Lorenz-Günther Köstner

**Lorenz-Günther Köstner** (born 30 January 1952) is a retired German footballer who is now a football manager who last managed Fortuna Düsseldorf. Following the sacking of Armin Veh on 25 January 2010, he was named interim manager of VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2010.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="6"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bayern Hof|1 July 1982|15 February 1986||||||
|Reutlingen 05|1 October 1986|30 June 1989||||||
|SC Freiburg|1 July 1989|31 August 1989||||||
|Hessen Kassel|15 September 1989|30 June 1990||||||
|Stuttgarter Kickers|1 July 1993|1 March 1994||||||
|SpVgg Unterhaching|1 July 1994|1 October 1997||||||
|1. FC Köln|1 October 1997|30 June 1998||||||
|SpVgg Unterhaching|1 July 1998|13 September 2001||||||
|Karlsruher SC|1 October 2002|20 December 2004||||||
|1899 Hoffenheim|10 January 2006|24 May 2006||||||
|Rot-Weiss Essen|18 November 2006|30 June 2007||||||
|VfL Wolfsburg II|22 December 2008|25 January 2010||||||
|VfL Wolfsburg|25 January 2010|11 May 2010||||||
|VfL Wolfsburg II|11 May 2010|25 October 2012||||||
|VfL Wolfsburg|25 October 2012|22 December 2012||||||
|VfL Wolfsburg II|22 December 2012|30 June 2013||||||
|Fortuna Düsseldorf|30 December 2013|12 June 2014||||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Lorenz-Günther Köstner
- **managerclubs8**: SpVgg Unterhaching
- **managerclubs1**: FC Bayern Hof, Bayern Hof
- **manageryears2**: 1986–1989
- **managerclubs2**: SSV Reutlingen
- **manageryears3**: 1989
- **managerclubs3**: SC Freiburg
- **manageryears4**: 1989–1991
- **managerclubs4**: KSV Hessen Kassel, Hessen Kassel
- **manageryears5**: 1991–1994
- **managerclubs5**: Stuttgarter Kickers
- **manageryears6**: 1994–1997
- **managerclubs6**: SpVgg Unterhaching
- **manageryears7**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs7**: 1. FC Köln
- **manageryears8**: 1998–2001
- **manageryears9**: 2002–2004
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **managerclubs9**: Karlsruher SC
- **manageryears10**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs10**: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 1899 Hoffenheim
- **manageryears11**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs11**: Rot-Weiss Essen
- **manageryears12**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs12**: VfL Wolfsburg II
- **manageryears13**: 2010
- **managerclubs13**: VfL Wolfsburg
- **manageryears14**: 2010–2012
- **managerclubs14**: VfL Wolfsburg II
- **manageryears15**: 2012–2013
- **managerclubs15**: VfL Wolfsburg
- **manageryears16**: 2014
- **manageryears1**: 1982–1986
- **nationalcaps1**: 11
- **image**: Lorenz-Günther Köstner-2.jpg
- **years2**: 1971–1973
- **image size**: 250px
- **caption**: Köstner at a press conference with VfL Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg in 2010.
- **birth place**: Wallenfels, West Germany
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthclubs1**: FC Wallenfels
- **years1**: 1970–1971
- **clubs1**: FC Bayern Hof, Bayern Hof
- **clubs2**: VfB Helmbrechts
- **nationalteam1**: Germany Olympic football team, West Germany Amateur
- **caps4**: 50
- **nationalyears1**: 1972–1975
- **goals5**: 7
- **caps5**: 98
- **clubs5**: Arminia Bielefeld
- **years5**: 1977–1981
- **goals4**: 7
- **clubs4**: Bayer 05 Uerdingen, Bayer Uerdingen
- **years4**: 1975–1977
- **goals3**: 3
- **caps3**: 29
- **clubs3**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **years3**: 1973–1975
- **managerclubs16**: Fortuna Düsseldorf