Stephan Lerch (born 10 August 1984) is a German football

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who was most recently the manager of

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club

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or 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 W ...

Coaching career

Lerch's first manager job, were at his former club FC Alsbach in 2012, where he also played from 2004 to 2010. Lerch joined

second team, where he was the team's head coach for two season, until he became assistant coach for the club's first team in the summer 2015. In April 2017, he replaced his coach colleague German

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as new head coach for

. Kellermann were the team's head coach for about nine years until he became the new sporting director for the women's team. Since his election as new head coach, he qualified the team for the 2018 UEFA Women's Champions League Final in

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. Wolfsburg was defeated 1–4 by

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. He has won the national league

and

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every year since his election in 2017.

Coaching honors

VfL Wolfsburg *

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: **''Runners-up (1):'' 2019–20 *

: **''Winners (5):''

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, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 **''Runners-up (2):'' 2015-16 *

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: ** Winners (6): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20

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