Achim Beierlorzer (born 20 November 1967) is a German

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coach, who most recently served as the interim manager of

RB Leipzig RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (), commonly known as RB Leipzig, and colloquially referred to as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bu ...

. He is the younger brother of

Bertram Beierlorzer Bertram Beierlorzer (born 31 May 1957 in Neunkirchen am Brand) is a German football coach and former player. As a player, he spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nürnberg, FC Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart. While at Bayern he won ...

Playing career

Beierlorzer was never a professional football player but played for 1. FC Nürnberg U-19 and the second team.

Coaching career

Beierlorzer started coaching at lower level club SV Kleinsendelbach. From 2010 he managed the U-17 of Greuther Fürth. After that, he had been head coach of the under 17 team for

who he led to table position one in the youth Bundesliga. Beierlorzer became interim head coach of second Bundesliga side

on 11 February 2015 after

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's contract was ended mutually. His first match was a 1–0 loss against

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

on 15 February 2015. He managed the team for the remainder of the season and had his final match on 24 May 2015 against Greuther Fürth which Leipzig won 2–0. He was replaced by

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on 29 May 2015. He was retained as an assistant. He finished with a record of six wins, three draws, and five losses. On 26 June 2017, he was appointed as the new head coach of

Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

. After a successful two-year spell at the club, it was announced that Beierlorzer would be appointed to the vacant head coaching position at 1. FC Köln. He was given a contract until 2021. He was sacked on 9 November 2019. He was appointed as head coach of

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on 18 November 2019. After a 4–1 loss against

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

at the start of the

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season, Beierlorzer was sacked. On 5 December 2021, Beierlorzer was again appointed interim coach of RB Leipzig after the club and

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parted ways.

Coaching record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beierlorzer, Achim 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Erlangen German footballers Footballers from Bavaria Association football midfielders Regionalliga players 1. FC Nürnberg II players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players RB Leipzig managers 2. Bundesliga managers SSV Jahn Regensburg managers Bundesliga managers 1. FC Köln managers 1. FSV Mainz 05 managers German football managers Universiade medalists in football Universiade bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade