“Schalke is something special, for many it is like a religion, for me it is an absolutely ideal position.”
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Jupp Heynckes
Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German retired professional footballer and manager. For the majority of his playing career he was as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and '70s, when they won many national championships and the DFB-Pokal, as well as the UEFA Cup. During this period the team played in its only European Cup final in 1977, losing to Liverpool. He is the…
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sports · German football player and manager (born 1945) · association football player · association football coach · also Jupp Heynckes, Josef Heynckes, Heynckes
Born 9 May 1945 · Q152107
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
Yahoo! Sports: Klaus Augenthaler congratulates Jupp Heynckes
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2019· 1 entry
Won: France Football magazine 25th Greatest Manager of All time with Manager (2019).
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2018· 5 entries
Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2017–18).
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Won: German Football Manager of the Year with Manager (2018).
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Won: VDV Bundesliga Coach of the Season with Manager (2017–18).
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Awarded Football Manager of the Year (2018).
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Sports Mole: Jupp Heynckes: James Rodriguez "depressed" after Real Madrid exit
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2017· 2 entries
ESPN: Revitalised Bayern cruise as Jupp Heynckes enjoys fine start
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ESPN: Jupp Heynckes is back but Bayern Munich remain in boardroom disarray
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2014· 1 entry
FanSided: FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013: Jupp Heynckes wins World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football award
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2013· 14 entries
Yahoo! Sports: Danish postman gets tattoo of Jupp Heynckes’ face as a ‘thank you’
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Won: German Football Manager of the Year with Manager (2013).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2012–13).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich (2012–13).
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Won: UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich (2012–13).
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Awarded Football Manager of the Year (2013).
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Won: World Soccer Awards Manager of the Year with Manager (2013).
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Won: FIFA World Coach of the Year with Manager (2013).
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Won: IFFHS World's Best Club Coach with Manager (2013).
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Won: VDV Bundesliga Coach of the Season with Manager (2012–13).
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NBC Sports: Tymoshchuk: Jupp Heynckes to become next manager of Real Madrid
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Heynckes described it as "the worst night of my career"
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“I was in the starting lineup for the Germany national team competing for the World Cup, but after an injury I was sidelined for the entire final. This was the greatest disappointment of my life, but it spurred me on and became my greatest source of motivation.”
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Heynckes said of his experience at the 1974 World Cup, "I was in the starting lineup for the Germany national team competing for the World Cup, but after an injury I was sidelined for the entire final
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2012· 3 entries
Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich (2011–12).
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Won: DFB/DFL-Supercup with Bayern Munich (2012).
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Sports Mole: Jupp Heynckes confident of Real Madrid success
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2004· 1 entry
Won: UEFA Intertoto Cup with Schalke 04 (2004).
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2003· 2 entries
Won: UEFA Intertoto Cup with Schalke 04 (2003).
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After eight years managing in Iberia, Heynckes returned to Germany to manage Schalke 04
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2001· 1 entry
Heynckes returned to Athletic Bilbao for a second spell as coach
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1998· 2 entries
Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (1997–98).
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Runner-up: IFFHS World's Best Club Coach with Manager (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (1997).
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1995· 1 entry
Heynckes returned to Spain to take over at Tenerife
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1992· 1 entry
Was appointed manager of Athletic Bilbao, becoming only the third German manager in Spain's La Liga after Hennes Weisweiler and Udo Lattek, both of whom managed Barcelona
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1990· 2 entries
Won: DFB/DFL-Supercup with Bayern Munich (1990).
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Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (1989–90).
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1989· 1 entry
Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (1988–89).
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1987· 1 entry
Won: DFB/DFL-Supercup with Bayern Munich (1987).
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1980· 1 entry
Runner-up: UEFA Cup with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1979–80).
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1978· 1 entry
And began studying for his coaching licence at the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln
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1977· 3 entries
Runner-up: European Cup with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1976–77).
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Won: Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1976–77).
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Borussia also reached its first European Cup final
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1976· 3 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Mönchengladbach (1975-1976).
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Won: Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1975–76).
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Won: European Cup top scorer with Player (1975–76).
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1975· 7 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Mönchengladbach (1974-1975).
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Won the English FA Cup with Mönchengladbach (1974-1975).
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Won: UEFA Cup top scorer with Player (1974–75).
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Won: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season with Player (1974–75).
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Won: UEFA Cup with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1974–75).
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Won: Bundesliga top scorer with Player (1974–75).
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Won: Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1974–75).
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1974· 5 entries
Won the FIFA World Cup with Germany (1974).
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Won: FIFA World Cup with West Germany (1974).
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Won: European Cup Winners' Cup top scorer with Player (1973–74).
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Won: Bundesliga top scorer with Player (1973–74).
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Won: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season with Player (1973–74).
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1973· 4 entries
Won: UEFA Cup top scorer with Player (1972–73).
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Won: DFB-Pokal with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1972–73).
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Runner-up: UEFA Cup with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1972–73).
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After eliminating Dutch club Twente 5–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals, Borussia Mönchengladbach became the first German side to reach the final of the UEFA Cup
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1972· 3 entries
Won: UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament with Player (1972).
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Won: kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season with Player (1971–72).
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Won: UEFA European Championship with West Germany (1972).
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1971· 2 entries
Won the German Bundesliga with Mönchengladbach (1970-1971).
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Won: Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1970–71).
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1970· 3 entries
Joined Mönchengladbach in 1970.
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Played for Borussia Mönchengladbach (1970–1978) — 226 appearances, 168 goals.
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With the club having just won the first league title in its history
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1967· 4 entries
Joined Germany in 1967.
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Joined Hannover in 1967.
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Played for Germany men's national association football team (1967–1976) — 39 appearances, 14 goals.
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Played for Hannover 96 (1967–1970) — 86 appearances, 25 goals.
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1966· 1 entry
Played for Germany national under-23 football team (1966–1967) — 3 appearances, 1 goals.
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1965· 1 entry
The club, managed by Hennes Weisweiler, achieved promotion to the Bundesliga, with the teenaged striker scoring 23 goals in 25 matches in his debut season
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1964· 1 entry
With his hometown club Borussia Mönchengladbach who were then in the second division
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1963· 2 entries
Joined Mönchengladbach in 1963.
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Played for Borussia Mönchengladbach (1963–1967) — 82 appearances, 50 goals.
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1962· 1 entry
Joined Mönchengladbach in 1962.
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1945· 1 entry
Born 1945-05-09.
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