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1. FC Union Berlin

Germany · Bundesliga · Manager: Mauro Lustrinelli (#205 in the world) since Aug 2026
#152 World rank · club rating
1,821 Club rating
15th in the Bundesliga

1. FC Union Berlin have had 11 managers since 2015/16. Jens Keller (Aug 2016 – Dec 2017) had the best points per game of them (1.65 in 54 matches) and took the club rating from 1,669 to 1,720.

1. FC Union Berlin managers

14 spells since 2009 · newest first
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Mauro Lustrinelli #205 now Aug 2026 – present · PPG 0.91 current Aug 2026 – present 11 2-4-5 0.91 1,956 → 1,869 −88 −16.8 −0.02
Marie-Louise Eta Apr 2026 – May 2026 · PPG 1.40 caretaker Apr 2026 – May 2026 5 2-1-2 1.40 1,866 → 1,923 +56 +13.7 +0.07
Steffen Baumgart #816 now Jan 2025 – Apr 2026 · PPG 1.18 Jan 2025 – Apr 2026 49 15-13-21 1.18 1,838 → 1,829 −8 −9.0 −0.07
Sebastian Bönig (stand-in) 28 Sep 2025 28 Sep 2025 1 0-1-0 −2.0
René Wagner (stand-in) 15 Mar 2025 15 Mar 2025 1 0-1-0 +3.9
Bo Svensson #197 now Aug 2024 – Dec 2024 · PPG 1.20 Aug 2024 – Dec 2024 15 5-3-7 1.20 1,944 → 1,835 −108 −3.5 0.00
Babak Keyhanfar (stand-in) 14 Sep 2024 14 Sep 2024 1 0-1-0 +4.0
Marco Grote May 2024 · PPG 1.50 caretaker May 2024 2 1-0-1 1.50 1,920 → 1,923 +3 +0.6 −0.05
Nenad Bjelica #364 now Nov 2023 – May 2024 · PPG 1.05 Nov 2023 – May 2024 19 5-5-9 1.05 2,043 → 1,951 −92 −23.2 −0.03
Danijel Jumić (stand-in) 28 Jan 2024 – 7 Feb 2024 28 Jan 2024 – 7 Feb 2024 3 1-1-1 −1.7
Marco Grote Nov 2023 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Nov 2023 1 0-1-0 1.00 1,890 → 1,892 +2 +0.3 −0.13
Urs Fischer #495 now Aug 2018 – Nov 2023 · PPG 1.51 Aug 2018 – Nov 2023 224 92-62-70 1.51 1,681 → 1,835 +155 +5.8 +0.12
Andre Hofschneider Dec 2017 – May 2018 · PPG 1.17 Dec 2017 – May 2018 18 5-6-7 1.17 1,713 → 1,704 −9 −1.8 −0.10
Jens Keller Aug 2016 – Dec 2017 · PPG 1.65 Aug 2016 – Dec 2017 54 25-14-15 1.65 1,669 → 1,720 +51 +14.8 +0.15
Andre Hofschneider Mar 2016 – May 2016 · PPG 1.78 caretaker Mar 2016 – May 2016 9 5-1-3 1.78 1,630 → 1,720 +91 +18.1 +0.22
Sascha Lewandowski Sep 2015 – Mar 2016 · PPG 1.45 Sep 2015 – Mar 2016 20 8-5-7 1.45 1,700 → 1,709 +9 +6.1 +0.09
Norbert Duwel Aug 2014 – Aug 2015 · PPG 1.24 Aug 2014 – Aug 2015 41 12-15-14 1.24 1,587 → 1,681 +94 +16.2 +0.04
Before 2015/16 · 1 spell, Aug 2009 – May 2014
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Uwe Neuhaus Aug 2009 – May 2014 · PPG 1.32 Aug 2009 – May 2014 178 62-49-67 1.32 1,330 → 1,592 +263 +32.2

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Urs Fischer is the longest-serving: 224 matches over 5 years (Aug 2018 – Nov 2023). Uwe Neuhaus added the most coach rating: +32.2 over 178 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager
1,821Club ratingWeek 46, 2026
#152World rankof 943 active clubs
#15Bundesligaof 18 clubs
2,116Peak since 2015/16Feb 2023 · low 1,580, Oct 2015
1,4001,6001,8002,0002,200201620182020202220242026Nov 2026 · Mauro Lustrinelli1,831 club rating1,4001,6001,8002,0002,200201620202024Nov 2026 · Mauro Lustrinelli1,831 club rating
Colour changes with each manager (11 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

1. FC Union Berlin's club rating peaked at 2,116 in February 2023, under Urs Fischer, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,580 in October 2015, under Sascha Lewandowski.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time
Sat 21 Nov · 14:30 Bundesliga H v RB Leipzig
Preview 1. FC Union Berlin v RB Leipzig ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2026/27 9 so far 9 2.78 2.00 1.94 44% 3.11 5.67 5.21
2025/26 34 2.15 2.03 2.00 68% 5.00 4.82 4.89
2024/25 33 2.15 1.70 2.02 66% 4.39 4.88 4.81
2023/24 34 2.18 1.79 2.16 62% 4.62 5.15 4.98
2022/23 34 1.97 1.88 2.15 66% 4.85 4.65 4.85
4 earlier seasons, 2018/19 – 2021/22
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2021/22 34 1.88 1.62 1.80 67% 4.06 4.35 4.83
2020/21 34 1.74 1.94 1.88 68% 4.12 4.15 4.60
2019/20 34 2.24 1.71 2.09 67% 4.03 5.41 5.05
2018/19 2 2.00 1.00 1.80 100% 4.50 6.00 5.03

1. FC Union Berlin won 4.03 corners a game in 2019/20, their fewest in any season since 2019/20 and 20% below the Bundesliga's average side (5.05).

League matches only (Bundesliga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. The current season shows from its first match with a "N so far" tag; sentences use it from 10 matches. Bundesliga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

248 league matches since 2015/16
FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L
HT winHT W 4418% 114% 62%
HT drawHT D 3715% 4518% 239%
HT lossHT L 73% 114% 6426%
32
Points won from behindPts from behind
losing at half-time in 82 matches
40
Points dropped from aheadPts dropped
winning at half-time in 61 matches
1st half · W 61 · D 106 · L 82 GD −37
2nd half · W 77 · D 84 · L 87 GD −21

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at 1. FC Union Berlin

21 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Daniel Schlager 18 5-5-8 1.11 2.17 2.07 +5%
Tobias Stieler 18 7-8-3 1.61 1.83 2.04 −10%
Bastian Dankert 16 4-7-5 1.19 2.06 2.07 0%
Harm Osmers 16 8-3-5 1.69 2.00 2.04 −2%
Deniz Aytekin 14 5-5-4 1.43 1.79 2.04 −13%
Marco Fritz 13 4-2-7 1.08 1.69 2.00 −15%
Patrick Ittrich 13 5-4-4 1.46 1.77 2.02 −13%
Sascha Stegemann 12 2-5-5 0.92 2.75 2.00 +38%
Felix Brych 11 8-0-3 2.18 1.36 2.02 −33%
Florian Badstubner 11 4-3-4 1.36 1.36 2.01 −32%
11 more referees with 5+ matches
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Sven Jablonski 11 3-2-6 1.00 1.55 2.12 −27%
Christian Dingert 10 3-2-5 1.10 3.50 2.11 +66%
Robert Hartmann 10 5-1-4 1.60 2.30 2.04 +13%
Tobias Reichel 9 4-4-1 1.78 2.33 2.02 +16%
Matthias Jollenbeck 8 3-1-4 1.25 2.13 2.02 +5%
Robert Schröder 8 1-4-3 0.88 2.50 2.05 +22%
Sören Storks 7 2-3-2 1.29 3.29 2.07 +59%
Frank Willenborg 6 2-1-3 1.17 1.67 2.08 −20%
Martin Petersen 6 4-2-0 2.33 1.33 2.07 −35%
Benjamin Cortus 5 3-0-2 1.80 2.20 1.98 +11%
Florian Exner 5 2-2-1 1.60 1.60 2.15 −26%

Under Christian Dingert, 1. FC Union Berlin picked up 3.50 cards a game, 66% above their own average in the same seasons (10 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (246). Cards = 1. FC Union Berlin's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is 1. FC Union Berlin's manager?

Mauro Lustrinelli, #205 in this week's coach world ranking, since August 2026 - 11 matches, 2 won (0.91 points per game).

How many managers has 1. FC Union Berlin had since 2015?

11, counting 2 caretakers. Plus 4 stand-ins: caretakers for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is 1. FC Union Berlin's longest-serving manager?

Urs Fischer: 224 matches from August 2018 to November 2023.

How many cards a game do 1. FC Union Berlin get?

2.15 a game in the Bundesliga in 2025/26, against 2.00 for the league's average side; 2.78 so far in 2026/27 (9 matches).

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.