Jupp Heynckes

At 78 years old, Jupp Heynckes has this physical status:

Playing career

Heynckes scored 220 goals in 369 games in the German Bundesliga, scoring 369 goals. After Gerd Müller's 365 goals and Klaus Fischer's 268, his tally is the third highest in this league.

Heynckes started his professional career in 1964 with his hometown team Borussia Mönchengladbach, then in the second division, after playing for amateur club Grün-Weiß Holt as a youth. The club, operated by Hennes Weisweiler, gained promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965, with the teenage striker scoring 23 goals in 25 matches in his debut season.

Heynckes scored his first two Bundesliga goals against SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin in August 1965. In two seasons for Borussia, he scored 27 Bundesliga goals before moving to Hannover 96, where he played 25 times in 86 league games.

He played for Mönchengladbach in 1970, the club having just won their first league title in the club's history. Gladbach defeated Hamburgers 19 times in 33 games, making the first team to keep the Bundesliga crown in 1970–71.

Heynckes scored twice in a dramatic 7–1 victory over Inter Milan, the Italian champions. However, the game was forced to be replayed after a beer can had been thrown onto the pitch by a fan, striking Inter's Roberto Boninsegna. Borussia lost by 0–0 on the replayed home leg and was eliminated 4–2 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach became the first German side to reach the final of the UEFA Cup in 1973, after losing on aggregate to Dutch club Twente 5–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals. The match was called off after 27 minutes due to a waterlogged pitch at Anfield, and Borussia lost the away leg of the final against Liverpool 3–0. Heynckes had a penalty kick saved by Ray Clemence during the match, effectively ending his team's chances of winning a crucial away goal. Heynckes scored both goals in Gladbach's 2–0 victory in the return leg. Nevertheless, the English team lifted the trophy by a score of 3–2 on aggregate. Heynckes, the top scorer of the tournament with 12 goals, was joint top scorer of the tournament with Twente's Jan Jeuring. Despite disappointment in Europe, Gladbach won the DFB-Pokal final in 1972–73, defeating 1. FC Köln was a member of the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf.

Heynckes was the top goalscorer in the Bundesliga in the 1973-1974 season, alongside Gerd Müller and 30 goals. Müller's Bayern Munich side finished second in the table, with Müller's Bayern Munich winning their third straight Bundesliga crown. Heynckes was also the top scorer of the 1973-1974 European Cup Winners' Cup, scoring eight goals. Borussia Mönchengladbach was knocked out in the semi-finals by Milan, losing 2–1 on aggregate.

Die Fohlen won their third Bundesliga title, with Heynckes finishing as the league's top goalscorer with 27 goals in 1974–75. With success in the UEFA Cup, the club also claimed its first European trophy. In a 5–1 away victory in Enschede after a 0–0 draw in the home leg of the final against Twente, Heynckes, who skipped the home leg, scored a hat-trick. Gladbach became the first German winners of the UEFA Cup thanks to their victory. Heynckes was tournament top scorer again, this time with ten goals. Heynckes also scored 23 goals in 21 games in the UEFA Cup, making him the ninth-highest goalscorer in the tournament's history, and the only top ten player to have scored at a ratio over a goal per game.

Weisweiler left Borussia to become Barcelona's manager after regained the position. He was hired by Udo Lattek, under whom Heynckes' tenure would begin later in his teaching career. Borussia Mönchengladbach won the 1975–76 and 1976–77 Bundesliga titles, beating Bayern's record of three titles in a row set earlier in the decade. Borussia also reached its first European Cup final in 1977. Heynckes had been the top scorer with six goals in the previous season. He was less prolific in the first round match against Austria Wien in 1976–77. Gladbach lost out on Liverpool again in the final, losing 3–1 at Rome's Stadio Olimpico.

Heynckes scored 18 goals in the 1977–78 Bundesliga season, five in the historic 12–0 victory over Borussia Dortmund on the final day of the season, with five in the historic 12–0 win. However, this was not enough to win a fourth straight title, as 1. FC Köln defeated FC St. Pauli 5–0 in their last game, earning first place on goal difference. Heynckes scored four goals in the 1977–78 European Cup, when the team reached the semifinals, where Liverpool defeated Liverpool. Heynckes scored 51 goals in 64 matches in European club competitions. Gerd Müller, the compatriot, had his average of 0.8 goals per match, but not bettered by him, who scored an average of 0.89 goals per match.

Heynckes started training for his coaching license at the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln in 1978 and began training for his teaching certificate. He won four Bundesliga titles, one DFB-Pokal, and one UEFA Cup throughout his career. He is the third best goalscorer in Bundesliga history and Borussia Mönchengladbach's top goalscorer in the competition, with 195 goals.

Heynckes made 39 appearances for the West Germany national team and scored 14 goals.

He made his international debut at the age of 21, scoring in a 5–1 friendly victory over Morocco in February 1967.

Heynckes was a member of the West Germany team that won the 1972 UEFA European Championship in the final, playing 90 minutes against the Soviet Union. He was selected by UEFA as one of seven German players in the tournament's official Team.

Heynckes was selected in West Germany's squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, which was held in West Germany. Despite his good form at club, Gerd Müller, the national team's all-time top goal scorer, was used as the starting center forward by coach Helmut Schön. Heynckes was in the starting lineup for West Germany's first two games against Chile and Australia, but she didn't return to action, and the Netherlands defeated the Netherlands 2–1 in the final at Olympia's Olympiastadion. Heynckes said of his time in 1974, "I was in the starting lineup for the German national team competing for the World Cup, but after an injury, I was out of contention for the entire final." This was the biggest disappointment of my life, but it inspired me on and became my most frequent source of inspiration."

Managerial career

Heynckes stayed with Borussia Mönchengladbach and spent eight years as an apprentice and then as a boss, replacing Udo Lattek in this role in 1979 at the age of 34. Heynckes took over in 1979-80, 1979–80, while Mönchengladbach defeated Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1980 UEFA Cup final. They won the first leg 3–2 and then lost the second leg 1–0. Mönchengladbach finished in seventh place in the league.

Fortuna Düsseldorf lost 2–1 in the 1980-81 season. Mönchengladbach defeated OSV Hannover, TuS Langerwehe, Bünder SV, and Atlas Delmenhorst in the DFB-Pokal quarter final, where they lost to 1. FC Kaiserslautern is a football team. They did not qualify for a spot in Europe because of their seventh-place finish in the previous season. Mönchengladbach finished the league season in sixth place.

Founded in 1981, 1982-83, the 1981-82 season began with a 4–2 loss to Werder Bremen on August 8, 1981. They then began a six-match undefeated streak. In the DFB-Pokal, there was a 7–2 victory over SSV Dillenburg. They have reached the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal once more. They were all knocked out by 1. FC Nürnberg is a club in Nürnberg, Germany. They finished in seventh place in the league this season. Dundee United knocked them out of the UEFA Cup in the second round. They had been knocked out 1 in a row. In the first round, FC Magdeburg defeated them in the first round.

Mönchengladbach finished in 12th place in the 1982-83 season. Mönchengladbach had finished in seventh place in 1980, sixth place in 1981, and seventh place in 1982. Mönchengladbach was disqualified in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal for the third time in a row.

Die Fohlen finished third in the Bundesliga in 1983–84, losing out on the league title to VfB Stuttgart on goal difference. The team also reached the DFB-Pokal final, losing on penalties to Bayern Munich.

Mönchengladbach finished fourth in the 1984-1985 season. They were disqualified in the second round of the UEFA Cup by Widzew d and Bayern Munich's semi-finals.

Mönchengladbach finished in fourth place in the league in 1985-86. Gladbach beat Real Madrid 5–1 at the Rheinstadion in the third round of the UEFA Cup. However, Borussia was eliminated on the away goals rule after a 4–0 loss at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the second leg. Heynckes referred to it as "the worst night of my career" in 2013.

Heynckes led Mönchengladbach to another third-place finish and the UEFA Cup semi-finals in his last season as boss. Despite not winning a trophy during his time as boss of his hometown team, earning him the nickname "the champion without a trophy," he was appointed as the head of Bayern Munich in 1987, where he later replaced outgoing Udo Lattek.

Heynckes had a record of 169 victories, 77 draws, and 97 losses in a row.

Heynckes, the Bayern Munich boss, served between 1987 and 1991. Bayern won the DFB-Supercup in his first season. Bayern beat Hamburger SV 2–1. Bayern went on to lose by four points to Werder Bremen and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal and the European Cup during the season.

In 1988–89 and 1989–90 seasons, Bayern achieved back-to-back titles. Bayern was defeated in the DFB-Pokal and semi-finals in the UEFA Cup in 1988–89. Bayern opened the 1989–90 season with a 4–3 loss to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Supercup. They beat 1. On matchday one, FC Nürnberg defeated 23-22. They were disqualified from the DFB-Pokal in the round of 16, and they were eliminated once more in the European Cup semi-finals. Milan is the time of year 2000.

Bayern defeated 1. In the DFB-Supercup of 1990, FC Kaiserslautern 4–1 defeated them. They were eliminated in the first round of the German Cup on August 4, 1990. For the third time in a row, Bayern was disqualified from a European semi-finals. This time by Red Star Belgrade. In 1989–91, the club reached their second-place finish in the league.

Bayern opened the 1991–92 season with a 1–1 draw against Werder Bremen. After eliminating Cork City, Bayern advanced to the second round of the UEFA Cup. Bayern's first leg ended in a 1-1 draw, and the second leg ended in a 2–0 victory. Heynckes was dismissed by Bayern on October 4, 1991, after the club had won only four of its first 12 Bundesliga matches. His last game as coach was a 4–1 loss to the Stuttgarter Kickers. Bayern was in 12th place at the time of his dismissal. Following his departure, the team continued to fail, with one team advancing to relegation in tenth place. General manager Uli Hoeneß later described Hinckes' dismissal as "the biggest mistake of my career."

Bayern reached the semi-finals of the 1988–89 European Cup, the 1989–90 European Cup, and the 1990–91 European Cup, under Heynckes. They were pushed out by the team that went on to win the tournament in each campaign.

Heynckes ended with a record of 113 victories, 46 draws, and 39 losses.

Hennes Weisweiler and Udo Lattek, both of whom managed Barcelona, were named in 1992 as the third German manager in Athletic Bilbao's La Liga, becoming Spain's third German manager after Hennes Weisweiler and Udo Lattek, who were both named in 1992. On September 5, 1992, Heynckes played his first match against Cádiz. In his first season, he led them to an eighth-place finish. They were disqualified in the third round of Copa del Rey.

In 1993–94, he led the Basque club to his fifth position in the league and qualification for the UEFA Cup. They were disqualified in the fourth round of the Copa del Rey. Against Tenerife, his last match was a 3–2 win.

Heynckes returned to Germany in July 1994 to serve as the head of Eintracht Frankfurt and was president until April 2 1995. In the first round of the German Cup, his first match was a 6–0 victory over I. SC Göttingen 05.

Heynckes' time with the Eintracht was tumultuous, and he sparred with the club's key players Anthony Yeboah, Jay-Jay Okocha, and Maurizio Gaudino. With additional training sessions in December 1994, the three players were disciplined for a perceived lack of motivation. Because of this, the players were unable to participate in Eintracht's upcoming match against Hamburger SV and were banned indefinitely by the club. Gaudino was loaned out to Manchester City later this month, and Yeboah was sold to Leeds United in January 1995. Okocha was allowed to return to the team after leaving for Fenerbahçe S.K. In 1996, the first time in history, the United States was declared a republic in the United Kingdom. Heynckes retired from the club on April 2nd, 1995, after losing by 3–0 home to Schalke 04 and ending the team in 13th place in the table. Heynckes finished with a record of 12 victories, ten draws, and 12 losses.

Heynckes resurfaced in 1995 to take over Tenerife. On September 2, 1995, he secured his first match as boss against Sevilla. With a fifth-place finish in La Liga, he led the team from the Canary Islands into the UEFA Cup in his first season. They advanced to the quarter-finals of Copa del Rey, where they lost to Atlético Madrid. The club finished ninth in La Liga and reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals, where they were defeated by eventual winners Schalke 04 04 in the UEFA Cup. Tenerife had a bye before being eliminated by Real Betis in the fourth round after losing both legs of the match.

Heynckes was recruited by the Spanish champions Real Madrid in June 1997. In the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup, his first match was a 2–1 loss to Barcelona. Real Madrid will win the Super Cup after winning the second leg 4–1. In the round of 16, Real Madrid was knocked out of the Copa del Rey. Madrid defeated Juventus 1–0 in the UEFA Champions League Final for their first European Cup victory since 1966, and there, he commemorated one of his finest victories. However, his season was ended at the end of the season due to a lack of domestic success, finishing fourth, eleven points behind champions Barcelona.

Heynckes played for a year before joining Portuguese club Benfica in 1999-2000. He had been fired by Real Madrid for a year. Graeme Souness was replaced by Heynckes. Benfica's third season as boss, and they were eliminated from the UEFA Cup after losing the first leg 7–0. They were disqualified in the first round of the Portuguese Cup. After releasing club icon and captain Joo Pinto, who then joined Sporting CP in Lisbon, after transfer listing him, the team reunited him. Heynckes became outraged by Benfica followers and left the club by mutual agreement in September 2000. On September 17, 2000, the club's last match at the club was a 2–1 victory over Estrela Amadora. At the time of his departure, Benfica were ranked seventh in the coveted seventh position.

Heynckes returned to Athletic Bilbao for a second time as coach in 2001. Athletic finished tenth in La Liga in 2001-2002, falling short of qualification to the UEFA Cup by a small amount, and reached the Copa del Rey semi-finals. Athletic finished seventh in the seventh position this season, just shy of UEFA Cup qualifying. In the second round of the Copa del Rey, they were disqualified. Heynckes left Athletic to become Schalke 04's head coach in June 2003.

Heynckes returned to Germany in 2003 to lead Schalke 04. "Schalke is something special, for those it is like a faith, for others, it is an incredibly noble position." In the Intertoto Cup's first match, he defeated Dacia Chișinău 1–0. On August 2, 2003, he was in a 2–2 draw against Borussia Dortmund in his first league match. Despite aiming for a top-five finish at his appointment, Schalke was disqualified in the second round of the German Cup by SC Freiburg, despite aiming for a top-five finish on his appointment. Freiburg defeated 7-3 and scored four goals in extra time. Schalke finished in seventh place in the Bundesliga during the 2003-2004 season.

Schalke opened the 2004–05 season with a 5–0 victory over Vardar on July 17th, 2004 in the Intertoto Cup. In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, Schalke defeated Hertha BSC II. After losing three of their first four league games, Schalke got off the relegation zone. Rudi Assauer, the club's general manager, fired Heynckes on September 15, 2004. Heynckes finished with a record of 28 victories, 14 draws, and 15 losses.

Heynckes rejoined Borussia Mönchengladbach in May 2006, the team where he had started his career as both a player and manager.

Heynckes' first match was a 2–0 victory over Energie Cottbus on August 12, 2006. Heynckes' return to form came off quickly, with Gladbach in fifth position in the Bundesliga at the end of the seventh matchday after winning each of their first four home matches. He resigned on January 31, 2007, however, Borussia dropped to 17th place in the table after 14-straight Bundesliga matches without a win. In the previous month, the coach had requested police protection for matches against VfL Bochum and Energie Cottbus. Heynckes refused a pay-off and returned his company car to the club office freshly cleaned and with a full tank of petrol on leaving Borussia. Heynckes said, "This is my team" after returning to Borussia-Park for his last match as a Bundesliga coach in May 2013. I began as a 19-year-old professional and then spent time as a mentor. Since then, I have come full circle. Mönchengladbach is my home town, I played 23 years at the club, so this will not be just any normal game for me."

After Heynckes' departure, the team's fortunes did not improve, and the club was relegated at the end of the season, finishing last in the Bundesliga table.

Heynckes had a record of 5 wins, 4 draws, and 12 losses.

Heynckes came out of retirement and returned to football in April 2009, replacing the fired Jürgen Klinsmann after over two years out of football, replacing the fired Jürgen Klinsmann. Prior to Heynckes' appointment, Bayern was in danger of missing out on qualifying for the Champions League, but the team won four and drew one of its remaining games, finishing second in the Bundesliga, two points behind champions VfL Wolfsburg.

Bayern defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach, Energie Cottbus, Bayer Leverkusen, and VfB Stuttgart. The draw was made against 1899 Hoffenheim.

Heynckes signed a two-year contract to lead Bayer Leverkusen on June 5, 2009. Heynckes' first match was a 1–0 German Cup victory over SV Babelsberg 03 on July 31, 2009. In the second round, Bayer Leverkusen was eventually eliminated by Kaiserslautern. The team opened the season with a record 24 Bundesliga matches unbeaten, defeating Bayern Munich for the league championship. With a 3–2 loss at 1, the team's undefeated run came to an end in March 2010. FC Nürnberg, a team from Leverkusen, where the team only won two of its last nine matches and finished in fourth place.

Leverkusen finished second in the Bundesliga to Borussia Dortmund in the 2010-11 season, qualifying for the first time since 2005. It was also the club's highest final league position since the 2001–02 season. For the second straight season, they were eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal for the second time. They also qualified in the Europa League in the round of 16.

Despite his success, Heynckes decided not to prolong his deal and left Bayer Leverkusen in the 2011 close season to take over Bayern Munich for the third time.

Heynckes will be replacing Louis van Gaal as Bayern Munich's boss starting with the 2011-12 season on March 25, 2011. He was the oldest coach in the Bundesliga at the age of 66. Heynckes took over a team that had finished third in the 2010-11 Bundesliga, three points behind his Bayer Leverkusen side. At Bayer Leverkusen, he had a record of 44 victories, 26 draws, and 14 losses.

Heynckes' first match was a 3–0 triumph over Eintracht Braunschweig in the first round of the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal tournament. Bayern opened the season with a surprise 1–0 loss to Heynckes' former team, Borussia Mönchengladbach, at the Allianz Arena, before six consecutive victories without conceding put them at the top of the table. Bayern kept 12 consecutive clean sheets, the last of which came in a 4–0 victory over Hertha BSC. After losing to Hannover 96 and Mainz 05 shortly thereafter, Dortmund, the previous season's champions, took over Bayern at the top of the table, this run of good form. Bayern briefly regained first place in January and February after the Bavarians' matchday 19 and then went on to keep their championship by eight points, ending the season on a 28-match unbeaten streak.

Heynckes won by 6–0 over Hertha BSC in his 600th Bundesliga match as boss on March 17, 2012. Otto Rehhagel, his assistant coach on the day, is the only coach to have managed more Bundesliga games, out of 800.

Bayern defeated Dortmund in the 2012 DFB-Pokal final after finishing second in second place in the Bundesliga season, losing 5–2.

Despite its setbacks in domestic leagues, Heynckes' Bayern qualified for the 2012 Champions League Final in April 2012, defeating Real Madrid on penalty kicks in the semi-finals. Die Roten met English club Chelsea in the final, which took place at Allianz Arena. Bayern lost the match 4–3 on penalties after controlling the majority of the game and taking a 1–0 lead in the 83rd minute. Bayern had finished runners-up in all three major tournaments in which they had competed in 2011–12.

Bayern started the 2012–13 season by defeating Borussia Dortmund 2–1 in the DFL-Supercup. It was a big victory, as the Bavarians had lost all three encounters with die Schwarzgelben in the previous season, as well as the last five matches between the clubs overall. Bayern's Bundesliga campaign began with a record-breaking eight consecutive victories before losing their only league defeat of the season to Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern regained form quickly and went into the winter break nine points ahead of the table's top table.

Bayern announced that former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola would take over Heynckes in July 2013. Uli Hoeneß, the club's chief, later revealed that it was not Heynckes' decision to leave Bayern at the end of the season, and that the club's desire to appoint Guardiola. Despite the club's press release announcing that Heynckes will be retiring on the end of his deal, the club's press release announcing it. But the club's press release announcing it that he would not make a decision on his future does not reveal it until the season's end.

Bayern dropped two points in the entire second half of the Bundesliga season, winning 14 consecutive matches from January to July and being named champions on April 6, 2013. This was the first time a squad had ever won the Bundesliga, and Bayern set many other records during the season, including: most points in a season (91), most clean sheets in a season (21), and fewest goals conceded in a season (18). In every match, the team scored and lost only one point, with only one losing.

Heynckes appeared in his 1,000th Bundesliga match as both player and boss on Sunday, making him the man with the second most appearances in Bundesliga history. He took over a Bundesliga match on May 14th, the first time he claimed to be the last time. The match took place at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Heynckes' hometown club, where he spent more than 20 years as a player and mentor.

Bayern defeated Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, thrashing the favorites 7–0 on aggregate to advance to their second successive final. Bayern's results were seen as a demonstration of physical and tactical hegemony over Barcelona. Heynckes' Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–1 at Wembley Stadium, making him his fourth manager (after Ernst Happel, Ottmar Hitzfeld, and José Mourinho) to win the competition with two clubs.

Heynckes took over Bayern for the final time in the 2013 DFB-Pokal final against VfB Stuttgart on June 1, 2013. Bayern won the match 3–2, becoming the first German club to reach the final of the domestic league, the domestic cup, and the European Cup. Franz Beckenbauer, the club's former captain of Bayern and West Germany, who helped the Roten gain three straight European Cup victories in the 1970s, called Heynckes' 2012-13 squad "the best Bayern team ever," a view shared by the club's legendary forward Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. He set a record of 83 victories, 12 draws, and 14 losses.

In sum, he was voted the best coach of the year 2013 by a margin, ahead of Jürgen Klopp (second) and Sir Alex Ferguson (third).

Heynckes revealed on June 4th that he did not coach a squad during the 2013-2014 season. "I'm ready for some peace and quiet after everything that's happened over the past two years," Heynckes said in an interview with Der Spiegel on June 21. Following this string of success, I may well transfer to just about every club in Europe. I have a problem with the finality of saying, 'never'. However, I can tell you that I have no intention of teaching again. I had a honorable conclusion." Pep Guardiola, who attended his first training session on June 26, 2013, was credited with his dismissal.

Heynckes was hired as Bayern Munich's head from September 6th until the 2017–18 season. Carlo Ancelotti was fired, but Willy Sagnol took over the team against Hertha BSC on October 1st. Heynckes officially took the role on October 9th. Freiburg beat him 5–0 in his first match in his fourth stint.

Heynckes smashed Sevilla in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on April 4, 2018, beating the record of ten wins in a row set by Louis van Gaal and Carlo Ancelotti.

Uli Hoeneß, Bayern's president, stated repeatedly in interviews that he wanted Heynckes to remain as boss for the 2018-19 season. In a talk with Sport Bild, Heynckes said that he will only be in charge of Bayern until the end of the season.

In 26 Bundesliga matches, Heynckes ruled Bayern. He won 22, lost three of his games, and one match ended in a draw. Heynckes was in charge of ten games in the Champions League. He won seven games, lost one, and two matches ended with a draw. In the first leg of the semi-finals, his only loss was against Real Madrid, his old club.

Heynckes retired at the end of the 2017-18 season. Heynckes played 1,265 games in all competitions and three leagues throughout his career. He played 668 Bundesliga matches with five clubs, won 343, lost 164, and drew 161 matches. Heynckes coached 200 La Liga games with three clubs. He won 79, gained 62, and drew 59 matches in La Liga. He also played 38 matches with Benfica, winning 23 matches, losing 8, and drawing 7 matches.

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