Steffen Baumgart

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Steffen Baumgart

| image = 2021-08-08 FC Carl Zeiss Jena gegen 1. FC Köln (DFB-Pokal) by Sandro Halank–088 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Baumgart in 2021

| height = 1.78 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rostock, East Germany

| currentclub = Union Berlin (head coach)

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1980–1988

| youthclubs1 = Dynamo Rostock-Mitte

| years1 = 1988–1991

| clubs1 = PSV Schwerin

| caps1 = 58

| goals1 = 19

| years2 = 1991–1994

| clubs2 = SpVg Aurich

| caps2 = 92

| goals2 = 51

| years3 = 1994–1998

| clubs3 = Hansa Rostock

| caps3 = 118

| goals3 = 26

| years4 = 1998–1999

| clubs4 = VfL Wolfsburg

| caps4 = 32

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1999–2002

| clubs5 = Hansa Rostock

| caps5 = 67

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2002–2004

| clubs6 = Union Berlin

| caps6 = 64

| goals6 = 22

| years7 = 2004–2008

| clubs7 = Energie Cottbus

| caps7 = 76

| goals7 = 6

| years8 = 2008

| clubs8 = 1. FC Magdeburg

| caps8 = 13

| goals8 = 3

| years9 = 2008–2009

| clubs9 = Germania Schöneiche

| caps9 = 15

| goals9 = 3

| totalcaps = 535

| totalgoals = 141

| manageryears1 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs1 = 1. FC Magdeburg

| manageryears2 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs2 = Köpenick-Oberspree

| manageryears3 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs3 = Berliner AK 07

| manageryears4 = 2017–2021 | managerclubs4 = SC Paderborn

| manageryears5 = 2021–2023 | managerclubs5 = 1. FC Köln

| manageryears6 = 2024 | managerclubs6 = Hamburger SV

| manageryears7 = 2025– | managerclubs7 = Union Berlin

}}

Steffen Baumgart (born 5 January 1972) is a German football former player and manager who is the head coach of Bundesliga club Union Berlin.

Playing career

A forward, Baumgart began his professional career at Hansa Rostock in 1995. With a two-year interruption he spent six years with FC Hansa, scoring 32 goals in 185 appearances. In 2002, he moved to Union Berlin, spending two years at Stadion An der Alten Försterei where he became a crowd favourite. In 2004, the club was relegated from 2. Bundesliga, finishing only 17th.

However, Baumgart stayed in the league, moving to Energie Cottbus on a free transfer. There he helped secure the 2. Bundesliga in his first season and won promotion to Bundesliga in 2006. Cottbus managed to not be relegated in their first season in the top flight in Germany, but the next season saw Baumgart hardly playing for the first team, and on 3 January 2008 club and player agreed to a mutual termination of the contract. On 22 January, Regionalliga Nord side 1. FC Magdeburg announced Baumgart had signed a contract until June 2008 with an option for another season. After the club missed out on qualifying to the new 3. Liga, Baumgart's contract was not extended and he left the club for Germania Schöneiche, a club near Berlin.

Baumgart scored 29 goals in 225 Bundesliga matches and 36 goals in 142 matches in the 2. Bundesliga.

Managerial career

On 31 March 2009, he returned to 1. FC Magdeburg as a manager and signed a contract running until the end of the season.{{Cite web | url = http://1.fc-magdeburg.de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/artikel_1267.html | title = Steffen Baumgart neuer Trainer des 1. FC Magdeburg | publisher = 1. FC Magdeburg e.V. | date = 31 March 2009 | accessdate = 31 March 2009 | language = German}} His contract was extended at the end of the season, despite a mediocre record in the league. Baumgart had won the FSA-Pokal in 2009, but he was unable to improve upon the results of his predecessor. On the contrary, Magdeburg were ten points behind a promotion spot by the end of December. Following a string of bad results when league play resumed in 2010, Baumgart was let go at the end of March.{{Cite web | url = http://www.mdr.de/sport/fussball_rl/7190559.html | title = Magdeburg beurlaubt Trainer Baumgart | date = 23 March 2010 | accessdate = 23 March 2010| work = mdr.de | publisher = mdr | language = German}}

In 2017, Baumgart signed with SC Paderborn. Having been saved narrowly the previous year, the club surprisingly finished second in the 2017-18 season and returned to the 2. Bundesliga. In 2019, in a remarkable turn of events, the newly promoted side managed another top-two finish, which returned Paderborn to the Bundesliga after years of turbulence.{{cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/sport/2019-05/zweite-bundesliga-paderborn-aufstieg-union-berlin-relegation|title=Paderborn feiert den Aufstieg|website=Die Zeit|access-date=23 May 2019}} The 2019–20 season, however, saw the club struggle against Bundesliga competition. Paderborn finished the season in last place with 20 points, which led to their relegation back to the second tier in June 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bundesliga_abstieg_besiegelt_paderborns_achterbahnfahrt_geht_weiter-777304/artikel|title=Bundesliga-Abstieg besiegelt: Paderborns Achterbahnfahrt geht weiter|website=Kicker|access-date=16 June 2020}} Baumgart's contract at Paderborn was dated until 30 June 2021. In April 2021, it was announced that Baumgart will not extend his contract, and he left the club at the end of the season.{{cite news |url=https://www.scp07.de/Newsarchiv/Klare-Entscheidung-1.html |title=Klare Entscheidung |publisher=scp07.de |date=8 April 2021 |accessdate=8 April 2021}}

On 11 May 2021, Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln announced that they will appoint Baumgart as manager for the 2021–22 season on a 2-year contract.{{cite web|url=https://onefootball.com/en/news/official-fc-koln-appoint-steffen-baumgart-as-head-coach-32971856|title=FC Köln appoint Steffen Baumgart as head coach|website=onefootball.com|date=11 May 2021|access-date=25 December 2021}} His first game in charge was a preseason friendly against Bundesliga Champions Bayern Munich, which Baumgart's side won 3-2. Baumgart and FC mutually parted ways in December 2023 after the club scored ten points in 16 games.{{cite news |url=https://fc.de/en/fc-and-steffen-baumgart-go-their-separate-ways |title=FC AND STEFFEN BAUMGART GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS |publisher=fc.de |date=21 December 2023 |accessdate=21 December 2023}} On 20 February 2024, he was appointed by Hamburger SV.{{cite news |url=https://www.hsv.de/en/hsv-appoint-steffen-baumgart-as-new-head-coach|title=HSV appoint Steffen Baumgart as new head coach|website=hsv.de|date=20 February 2024|accessdate=20 February 2024}} On 24 November 2024, he was sacked.{{cite news |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/hsv-stellt-steffen-baumgart-frei|title=HSV stellt Steffen Baumgart frei|publisher=hsv.de|date=24 November 2024 |accessdate=24 November 2024}}

In December 2024, he was named the new head coach of Union Berlin.{{cite news|url=https://www.fc-union-berlin.de/en/union-live/latest-news/professional/Steffen-Baumgart-is-Union-s-New-Head-Coach-1700F/|title=Steffen Baumgart is Union's New Head Coach|publisher=fc-union-berlin.de|date=30 December 2024|access-date=30 December 2024}}

Trivia

In 2021 Baumgart received the award "Bester Fußballspruch des Jahres" (Best football saying of the year) awarded by the german academy for football culture for his saying: "Ein Spiel ist erst vorbei, wenn der Schiedsrichter pfeift und ich nicht mehr brülle." (A game isn't over until the referee whistles and I stop yelling.)

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan="2" \|Team ! rowspan="2" \|From ! rowspan="2"\|To ! colspan="8" \|Record !rowspan=2\|{{abbr\|Ref\|Reference}}
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
align=left\|1. FC Magdeburg \|align=left\|31 March 2009 \|align=left\|23 March 2010 {{WDL\|34\|13\|9\|12\|for=59\|against=44\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web \|title=1. FC Magdeburg: Matches \|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/1-fc-magdeburg/2818/\|work=Soccerway \|publisher=Perform Group \|accessdate=7 July 2020}}
align=left\|Berliner AK 07 \|align=left\|1 July 2015 \|align=left\|31 August 2016 {{WDL\|41\|25\|11\|5\|for=74\|against=28\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web \|title=Berliner AK 07: Matches \|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/berlin-ankaraspor-07/5816/\|work=Soccerway \|publisher=Perform Group \|accessdate=7 July 2020}}
align=left\|SC Paderborn \|align=left\|16 April 2017 \|align=left\|30 June 2021 {{WDL\|166\|76\|39\|51\|for=324\|against=230\|diff=yes}} \|{{cite web \|title=SC Paderborn 07: Matches \|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/sc-paderborn-07-ev/1013/\|work=Soccerway \|publisher=Perform Group \|accessdate=7 July 2020}}
align=left\|1. FC Köln \|align=left\|1 July 2021 \|align=left\|31 December 2023 {{WDL\|98\|31\|31\|36\|for=134\|against=149\|diff=yes}} \|
align=left\|Hamburger SV \|align=left\|20 February 2024 \|align=left\|24 November 2024 {{WDL\|27\|12\|7\|8\|for=55\|against=33\|diff=yes}} \|
align=left\|Union Berlin \|align=left\|30 December 2024 \|align=left\|present {{WDL\|19\|6\|6\|7\|for=22\|against=31\|diff=yes}} \|
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|385\|163\|103\|119\|for=668\|against=515\|diff=yes}} !—

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2" |Team

! rowspan="2" |From

! rowspan="2"|To

! colspan="8" |Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align=left|1. FC Magdeburg

|align=left|31 March 2009

|align=left|23 March 2010

|{{cite web |title=1. FC Magdeburg: Matches |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/1-fc-magdeburg/2818/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=7 July 2020}}

align=left|Berliner AK 07

|align=left|1 July 2015

|align=left|31 August 2016

|{{cite web |title=Berliner AK 07: Matches |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/berlin-ankaraspor-07/5816/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=7 July 2020}}

align=left|SC Paderborn

|align=left|16 April 2017

|align=left|30 June 2021

|{{cite web |title=SC Paderborn 07: Matches |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/sc-paderborn-07-ev/1013/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=7 July 2020}}

align=left|1. FC Köln

|align=left|1 July 2021

|align=left|31 December 2023

align=left|Hamburger SV

|align=left|20 February 2024

|align=left|24 November 2024

align=left|Union Berlin

|align=left|30 December 2024

|align=left|present

colspan="3"|Total

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