Bernd Hollerbach

Hollerbach started his career playing football for ASV Rimpar. In 1988, he joined Würzburger Kickers, where he contributed significantly to their promotion to the Bayernliga in 1990. His noteworthy performances attracted attention, leading to a mid-season transfer to FC St. Pauli in the Bundesliga. Despite being unable to prevent relegation, Hollerbach remained a key figure in the 2. Bundesliga for four years. In the 1994–95 season, he played a pivotal role in St. Pauli's promotion to the Bundesliga but opted to join 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Following a brief stint, he made a move to Hamburger SV in early 1996, where he continued to play in the Bundesliga until 2004 and secured the DFL-Ligapokal in 2003. Hollerbach gained a reputation as a resilient left-back, earning the moniker "Holleraxt" (Holler-axe). His robust style of play resulted in consistently accumulating over ten yellow cards almost every season. Throughout his Bundesliga career, he received a total of 93 yellow cards, three yellow-red cards, and three red cards. Only Stefan Effenberg and David Jarolím received more bookings, albeit with significantly more appearances.

VfL 93 Hamburg and VfB Lübeck

Following his extensive eight-year tenure with Hamburger SV, Hollerbach transitioned into coaching, beginning with a role at VfL 93 Hamburg in 2005. Subsequently, on 1 July 2006, he assumed the position of head coach at VfB Lübeck in the Regionalliga Nord. However, his tenure was cut short on 28 February 2007, after two consecutive defeats raised doubts about their promotion aspirations, leading to his dismissal.

Assistant coach to Felix Magath

In June 2007, Hollerbach assumed the role of assistant coach alongside Felix Magath at Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. In a dual capacity, he also took charge of the reserve team competing in the Regionalliga Nord in July 2008, before leaving the position to Lorenz-Günther Köstner from January 2009. Under his coaching influence, VfL Wolfsburg clinched the Bundesliga title at the end of the 2008–09 season. For the 2009–10 season, Hollerbach, still in collaboration with Felix Magath, moved to Schalke 04 as an assistant coach, maintaining this role until March 2011. However, following Felix Magath's dismissal on 16 March 2011, Hollerbach, along with his coaching colleague Werner Leuthard, terminated their contracts with Schalke 04 a day later. Subsequently, on 18 March 2011, they reunited with Felix Magath at VfL Wolfsburg. Hollerbach voluntarily departed the club on 25 October 2012, following Magath's dismissal.

Würzburger Kickers

At the start of the 2014–15 season, Hollerbach…

Manager

As of match played 23 April 2023

Hamburger SV

DFB-Ligapokal: 2003