Bernd Stange
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bernd Walter Stange | ||
Date of birth | 14 March 1948 | ||
Place of birth |
Germany | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender[1][2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1957–1965 | Chemie Gnaschwitz | ||
1965–1966 | Vorwärts Bautzen | ||
1966–1970 | HSD DHfK Leipzig | ||
Managerial career | |||
1970–1971 | Carl Zeiss Jena (youth team) | ||
1971–1978 | Carl Zeiss Jena (assistant) | ||
1978–1980 | East Germany U21 | ||
1980–1982 | East Germany (assistant) | ||
1982–1984 | East Germany Olympic | ||
1983–1988 | East Germany | ||
1989–1991 | Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
1991–1992 | Hertha BSC | ||
1993–1994 |
VfB Leipzig | ||
1995–1996 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
1996 | CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | ||
1997–1998 | Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
1998–2001 | Perth Glory | ||
2001 | Oman | ||
2002–2004 | Iraq | ||
2005–2007 |
Apollon Limassol | ||
2007–2011 | Belarus | ||
2013–2016 | Singapore | ||
2018–2019 | Syria | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bernd Walter Stange (born 14 March 1948) is a German football manager who last managed the Syria national team.
During his playing career, he played for Chemie Gnaschwitz, Vorwärts Bautzen, and HSG DHfK Leipzig as a defender.
Playing career
Born in
Coaching career
1970–91: Carl Zeiss Jena and East Germany national team
Upon completing his sports teacher degree, Stange went into coaching with
He was head coach East Germany Olympic Team from 1982 to 1984. They were undefeated in qualifying for the 1984 Olympic games.[3]
In late 1983, he was appointed head coach of East Germany after years working as assistant coach and head coach of the Under 21s. After a mediocre five-year spell with the national team without qualifying for a World Cup or European Championship final tournament,[4] Stange returned, now as head coach in the GDR league, to FC Carl Zeiss Jena, in the autumn of 1989.
1991–94: Hertha BSC and VfB Leipzig; Stasi informer
Stange moved to coach
1995–2001: Coaching abroad and third stint at Jena
After losing his job at
In 1998, he joined
2001–04: Oman and Iraq
In 2001, he was given the opportunity to guide
Amid threats from the US President George W. Bush of a possible military conflict with Iraq, he arrived in Baghdad in October 2002 and put pen to paper to a four-year contract that included two clauses allowing him to leave in the event of war and to refuse any political comment.[8]
2005–16: Final years and retirement
In 2005 Stange joined
On 30 July 2007, Stange was appointed by the
On 7 October 2011, Stange stood down from his post after the end of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.[9]
Bernd Stange has often commented on his desire to eventually settle in Perth with his wife Dorothea.
On 15 May 2013, Stange was unveiled as the head coach of Singapore national football team.[10][11] He openly criticized Singapore players for their lack of fitness and refusal to meet him personally for further fitness drills. Under his tutelage Singapore performed badly as they were eliminated from the 2014 AFF Championship where the "Lions" were a host nation. There were high expectations for the "Lions" because they won the last edition (2012). Despite that in 16 June 2015, they tied Japan 0–0 in a goalless draw at Saitama Stadium 2002.
Stange ended his stint with Singapore in April 2016.[12]
Stange retired on 14 July 2016.[13]
2018: Return from retirement; Syria
In January 2018, the Syrian Football Association announced that from February 2018, Stange would be the new coach for the Syrian national team.[14]
His salary was about 35 Thousand dollars which was about 30 times more than the former manager of the team
After heavy criticism and a poor showing during the first two matches of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, which ended in a 0–0 draw against minnows
Current manager statistical summary
The following table provides a summary of Stange as the Belarus, Singapore, and Syria manager, including in friendlies and competitive matches.
- As of 10 January 2019
Teams | Years | P | W | D | L | Win % |
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Belarus | 2007–2011 | 49 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 34.69 |
Singapore | 2013–2016 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31.82 |
Syria | 2018–2019 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14.29 |
Key: P–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage
References
- ^ "Bernd Stange feiert heute seinen 68. Geburtstag" [Bernd Stange celebrates his 68th birthday today]. FC Carl Zeiss Jena (in German). 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Unvergessliche Spiele im Zentralstadion" (PDF). Campus Leipzig (in German). 18 December 2002. p. 20. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Neil Morrison; Karel Stokkermans; Russell Gerrard; Mikael Jönsson. "Games of the XXIII. Olympiad". rsssf.org. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- RSSSF.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Вы попали в штангу". football.ua. 9 September 2012
- ^ "Coach wants the Glory". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 April 2000 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Adshead, Gary (10 June 2001). "Stange ousted again". The Sunday Times. Perth.
- ^ "Bernd Stange: Syria boss on coaching a team in a war zone". BBC News. 21 May 2018.
- FIFA.com. Archived from the originalon 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Football: FAS to unveil Bernd Stange as new national coach, replacing Raddy Avramovic". The Straits Times.
- ^ "Bernd Stange unveiled as new Singapore coach".
- ^ "Outgoing Singapore coach Bernd Stange defends his record". The Straits Times. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Ehemaliger DDR-Nationalcoach Stange erwägt Karriere-Ende" (in German). TZ. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "Bernd Stange: Ex-DDR-Trainer übernimmt die Nationalelf von Syrien". bild.de (in German). February 2018.
- ^ "مدرب سابق لمنتخب ألمانيا الشرقية يتولى تدريب المنتخب السوري" [Former coach of the East German team takes over the Syrian team]. DW (in Arabic). 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Asian Cup news: Syria sack Stange after Jordan loss". FOX Sports Asia. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
External links
- Bernd Stange at WorldFootball.net
- Bernd Stange at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- "From bullets in Baghdad to Belarus", BBC profile of Bernd Stange, 14 October 2008