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