Dirk Lottner (born 4 March 1972) is a German

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manager and a former player who is currently the manager of

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

's under-19 team.

Coaching career

From 2016 to 2019, he coached

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken () is a German Football in Germany, football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. History The club began its existence as the footbal ...

. On 11 September 2020, he was hired by

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the German reunification, reunificatio ...

. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Lottner was hired to coach the under-19 team of

. On 23 April 2025, he was named interim coach for the club's first team together with Lars Barlemann and

Christian Schulz Christian Schulz (born 1 April 1983) is a German former professional Association football, footballer and current manager who played as a centre back or left-back. He is currently the interim manager of Hannover 96. Club career Schulz joined ...

until the end of the 2024–25 season.

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen *

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runner-up: 1998–99

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* * 1972 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Cologne Men's association football midfielders Germany men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players SC Fortuna Köln players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players MSV Duisburg players German football managers 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers FC Hansa Rostock managers 1. FC Saarbrücken managers FC Energie Cottbus managers Hannover 96 managers {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub