Gerald Baumgartner (born 14 November 1964) is an Austrian

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coach. He has been head coach of Red Bull Salzburg (A), Pasching, St. Pölten, Austria Wien, Austria Salzburg and SV Ried.

Playing career

Baumgartner played for Austria Wien from 1987 to 1989.

Coaching career

Early career

His coaching career started as an assistant coach for the reserve team for Red Bull Salzburg. He then became the head coach for the reserve team for Red Bull Salzburg from 8 April 2011 to 31 December 2011. He then went on to become head coach of Pasching from 1 January 2012 to 4 September 2013 and St. Pölten from 5 September 2014 until he became head coach of Austria Wien on 27 May 2014. Baumgartner brought St. Pölten to the

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

final during the 2013–14 season after defeating Sturm Graz 1–0 in extra time in the semi–final and qualified for the

Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...

Austria Wien

Baumgartner became head coach of Austria Wien on 27 May 2014 and had his first training session on 10 June 2014. The style he wanted to implement was an aggressive pressing. His first competitive match in–charge at the club was a 6–0 win in the first round of the

against

First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly ...

. After the win in the Austrian Cup, Baumgartner failed to win any of his first seven matches in the Bundesliga. His league record at this point was five draws and two losses. His first league win came against Ried which finished 3–1. Baumgartner was sacked on 22 March 2015 after a 1–0 loss to Ried the previous day. Andreas Ogris was appointed as head coach for the remainder of the season. Baumgartner was the fifth coach since the club sacked Karl Daxbacher in 2011 and the 31st coach since 1990.

Austria Salzburg

On 18 December 2015, Baumgartner was unveiled as the new head coach and sports director of Austria Salzburg. He finished the first season with a record of three wins, five draws, and nine losses in 17 matches.

SV Mattersburg

Baumgartner was appointed as the new manager of

SV Mattersburg SV Mattersburg was an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. History The club was formed in 1922 and played its home games at the 17,100 capacity Pappelstadion. The club played in the Bundesliga since the 2003� ...

on 2 January 2017.

Coaching record

References

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