Hannes Wolf (born 15 April 1981) is a German football manager who last was the caretaker of

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, th ...

Career

Born in Bochum, Wolf spent his playing career as a striker in German minor leagues, including a stint with the second team of 1. FC Nürnberg. His career on the sidelines began in 2005 at SG Eintracht Ergste, followed by a tenure as player/coach at ASC 09 Dortmund. In 2009, Wolf was named assistant coach of

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional foot ...

’s men's reserve team, before joining the coaching staff of the club's youth set-up one year later. He later became the head coach of the reserve team. In the final 15 matches he coached, he had a record of six wins, five draws, and four losses. Under his guidance, Dortmund's under 17 squad won the German national championship in 2014 and 2015. He also led the club's under 19 team to the national title in the 2015–16 season. On 20 September 2016, Wolf became the head coach of

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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. Vf ...

. His first match was a 1–1 draw against

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundesli ...

on 23 September 2016. Stuttgart defeated Greuther Fürth 4–0 on 3 October 2016. The following match against

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, on 15 October 2016, Stuttgart lost 5–0. He eventually guided VfB to promotion to the

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as 2. Bundesliga champions. On 28 January 2018, Wolf was sacked in Stuttgart due to lack of success. He finished with a record of 24 wins, nine draws, and 19 losses. He was appointed as the head coach of

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of thr ...

on 23 October 2018. After failing to take HSV back to the

, Wolf was sacked by Hamburg, effectively ending his tenure at the club after the last matchday of 2018–19 2. Bundesliga. He was appointed as the interim head coach of

on 23 March 2021.

Coaching record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf, Hannes 1981 births Living people German football managers VfB Stuttgart managers Hamburger SV managers 2. Bundesliga managers Sportspeople from Bochum Association football forwards Bundesliga managers Borussia Dortmund II managers K.R.C. Genk managers Bayer 04 Leverkusen managers German footballers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia 1. FC Nürnberg II players Schwarz-Weiß Essen players Belgian First Division A managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium German expatriate football managers German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium