# List of Arminia Bielefeld managers

This is a list of Arminia Bielefeld managers. Although the club was formed in 1905, it wasn't until 1922 when František Zoubek became the first manager of the club. The club had 48 managers in their history. Among these men were famous managers like Otto Rehhagel, who led the Greece national football team to win the Euro 2004. Ernst Middendorp, the club's manager of the century, holds the record with 93 games in the Bundesliga. The current manager is Michael Frontzeck, who was appointed on 1 January 2008.

## Managers

| Name | Nationality | From | To | Events |
| František Zoubek | Czechoslovakia | 1922 | 1923 | West German champion 1923 |
| Gerd Wellhöfer | Germany | 1923 | 1924 | Westfalian champion 1924 |
| František Zoubek Gerd Wellhöfer | Czechoslovakia Germany | 1924 | 1925 | Westfalian champion 1925 |
| Gerd Wellhöfer | Germany | 1925 | 1926 | Westfalian champion 1926 |
| František Zoubek | Czechoslovakia | 1926 | 1933 | Westfalian champion 1927, 1933 Westfalian cupwinner 1932 |
| Otto Faist | Germany | 1933 | 1935 | Relegation from Gauliga 1934 |
| Wellnecker | Germany | 1935 | 1938 | Promotion to Gauliga 1938 |
| Erich Brochmeyer | Germany | 1938 | 1939 | |
| Ferdinand Swatosch | Austria | 1939 | 1940 | Runners-up in Gauliga |
| Otto Kranefeld | Germany | 1940 | 1942 | |
| Karl Wunderlich | Germany | 1942 | 1945 | |
| Erich Brochmeyer | Germany | 1945 | 1946 | Relegation |
| Ferdinand Swatosch | Germany | 1946 | 1947 | |
| Karl Wunderlich | Germany | 1947 | 1948 | Promotion to Landesliga |
| Alois Münstermann | Germany | 1948 | 1949 | Promotion to Oberliga |
| Friedrich Otto | Germany | 1949 | 1950 | Relegation to 2nd Oberliga West |
| Fritz Kaiser | Germany | 1950 | 1951 | |
| Hellmut Maidt | Germany | 1951 | 1953 | |
| Donndorf | Germany | 1953 | 1955 | Relegation to Landesliga 1954 |
| Otto Westphal | Germany | 1955 | 1958 | |
| Arthur Gruber | Germany | 1958 | 19 March 1961 | first manager to be sacked |
| Josef Rasselnberg | Germany | 20 March 1961 | 1961 | |
| Jakob Wimmer | Germany | 1961 | April 1963 | Promotion to 2nd Oberliga West 1962 |
| Hellmut Maidt | Germany | April 1963 | 1965 | Qualification for Regionalliga West 1963 |
| Robert Gebhardt | Germany | 1965 | 1966 | West German cup winner Westfalian cup winner |
| Hans Wendtland | Germany | 1966 | November 1969 | |
| Egon Piechaczek | Poland | November 1969 | December 1971 | Promotion to Bundesliga 1970 |
| Hellmut Maidt | Germany | January 1972 | January 1972 | |
| Jan Notermans | Netherlands | February 1972 | October 1972 | Relegation to Regionalliga 1972 |
| Willi Nolting | Germany | October 1972 | February 1973 | |
| Norbert Lessle | Germany | February 1973 | September 1973 | |
| H. Garstecki | Germany | September 1973 | October 1973 | |
| Willi Nolting | Germany | October 1973 | January 1974 | |
| Rudi Faßnacht | Germany | January 1974 | 1974 | Qualification for 2. Bundesliga Westfalian cup winner |
| Erhard Ahmann | Germany | 1974 | 1976 | |
| Karl-Heinz Feldkamp | Germany | 1976 | 1978 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| Milovan Beljin | Yugoslavia | 1978 | October 1978 | |
| Otto Rehhagel | Germany | October 1978 | October 1979 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga 1978 |
| Willi Nolting | Germany | October 1979 | October 1979 | |
| Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer | Germany | October 1979 | September 1980 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| Willi Nolting | Germany | September 1980 | December 1980 |
| Horst Franz | Germany | December 1980 | 1982 | |
| Horst Köppel | Germany | 1982 | 1983 | |
| Karl-Heinz Feldkamp | Germany | 1983 | March 1984 | |
| Gerd Roggensack | Germany | March 1984 | February 1986 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga 1985 |
| Horst Franz | Germany | February 1986 | November 1986 | |
| Fritz Fuchs | Germany | November 1986 | December 1987 | |
| Joachim Krug | Germany | December 1987 | April 1988 | |
| Ernst Middendorp | Germany | April 1988 | October 1990 | Relegation to Oberliga Westfalen 1988 Champions of Oberliga Westfalen 1990 |
| Franz Raschid | Germany | October 1990 | 1991 | |
| Fritz Grösche | Germany | 1991 | 1992 | |
| Ingo Peter | Germany | 1992 | February 1994 | |
| Theo Schneider | Germany | February 1994 | 1994 | Qualification for Regionalliga West/Südwest |
| Wolfgang Sidka | Germany | 1994 | September 1994 | |
| Ernst Middendorp | Germany | September 1994 | 16 August 1998 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga 1995 Promotion to Bundesliga 1996 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga 1998 |
| Thomas von Heesen | Germany | 17 August 1998 | 1999 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| Hermann Gerland | Germany | 1999 | October 2000 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| Benno Möhlmann | Germany | October 2000 | 16 February 2004 | Promotion to Bundesliga 2002 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga 2003 |
| Thomas von Heesen | Germany | 17 February 2004 | 29 February 2004 | |
| Uwe Rapolder | Germany | 1 March 2004 | 10 May 2005 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| Frank Geideck | Germany | 11 May 2005 | 2005 | |
| Thomas von Heesen | Germany | 2005 | 11 February 2007 | |
| Frank Geideck | Germany | 11 February 2007 | 13 March 2007 | |
| Ernst Middendorp | Germany | 14 March 2007 | 9 December 2007 | |
| Detlev Dammeier | Germany | 10 December 2007 | 31 December 2007 | |
| Michael Frontzeck | Germany | 1 January 2008 | | |

## Sources

* Kirschneck, Jens (2005). Arminia Bielefeld – 100 Jahre Leidenschaft. Göttingen: Verlag Die Werkstatt. ISBN 3-89533-479-0.
* "Die Trainer seit 1922" (in German). Blaue Daten. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2008.