Peter Knäbel

Peter Knäbel (born 2 October 1966) is a German football manager and former player.

Peter Knäbel

Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-10-02) 2 October 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Witten, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1985	VfL Bochum II
1984–1988	VfL Bochum	38	(5)
1988–1993	FC St. Pauli	131	(7)
1993–1994	1. FC Saarbrücken	19	(3)
1994–1995	1860 Munich	2	(0)
1995	→ St. Gallen (loan)
1995–1998	1. FC Nürnberg	65	(5)
1998–2000	FC Winterthur
Managerial career
1995–1998	1. FC Nürnberg (youth)
1998–2000	FC Winterthur (playing manager)
2015	Hamburger SV (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching and managerial career

Knäbel was head coach of Nationalliga B side FC Winterthur until 2000.^[1]

He also is an expert for Swiss TV's football coverage.^[2]

Knäbel was the Sporting Director of Hamburger SV.^[3] He also became the interim head coach of the club on 22 March 2015 after Josef Zinnbauer was sacked.^[3] He became the 19th head coach of Hamburg since 2000.^[1] In his debut, on 4 April 2015, Hamburg lost to Bayer Leverkusen 4–0.^[4] In the second match, on 11 April 2015, Hamburg lost to VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 and dropped down into the relegation zone.^[5] He was replaced on 15 April 2015 by Bruno Labbadia.^[6] He had lost both matches as head coach^[7] and failed to score in either match.^[8]

On 15 April 2018, Knäbel was appointed Technical Director of the youth football academy of FC Schalke 04.^[9]

Coaching record

As of 11 April 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Hamburger SV	22 March 2015[3]	15 April 2015[6]	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	000.00	[7][8]

Honours

• DFB-Pokal finalist: 1987–88