Michael Feichtenbeiner

German association football manager

Michael Feichtenbeiner (born 9 July 1960) is a German football coach. He is coach of Malaysia Super League club Selangor.[2]

Michael Feichtenbeiner
Personal information
Full name Michael Feichtenbeiner
Date of birth (1960-07-09) 9 July 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Stuttgart, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Club information
Current team
Selangor (Technical Director / Head Coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
1989–1992 BSC Old Boys Basel
1993–1997 TSF Ditzingen
1998–1999 SC Pfullendorf
1999–2000 Stuttgarter Kickers
2000–2002 SV Darmstadt 98
2002–2003 Rot-Weiß Erfurt
2003–2004 Sportfreunde Siegen
2005–2006 MPPJ FC
2006–2008 SC Pfullendorf
2010–2011 Bintang Medan FC
2016–2019 Germany U-15 to U-17
2019 FC Liefering (assistant)
2019 FC Liefering (caretaker)
2020–2021 Selangor II
2022– Selangor[1]

Career

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He played for the amateur teams of TV Gültstein, SV Vaihingen and FV Germania Degerloch. He started coaching with VfB Stuttgart as youth coach. Then he became head coach of BSC Old Boys Basel from Switzerland and assistant coach at Stuttgarter Kickers Then he was head coach of TSF Ditzingen. From 1993 to 1997 he brought the club from Oberliga Baden-Württemberg to Regionalliga Süd. In 1997 Feichtenbeiner became the assistant coach for KFC Uerdingen 05 and 1998 head coach of SC Pfullendorf.

In the summer of 1999 Feichtenbeiner became head coach of Stuttgarter Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga. In the 199-2000 deason the club defeating three Bundesliga clubs (Borussia Dortmund, Arminia Bielefeld and SC Freiburg). In the semi-finals they lost versus Werder Bremen after extra time.[3] But Feichtenbeiner was fired in March 2000 because the results in the league were poor.

The following years he coached several Regionalliga Süd teams (SV Darmstadt 98, Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Sportfreunde Siegen). In 2005 he became headcoach of MPPJ FC in the Malaysia Premier League.[4][5] After being fired by MPPJ FC in early August 2006 he was again head coach of SC Pfullendorf.

2009-10 he was sporting director at Energie Cottbus in 2009-2010 and from 2010-2011 head coach of Bintang Medan FC in Indonesia in 2010-2011. 2012 he went to Wehen Wiesbaden as sporting director.[6] till the end of 2014-15 season.[7]

2016 he was head coach of the German under-15 national football team.[8] With this he was then coach of the Under-16 and then the Under-17 team.

In 2019 he became assistance coach for FC Liefering in Austrias 2nd league. After Gerhard Struber left the club he became caretaker coach.

In December 2019 he became Technical Director and coach of the reserve team of Selangor F.C. in Malaysia. Since 20 November 2021he is head coach of the team.[9]

References

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  1. "Michael Feichtenbeiner Appointed As New Head Coach".
  2. "Michael Feichtenbeiner Appointed As New Head Coach".
  3. "Werder slip into Cup final". Reuters. 17 February 2000. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. S. SIVABALAN (11 May 2005). "German touch lifts MPPJ". The Star Online. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  5. S. SIVABALAN (11 July 2005). "MPPJ survive, Feichtenbeiner keeps his job". The Star Online. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. "FEICHTENBEINER: "NICHT ZU SCHNELL ZUFRIEDEN SEIN"" [FEICHTENBEINER: "DO NOT BE SATISFIED TOO EASILY "] (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  7. Achim Dreis (13 May 2015). "Personal-Roulette in der dritten Liga" [Personnel change in the third division] (in German). FAZ.de. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. "Feichtenbeiner: "Länderspielwochen sind nicht zu ersetzen"" [Feichtenbeiner: "International Match Weeks can not be replaced"] (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  9. "Michael Feichtenbeiner Appointed As New Head Coach".