Peter Knäbel (born 2 October 1966) is a German

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manager and former player.

Coaching and managerial career

Knäbel was head coach of Nationalliga B side

FC Winterthur FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club based in Winterthur, Canton of Zürich. They play in the Swiss Super League, the first tier of Swiss football, and appeared regularly in the Nationalliga A during the 20th century. Their home is the Stad ...

until 2000. He also is an expert for Swiss TV's football coverage. Knäbel was the Sporting Director of

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), or HSV (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its Association football, football department. Though the current HSV was founde ...

. He also became the interim head coach of the club on 22 March 2015 after Josef Zinnbauer was sacked. He became the 19th head coach of Hamburg since 2000. In his debut, on 4 April 2015, Hamburg lost to

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

4–0. In the second match, on 11 April 2015, Hamburg lost to

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

2–0 and dropped down into the relegation zone. He was replaced on 15 April 2015 by

Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia (; born 8 February 1966) is a German football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. During his playing career, he achieved notable success, winning the DFB-Pokal in the 1989–90 season with 1. FC Kaisersl ...

. He had lost both matches as head coach and failed to score in either match. On 15 April 2018, Knäbel was appointed Technical Director of the youth football academy of FC Schalke 04.

Coaching record

Honours

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

finalist: 1987–88

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* 1966 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players FC St. Pauli players 1. FC Saarbrücken players TSV 1860 Munich players FC St. Gallen players 1. FC Nürnberg players FC Winterthur players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players German football managers FC Winterthur managers Hamburger SV managers Sportspeople from Witten Footballers from Arnsberg (region) Corporate executives Association football executives West German men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland German expatriate men's footballers {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub