Danny Schwarz

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Danny Schwarz (born 11 May 1975) is a German football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of FC 08 Homburg. He played as a defensive midfielder.^[1]

Danny Schwarz

Schwarz with 1860 Munich in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-05-11) 11 May 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Göppingen, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–1995	1. FC Eislingen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1998	VfB Stuttgart	28	(1)
1998–1999	Karlsruher SC	31	(4)
1999–2002	SpVgg Unterhaching	98	(6)
2002–2004	1860 Munich	26	(3)
2004–2006	Karlsruher SC	56	(10)
2006–2009	1860 Munich	68	(3)
2009–2012	Bayern Munich II	47	(1)
Total		354	(28)
International career
1998	Germany U-21	2	(1)
1999–2001	Germany B	3	(0)
Managerial career
2017	Bayern Munich II (caretaker)
2021	Bayern Munich II
2021–2022	Würzburger Kickers
2023–2024	FC 08 Homburg
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Schwarz was born in Göppingen. He played for VfB Stuttgart between the 1995–96 season and 1997–98 season, Karlsruher SC during the 1998–99 season, SpVgg Unterhaching between the 1999–2000 season and the 2001–02 season, and 1860 Munich during the 2002–03 season and 2003–04 season.^[2] He returns to Karlsruhe and 1860 Munich.^[2] He also played for the reserve team.^[2] He finished his playing career at Bayern Munich II.^[2]

Coaching career

He was interim head coach for Bayern's reserve team from 23 March 2017 until the end of the season.^[3] He finished with a record of five wins and four draws in nine matches.^[3] He then managed the under-17 team of Bayern Munich.^[4] On 2 April 2021, Bayern Munich announced that Schwarz and Martín Demichelis would replace Holger Seitz as Bayern's reserve team manager.^[5] Bayern also announced that Seitz's last match would be against VfB Lübeck on 3 April 2021.^[6]

On 13 October 2021, he was appointed as the new head coach of Würzburger Kickers.^[7] He was sacked on 10 February 2022.^[8] He won one match, drew five matches and lost seven matches as head coach of Würzburger Kickers.^[9]

In May 2023, it was announced that Schwarz would become new manager of FC 08 Homburg.^[10] He was sacked by Homburg on 3 December 2024.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[12]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
VfB Stuttgart	1995–96	Bundesliga	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	1996–97	Bundesliga	7	1	2	0	1[a]	0	10	1
	1997–98	Bundesliga	12	0	3	0	4[b]	0	19	0
	Total		28	1	5	0	5	0	38	1
Karlsruher SC	1998–99	2. Bundesliga	31	4	0	0	—		31	4
SpVgg Unterhaching	1999–2000	Bundesliga	34	2	1	0	—		35	2
	2000–01	Bundesliga	34	1	2	0	—		36	1
	2001–02	2. Bundesliga	30	3	2	1	—		32	4
	Total		98	6	5	1	—		103	7
1860 Munich	2002–03	Bundesliga	8	0	1	0	1[a]	0	10	0
	2003–04	Bundesliga	18	3	2	0	—		20	3
	Total		26	3	3	0	1	0	30	3
Karlsruher SC	2004–05	2. Bundesliga	24	5	1	0	—		25	5
	2005–06	2. Bundesliga	32	5	2	0	—		34	5
	Total		56	10	3	0	—		59	10
1860 Munich	2006–07	2. Bundesliga	28	1	1	0	—		29	1
	2007–08	2. Bundesliga	30	2	4	1	—		34	3
	2008–09	2. Bundesliga	10	0	1	0	—		11	0
	Total		68	3	6	1	—		74	4
1860 Munich II	2006–07	Regionalliga Süd	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2007–08	Regionalliga Süd	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2008–09	Regionalliga Süd	3	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		5	0	—		—		5	0
Bayern Munich II	2009–10	3. Liga	33	0	—		—		33	0
	2010–11	3. Liga	14	1	—		—		14	1
	Total		47	1	—		—		47	1
Career total			359	28	22	2	6	0	387	30

1. Appearances in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
2. Appearances in the DFL-Ligapokal & UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Managerial record

As of match played 30 November 2024

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			M	W	D	L	Win %
Bayern Munich II	21 March 2017	30 June 2017	9	5	4	0	055.56	[3]
Bayern Munich II	4 April 2021	30 June 2021	8	0	4	4	000.00	[3]
Würzburger Kickers	13 October 2021	9 February 2022	13	1	5	7	007.69	[9]
FC 08 Homburg	1 July 2023	3 December 2024	62	30	14	18	048.39
Total			92	36	27	29	039.13	—

1.^ Bayern Munich stated Danny Schwarz is co-manager with Martin Demichelis.^[5][6]

Honours

Stuttgart

• DFB-Pokal: 1996–97