* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Peter Stöger ( born 11 April 1966) is an Austrian football coach and a former player.
Club career
Stöger started his career at Favoritner AC Wien. Then he played six years for FK Austria Wien from 1988 to 1994. After a year at FC Tirol Innsbruck, he went to SK Rapid Wien in 1995. He also played in the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels. He then returned to Austria after a year at LASK Linz and finished his career at 38 years with SC Untersiebenbrunn.[1][2][3]
International career
He made his debut for Austria in February 1988 against Switzerland, missed the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but was a member of Austrias team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[4] He played 65 matches and scored 15 goals.[5] His last international was in March 1999 versus Switzerland.
Managerial career
Austria
Stöger became coach of coach of Austria Wien on 6 May 2005 together with Frank Schinkels till the end of the season.[6] Stöger continued in the position until December 2005. In December he became sporting director. The following season did not start well and he was sacked in both positions. [7] Stöger moved for 3 years to First Vienna FC, then Grazer AK and SC Wiener Neustadt.[7] Then Stöger returned to Austria Wien on 30 May 2012,[8] and won the Austrian championship with a record number of points.[9][10][11]
1. FC Köln
Stöger and his co-trainer Manfred Schmid were bought out of their contracts and went to 1. FC Köln.[12] In January 2016, Stöger, along with his co-trainer Manfred Schmid extended the contracts to 2020, [13][14] In the season 2016/17 Köln reached international football for the first time after 25 years. Cologne finished 5th and qualified for the Europa League.[15][16] In the 2017/18 seasonKöln reached only only three points from the opening 14 matches. Schmidt and Stöger were sacked on 3 December 2017.
Borussia Dortmund
On 10 December 2017 Stöger signed to coach Borussia Dortmund until end of the season. Stöger stabilized the team and BVB finished fourth after eight place when Stöger signed. They qualified for the UEFA Champions League on the final matchday. He left Dortmund on 12 May 2018.[17]
Return to Austria Wien
On August, 1st 2019 he went back to Austria Wien and became sports director.On 31 July 2020 he returned as head coach of Austria Wien.[18]
Move to Ferencváros
On 5 June 2021 Stöger went to the Hungarian team Ferencváros.[19] The team reached the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. Ferencváros lost five of the six group stage games and finishing last in their group.[20] After a away loss in the league to Debrecen, he was sacked on 13 December 2021.[21]