What a landmark, Boss!
Jurgen Klopp embarked on his 1,000th managerial game. To celebrate this incredible milestone, let’s break it down.
The 55-year-old German began at Mainz in 2001. Where Jurgen Klopp took charge for the first time on February 28, 2001, just one day after being promoted from the playing staff.
On January 21, 2023 at Anfield showdown comes a remarkable 21 years, 10 months and 24 days since Jurgen Klopp took charge of his first game and embarked on his 1000 managerial games.
“I have done the job I love for the clubs I love,” said Klopp. “I am blessed, 100 per cent. That’s what I feel.”
“I’ve never thought about these kind of numbers. I never thought I would be allowed to do it [manage] for that long. But somehow, it went really quickly. You have to work through 22 years and then you can somehow arrive there.”
“This week people told me that it [the 1,000th game] will happen. It keeps coming up, then [I thought about] the start at Mainz, the start at Dortmund, the start here… When you come in, you never know how it will go and I was really lucky with all the things that happened.”
“It is a crazy number, honesty, 1,000th. The beard is now really grey! It was not the case when I arrived here… I’m not sure if that is because of the age or because of Liverpool!”
“It [reaching the landmark] is a massive thing. I have been at three fantastic clubs, which have given me the opportunity to do the job. That is what is going through my mind. Not all of the 1,000th games were good and not all the phases were good, but most of the time it went in the right direction,” he explained.
After a landmark encounter, we’ve crunched the numbers from Jurgen Klopp 1000 games as a manager to date…
Liverpool: 2015-present
Games managed: 411
Liverpool wins: 249
Draws: 93
Defeats: 69
Win percentage: 60,7%
Major trophies won: 7
UEFA Champions League: 2018-19
UEFA Super Cup: 2019
FIFA Club World Cup: 2019
Premier League: 2019-20
Carabao Cup: 2021-22
Emirates FA Cup: 2021-22
FA Community Shield: 2022
Most Liverpool appearances under Klopp: Roberto Firmino (341)
Top Liverpool goalscorer under Klopp: Mohamed Salah (173)
Most Liverpool assists under Klopp: Roberto Firmino (71)
Borussia Dortmund: 2008-2015
Games managed: 319
Borussia Dortmund wins: 180
Draws: 69
Defeats: 70
Win percentage: 56,4%
Major trophies won: 3
Bundesliga: 2010-11, 2011-12
DFB-Pokal: 2011-12
FSV Mainz 05: 2001-2008
Games managed: 270
Mainz wins: 109
Draws: 78
Defeats: 83
Win percentage: 40,4%
Jurgen Klopp’s major individual honours
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach: 2019, 2020
IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach: 2019
German Manager of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2019
Premier League Manager of the Season: 2019-20, 2021-22
LMA Manager of the Year: 2020, 2022
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award: 2020
Freedom of the City of Liverpool: 2022
