Marcel Koller

Born in Zürich, Koller played his entire career for Swiss club Grasshoppers Zürich. In these 24 years he won seven Swiss championships and five Swiss cups. Koller was capped 56 times for the Swiss national team, scoring 3 goals. He was part of the Swiss squad at Euro 1996.

Switzerland

Koller's career as coach started at the Swiss club FC Wil in the 1997–98 season. He led his club to a promotion place in the Swiss Challenge League. In January 1999 he went to FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League. One year later the club won its first championship for almost 100 years. Also on European level FC St. Gallen would celebrate successes: in the UEFA Cup the Swiss side would eliminate English top club FC Chelsea. Koller was voted Swiss manager of the year 2000. On 9 January 2002, he went to his old love, Grasshoppers Zürich. Koller won his second championship as a coach in the 2003 Season. After failing to qualify for the Champions League (against AEK 1–0/1–3) and a losing streak in the league he resigned on 3 October 2003.

1. FC Köln

The next step in his career was a move to German Bundesliga. Koller's first station in Germany was 1. FC Köln. However, this spell was not a very successful and took only seven months. Koller took the club in a desperate position and could not improve the results. In his term the club only won four matches and relegated eventually to 2. Bundesliga. During this period he gave young talents the opportunity to debut on the highest level. The most prominent example is German international Lukas Podolski. 1. FC Köln ended at last position. Koller was sacked after the season ended.

VfL Bochum

From 23 May 2005 on, Koller was the coach of German side VfL Bochum. The club was relegated into the Second…

Player

Grasshoppers

Swiss Championship: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96 Swiss Cup: 1982–83, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94 Swiss Super Cup: 1989

Manager

St Gallen

Swiss Championship: 1999–2000 Grasshoppers

Swiss Championship: 2002–03 Vfl Bochum

2. Bundesliga: 2005–06 Basel

Swiss Cup: 2018–19 Al Ahly

Egyptian Premier League: 2022–23, 2023–24 Egypt Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23 Egyptian Super Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 CAF Champions League: 2022–23, 2023–24