Manuel Baum

Manuel Baum (born 30 August 1979) is a German football manager of FC Augsburg and former player.

Manuel Baum

Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-08-30) 30 August 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Landshut, West Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	FC Augsburg (interim manager)
Youth career
0000–1985	FC Dingolfing
1985–1998	1860 Munich
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2006	FC Ismaning
2006–2008	FC Unterföhring
Managerial career
2006–2009	FC Unterföhring
2009–2011	FT Starnberg 09
2014	SpVgg Unterhaching
2015	FC Augsburg II
2016–2019	FC Augsburg
2019–2020	Germany U20
2020	Germany U18
2020	Schalke 04
2025–	FC Augsburg (interim)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Baum became head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching on 4 January 2014, after two years working as director at the club.^[1]

In the summer of 2014, Baum was hired as youth coach at FC Augsburg.^[2] On 14 December 2016 he was promoted to the first team.^[3] He was sacked on 9 April 2019.^[4]

On 21 June 2019, Baum joined the DFB as head coach of the Germany under-20s.^[5] He also had a brief stint in charge of the under-18s in 2020.

On 30 September 2020, Baum signed a two-year contract with Schalke 04.^[6] After Schalke could not win any of ten Bundesliga games with him, he was fired on 18 December 2020.^[7]

In December 2025, he was named interim manager of FC Augsburg.^[8]

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
SpVgg Unterhaching	4 January 2014[1]	20 March 2014	8	1	1	6	012.50	[9]
FC Augsburg II	11 November 2015	31 December 2015	2	0	2	0	000.00	[10]
FC Augsburg	14 December 2016	9 April 2019	87	25	24	38	028.74	[11]
Germany U20	21 June 2019	30 June 2020	5	4	0	1	080.00	[10]
Germany U18	1 July 2020	30 September 2020	2	0	1	1	000.00	[10]
Schalke 04	30 September 2020	18 December 2020	11	1	4	6	009.09	[12]
FC Augsburg	1 December 2025	present	2	1	0	1	050.00
Total			117	32	32	53	027.35	—