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TSG Hoffenheim

Germany · Bundesliga · Manager: Christian Ilzer (#41 in the world) since Nov 2024

#114 World rank · club rating

1,857 Club rating

12th in the Bundesliga

TSG Hoffenheim have had 9 managers since 2015/16. Julian Nagelsmann (Mar 2016 – Mar 2018) had the best points per game of them (1.59 in 83 matches) and took the club rating from 1,872 to 1,961.

TSG Hoffenheim managers

16 spells since 2008 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Christian Ilzer #41 now Nov 2024 – present · PPG 1.38 current Nov 2024 – present 79 30-19-30 1.38 1,982 → 1,953 −29 +10.0 +0.08

Moritz Volz (stand-in) 7 Mar 2026 7 Mar 2026 1 1-0-0 +5.1

Pellegrino Matarazzo #152 now Feb 2023 – Nov 2024 · PPG 1.25 Feb 2023 – Nov 2024 67 23-15-29 1.25 1,972 → 1,908 −63 +4.8 +0.07

Andre Breitenreiter Jul 2022 – Feb 2023 · PPG 1.05 Jul 2022 – Feb 2023 22 6-5-11 1.05 1,979 → 1,887 −92 −29.7 −0.09

Sebastian Hoeneß #202 now Sep 2020 – May 2022 · PPG 1.38 Sep 2020 – May 2022 81 30-22-29 1.38 2,050 → 1,847 −203 −25.6 +0.04

Matthias Kaltenbach Jun 2020 · PPG 2.25 caretaker Jun 2020 4 3-0-1 2.25 2,008 → 2,125 +117 +23.3 +0.37

Alfred Schreuder #684 now Aug 2019 – Jun 2020 · PPG 1.42 Aug 2019 – Jun 2020 33 13-8-12 1.42 1,893 → 1,970 +77 +4.6 −0.02

Julian Nagelsmann Apr 2018 – May 2019 · PPG 1.46 Apr 2018 – May 2019 48 18-16-14 1.46 1,979 → 1,952 −27 −3.6 −0.01

Julian Nagelsmann Mar 2016 – Mar 2018 · PPG 1.59 Mar 2016 – Mar 2018 83 35-27-21 1.59 1,872 → 1,961 +89 +22.2 +0.22

Huub Stevens Nov 2015 – Mar 2016 · PPG 1.00 Nov 2015 – Mar 2016 13 3-4-6 1.00 1,872 → 1,878 +6 −8.2 0.00

Markus Gisdol #540 now Apr 2013 – Nov 2015 · PPG 1.33 Apr 2013 – Nov 2015 98 34-28-36 1.33 1,736 → 1,793 +57 +4.5 +0.09

Before 2015/16 · 6 spells, Aug 2008 – Mar 2013

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Marco Kurz Jan 2013 – Mar 2013 · PPG 0.80 caretaker Jan 2013 – Mar 2013 10 2-2-6 0.80 1,830 → 1,734 −96 −3.1 0.00

Frank Kramer Dec 2012 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Dec 2012 2 0-0-2 0.00 1,785 → 1,758 −27 −5.4 −0.18

Markus Babbel Feb 2012 – Dec 2012 · PPG 0.97 Feb 2012 – Dec 2012 30 7-8-15 0.97 1,770 → 1,727 −43 −27.8 −0.09

Holger Stanislawski Jul 2011 – Feb 2012 · PPG 1.29 Jul 2011 – Feb 2012 24 8-7-9 1.29 1,802 → 1,772 −29 +0.3 +0.11

Marco Pezzaiuoli Jan 2011 – May 2011 · PPG 1.00 Jan 2011 – May 2011 18 5-3-10 1.00 1,797 → 1,735 −62 −11.8 +0.01

Ralf Rangnick Aug 2008 – Dec 2010 · PPG 1.52 Aug 2008 – Dec 2010 94 39-26-29 1.52 1,485 → 1,951 +466 +46.7

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

Markus Gisdol is the longest-serving: 98 matches over 2 years (Apr 2013 – Nov 2015). Ralf Rangnick added the most coach rating: +46.7 over 94 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

1,857Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#114World rankof 943 active clubs

#12Bundesligaof 18 clubs

2,132Peak since 2015/16May 2017 · low 1,754, Jan 2025

Colour changes with each manager (9 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

TSG Hoffenheim's club rating peaked at 2,132 in May 2017, under Julian Nagelsmann, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,754 in January 2025, under Christian Ilzer.

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 A at Eintracht Frankfurt

Preview Eintracht Frankfurt v TSG Hoffenheim ›

Thu 26 Nov · 20:00 UEFA Europa League H v SK Sturm Graz

No chances for European games · why

Preview TSG Hoffenheim v SK Sturm Graz ›

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 2.11 1.56 1.94 74% 6.11 4.78 5.21

2025/26 34 2.24 1.74 2.00 58% 5.79 4.79 4.89

2024/25 34 2.00 1.50 2.02 68% 4.62 5.56 4.81

2023/24 34 2.68 2.21 2.16 66% 4.38 5.68 4.98

2022/23 34 2.50 1.91 2.15 69% 4.74 5.50 4.85

7 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2021/22

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2021/22 34 2.21 1.47 1.80 60% 5.59 4.35 4.83

2020/21 34 2.15 1.44 1.88 70% 4.59 4.68 4.60

2019/20 34 2.00 2.50 2.09 63% 5.12 6.09 5.05

2018/19 34 2.09 1.71 1.80 52% 5.35 4.85 5.03

2017/18 34 2.09 1.35 1.79 69% 4.65 4.85 4.72

2016/17 34 1.88 2.26 2.05 69% 4.24 5.79 4.56

2015/16 34 1.94 2.06 2.06 4.15 6.21 4.77

TSG Hoffenheim picked up 2.68 cards a game in 2023/24, their most in any season since 2015/16 and 24% above the Bundesliga's average side (2.16).

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

383 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 8522% 267% 123%

HT drawHT D 4411% 5615% 3710%

HT lossHT L 154% 195% 8923%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 123 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 123 matches

1st half · W 123 · D 137 · L 123 GD +1

2nd half · W 127 · D 131 · L 125 GD +24

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

Referees at TSG Hoffenheim

28 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Daniel Siebert 25 11-3-11 1.44 2.68 2.16 +24%

Christian Dingert 21 8-6-7 1.43 1.90 2.16 −12%

Sascha Stegemann 20 5-7-8 1.10 2.10 2.16 −3%

Deniz Aytekin 19 5-7-7 1.16 2.16 2.18 −1%

Felix Zwayer 18 5-6-7 1.17 2.17 2.20 −2%

Robert Hartmann 18 8-2-8 1.44 1.83 2.16 −15%

Frank Willenborg 17 9-4-4 1.82 2.35 2.22 +6%

Harm Osmers 17 4-5-8 1.00 2.29 2.21 +4%

Bastian Dankert 15 4-3-8 1.00 2.40 2.16 +11%

Sven Jablonski 15 6-4-5 1.47 2.20 2.25 −2%

18 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Tobias Stieler 15 3-3-9 0.80 2.07 2.16 −4%

Daniel Schlager 13 3-4-6 1.00 1.77 2.21 −20%

Felix Brych 12 5-3-4 1.50 2.33 2.11 +10%

Manuel Gräfe 12 5-4-3 1.58 2.00 2.03 −1%

Marco Fritz 12 3-6-3 1.25 1.92 2.16 −11%

Matthias Jollenbeck 11 5-2-4 1.55 3.00 2.29 +31%

Florian Badstubner 10 4-2-4 1.40 1.70 2.30 −26%

Martin Petersen 10 3-3-4 1.20 2.80 2.16 +30%

Tobias Welz 10 5-3-2 1.80 2.00 2.18 −8%

Benjamin Brand 9 2-2-5 0.89 3.67 2.18 +68%

Benjamin Cortus 9 3-4-2 1.44 1.89 2.13 −11%

Guido Winkmann 9 6-0-3 2.00 1.11 2.01 −45%

Robert Schröder 9 5-3-1 2.00 1.89 2.26 −17%

Markus Schmidt 8 3-4-1 1.63 2.75 2.04 +35%

Sören Storks 7 5-1-1 2.29 2.57 2.22 +16%

Patrick Ittrich 6 4-1-1 2.17 2.17 2.26 −4%

Tobias Reichel 6 2-2-2 1.33 2.00 2.32 −14%

Gunter Perl 5 3-2-0 2.20 1.00 1.91 −48%

Under Matthias Jollenbeck, TSG Hoffenheim picked up 3.00 cards a game, 31% above their own average in the same seasons (11 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (381). Cards = TSG Hoffenheim'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 TSG Hoffenheim's manager?

Christian Ilzer, #41 in this week's coach world ranking, since November 2024 - 79 matches, 30 won (1.38 points per game).

How many managers has TSG Hoffenheim had since 2015?

9, counting 1 caretaker. Plus 1 stand-in: a caretaker for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is TSG Hoffenheim's longest-serving manager?

Markus Gisdol: 98 matches from April 2013 to November 2015.

How many cards a game do TSG Hoffenheim get?

2.24 a game in the Bundesliga in 2025/26, against 2.00 for the league's average side; 2.11 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.