Peter Knäbel

Peter Knäbel

Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-10-02) 2 October 1966
Place of birth	Witten, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hamburger SV (Director)
Youth career
	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1985	VfL Bochum II
1984–1988	VfL Bochum	38	(5)
1988–1993	FC St. Pauli	131	(7)
1993–1994	1. FC Saarbrücken	19	(3)
1994–1995	TSV 1860 München	2	(0)
1995	→ FC St. Gallen (loan)
1995–1998	1. FC Nuremberg	65	(5)
1998–2000	FC Winterthur
Managerial career
1995–1998	1. FC Nuremberg (youth)
1998–2000	FC Winterthur (playing manager)
2015	Hamburger SV (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Knäbel (born 2 October 1966) is a retired German football player.

Coaching and management

Knäbel was head coach of Nationalliga B side FC Winterthur until 2000.

Knäbel is the Sporting Director of Hamburger SV. 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 4–0. In the second match, on 11 April 2015, Hamburg lost to VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 and dropped down into the relegation zone. He was replaced on 15 April 2015 with Bruno Labbadia. He had lost both matches as head coach and failed to score in either match.

Coaching record

As of 11 April 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Hamburger SV	22 March 2015	15 April 2015	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	00.00

Honours

• DFB-Pokal finalist: 1987–88

External links

• Peter Knäbel profile at Fussballdaten