June 1997 | Daugava Stadium, Riga | Latvia | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
| 12 | 11 October 1997 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Belarus | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
| 13 | 11 October 1997 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Belarus | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |
| 14 | 2 June 1998 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Liechtenstein | 3–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 15 | 2 June 1998 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna | Liechtenstein | 4–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |

### Managerial record

    As of matches played on 18 December 2021
| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. |
| Austria Wien | 6 May 2005 | 12 December 2005 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 057.58 | |
| First Vienna | 14 October 2007 | 26 April 2010 | 79 | 38 | 13 | 28 | 048.10 | |
| Grazer AK | 26 November 2010 | 25 May 2011 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 060.00 | |
| Wiener Neustadt | 1 June 2011 | 30 May 2012 | 37 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 016.22 | |
| Austria Wien | 30 May 2012 | 11 June 2013 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 071.43 | |
| 1. FC Köln | 11 June 2013 | 3 December 2017 | 168 | 60 | 54 | 54 | 035.71 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 10 December 2017 | 12 May 2018 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 041.67 | |
| Austria Wien | 31 July 2020 | 5 June 2021 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 043.59 | |
| Ferencváros | 5 June 2021 | 13 December 2021 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 059.38 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 467 | 205 | 121 | 141 | 043.90 | — |

## Honours
### Player
#### Austria Wien

* Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93
* Austrian Cup: 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94
* Austrian Supercup: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

#### Rapid Wien

* Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1995–96
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner–up 1995–96
* Austrian Supercup: 1996

### Manager
#### Austria Wien

* Austrian Cup: 2004–05
* Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2012–13

#### 1. FC Köln

* 2. Liga : 2013–14