Oliver Glasner

Glasner started his career at SV Riedau, and joined the Austrian second division team SV Ried in 1993. Ried was promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga in 1995. During the 1997–98 season he won the Austrian Cup with the club. When Ried went down to second division again in 2003, Glasner joined First League team LASK for the next season, but returned to Ried a year later. Ried returned to the Bundesliga in 2005, and in the 2010–11 season, Glasner won the Austrian Cup for the second time. On 31 July 2011, he suffered a cut above the eye and a slight concussion during a heading duel in a league match between Ried and Rapid Wien. Nevertheless, he accompanied his team during the Europa League third qualifying round second leg against Brøndby. After the final heading training session, he developed a brain hemorrhage on 4 August 2011. He was operated on the same day. Glasner survived the operation, but ended his career on the advice of the doctors on 23 August 2011. He made more than 500 league appearances in his 16-year career.

Early career

In 2006, Glasner completed his Diplomkaufmann qualification at the University of Hagen. He was offered an assistant coach role at Ried in 2012. But Peter Vogl, then honorary president of SV Ried and CEO of Red Bull Salzburg, hired Glasner as management assistant, responsible for sports. Ralf Rangnick asked Glasner that they are looking for an assistant coach to Roger Schmidt in the first-team squad. Two weeks in his role for the 2012–13 season, Salzburg dropped out of European football against F91 Düdelingen from Luxemburg. After their successful two-year spell at Salzburg, finishing as Austrian champions, Glasner did not follow Schmidt to Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga, but instead was appointed manager at his former club Ried for the 2014–15 season. He started the campaign with two wins: 3–2 against Parndorf in the first round of the Austrian Cup on 11 July 2014; and 3–1 against Wiener Neustädter in a league game on 19 July.

LASK

Glasner joined LASK in the 2015–16 season as a director of sport, as well as manager. Over time, vice president Jürgen Werner and Glasner constructed a team with an unmistakable style of play. LASK earned promotion to the first division in Glasner's second season, then finished the 2017–18 Austrian Football Bundesliga season in fourth position, earning a place in the Europa League third qualifying round. It was the club's first European campaign since 2000. In the 2018–19 season, LASK finished in second place,…

Oliver Glasner was born on 28 August 1974 in Salzburg, and moved to Riedau before he had turned a year old.

Player

SV Ried

Austrian Cup: 1997–98, 2010–11

Manager

LASK

2. Liga: 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt

UEFA Europa League: 2021–22 Crystal Palace

FA Cup: 2024–25 FA Community Shield: 2025 UEFA Conference League: 2025–26 Individual

LMA John Duncan Award: 2025 Premier League Manager of the Month: September 2025