Lukas Kwasniok

Lukas Kwasniok (born 12 June 1981) is a Polish-German professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln.

Lukas Kwasniok

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-06-12) 12 June 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Gliwice, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	1. FC Köln (manager)
Youth career
0000–1999	Karlsruher SC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Arminia Bielefeld
2000–2001	→ SV Sandhausen (loan)
2001–2005	Rastatt 04
2005–2007	Germania Friedrichstal
Managerial career
2007–2008	OSV Rastatt
2008–2014	TSV 05 Reichenbach
2016	Karlsruher SC (interim)
2018–2019	Carl Zeiss Jena
2019–2021	1. FC Saarbrücken
2021–2025	SC Paderborn
2025–	1. FC Köln
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

On 4 December 2016, Kwasniok was announced as the interim replacement for Tomas Oral at Karlsruher SC, as the club were struggling in the 2. Bundesliga,^[1] and replaced on 22 December 2016.^[2]

On 9 December 2018, he was named head coach of Carl Zeiss Jena.^[3] He was sacked on 28 September 2019.^[4]

In December 2019, he was announced as the new manager of 1. FC Saarbrücken starting on 1 January 2020.^[5] He announced that he would leave after the 2020–21 season.^[6]

On 17 May 2021, 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn announced Kwasniok as head coach, succeeding Steffen Baumgart until 2023.^[7] In April 2025, the club announced that it will part ways with Kwasniok at the end of the season.^[8] On 6 June 2025, he was named the new head coach of newly promoted Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln, by signing a contract until 2028.^[9]

Coaching record

As of match played 17 August 2025

Team	From	To	Record								Ref
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Karlsruher SC (interim)	4 December 2016	22 December 2016	2	0	2	0	0	0	+0	000.00	[10]
Carl Zeiss Jena	9 December 2018	28 September 2019	33	9	9	15	41	45	−4	027.27	[11]
Saarbrücken	23 December 2019	30 June 2021	48	19	14	15	76	61	+15	039.58	[12]
SC Paderborn	1 July 2021	30 June 2025	144	63	36	45	263	198	+65	043.75	[13]
1. FC Köln	1 July 2025	present	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	[14]
Total			228	92	61	75	382	306	+76	040.35	—