As expected, Dino Toppmöller takes over as coach at Eintracht Frankfurt from the outgoing Oliver Glasner. The cup finalist presented the 42-year-old on Monday. Toppmöller signed a contract with the Hessians until 2026. His former club Bayern Munich, where he worked as an assistant coach under Julian Nagelsmann, will benefit from this. According to reports, the record champion expects a transfer fee of around 500,000 euros for the soccer coach who is on leave but still has a contract.
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The son of former SBU coach Klaus Toppmöller worked primarily for Luxembourg’s top club F91 Dudelingen between 2016 and 2019, with whom he won three championships, two cups and two league cups. He then moved to Royal Excelsior Virton in Belgium, which he left again in December of the same year despite a successful season.
“It was only a matter of time before Dino Toppmöller became head coach in the Bundesliga. We are happy to have won him over with his expertise, his profound understanding of football and his high level of interpersonal skills. In recent years he has been able to gain valuable experience and celebrate success in various functions. Dino has learned to achieve great things in Dudelingen with few means and to take young, developing players to the next level as the main head coach. I’ve followed Dino’s path for a long time and in Leipzig I was able to get an idea of his way of working, which is characterized by a high level of tactical understanding and analytical skills. It was no surprise that Julian Nagelsmann took him to Bayern Munich. He still has a very good reputation there. The way he lets football be played fits our philosophy. And as a former Eintracht player, Dino, who speaks fluent English and French, will have no problem finding his way around Frankfurt quickly,” said sporting director Markus Krösche.
Toppmöller senior had taken over the “Adlerträger” in the 1993/94 season as the successor to Dragoslav Stepanovic and Horst Heese and, with a furious start with only two defeats from the first 15 games in the Main metropolis, raised hope that after two third places in a row finally win the long-awaited championship title. After falling out of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals and two bankruptcies against VfB Leipzig and Bayern, Toppmöller senior had to retire in April 1994 after 39 games and with an average of 1.56 points. Record player Karl-Heinz “Charly” Körbel took over, Eintracht finished fifth.
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Eintracht’s new sports director, Timmo Hardung, had already described Toppmöller as a “great guy” and “world-class coach” before he was officially hired. Glasner said goodbye to Frankfurt two years after the DFB Cup final two weeks ago. “We’re not celebrating the defeat, we’re celebrating the two years. I thanked the players for giving me two wonderful years in my life. I will always carry the group in my heart,” said the Austrian.
Toppmöller, who will bring two new assistant coaches with him in Nélson Morgado and Erwin Bradasch, explained: “Eintracht Frankfurt’s development in recent years has been impressive. Because of my past, I’ve always had a special relationship with Eintracht and have constantly followed the club’s path. I am all the more pleased to be part of Eintracht again and would like to drive the positive development forward with my coaching team, the team and all the employees in the club. Discussions with Markus Krösche and Timmo Hardung were always trusting and constructive. The path we have taken suits me, we have the same idea of football. In 2003, as a player, I was allowed to stand on the pitch in what was then the Waldstadion in the 6:3 win over Reutlingen and celebrate promotion. Coming back as head coach to this club with its great emotionality and its unique fans in the heart of Europe is both an honor and a challenge for me. I am sure that we will continue to experience great football festivals together in the future.”