Former German national team coach Jürgen Klinsmann's term as the 16th coach at German club giants Bayern Munich ended after less than one year. With the interim hiring of former coach Jupp Heynckes, the boss from 1987 to 1991 became the fifth man with a second stint on Bayern's coaching bench after Udo Lattek, Franz Beckenbauer, Giovanni Trapattoni and Ottmar Hitzfeld.
Here a listing of the past 16 coaches from Zlatko Cajkovski in 1963 to Jürgen Klinsmann in 2009.
Zlatko Cajkovski (1963-1968): The Yugoslavian coach took over at FC Bayern in 1963 in the regional league and two years later led them to promotion to the Bundesliga. Cajkovski guided Bayern to the 1966 and 1967 German Cups and 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup. He moved to Hannover after the 1967-68 season.
Branko Zebec (1968-1970): Branko Zebec won the league and cup double in his first season in 1968-69. In September 1969 he announced he would not extend his contract and Udo Lattek took over after the 26th game day.
Udo Lattek (1970-1975, 1983-1987): Udo Lattek led Bayern to the 1971 German Cup, three straight German league crowns and the 1974 European Champions Cup title. He was fired in the winter break after a poor first half of the 1974-75 season. He returned to Munich in June 1983. He again won three straight Bundesliga titles (1985-87) as well as the 1984 and 1986 German Cups and reached the 1987 European Champions Cup final, leaving the club after the season.
Dettmar Cramer (1975-1977): Dettmar Cramer won the European Champions Cup crown in 1975 and 1976 and the 1976 world club cup. He did not win a Bundesliga crown and swapped coaching positions with Gyula Lorant to Eintracht Frankfurt in December 1977.
Gyula Lorant (Dec. 1977-Dec. 1978): Bayern finished only 12th in 1978 under the Hungarian coach. And after a poor start the following season he was released in December 1978 and replaced by his assistant Pal Csernai.
Pal Csernai (Jan. 1979-1983): After finishing 1980 in fourth place, Pal Csernai won the following two league crowns. In 1982, Bayern won the German Cup and reached the European Champions Cup final. Csernai was let go on May 17, 1983.
Reinhard Saftig (May 17-June 30 1983): Reinhard Saftig coached Bayern for the final three games of the season and was then assistant one season under Udo Lattek.
Jupp Heynckes (1987-1991, April 27 2009-current): Jupp Heynckes began his first term with Bayern in June 1987 and guided them to second place in his first season. He won two German titles and led Bayern to three straight European Champions Cup semi-finals. After a poor start, he was released on October 8, 1991 and released by Sören Lerby. On April 27 2009, he replaced the fired Jürgen Klinsmann.
Sören Lerby (October 9 1991-March 10 1992): The former Bayern striker did not even last the rest of the season, getting replaced by Erich Ribbeck.
Erich Ribbeck (March 10 1992-Dec. 1993): Erich Ribbeck guided Munich to second place in 1992-93 but stepped down at the 1993 winter break.
Franz Beckenbauer (Dec. 1993-June 1994, April 27-June 30 1996): As interim coach, Franz Beckenbauer led Bayern to their 13th title in 1994. After Otto Rehhagel was fired in 1996, he guided Bayern to the UEFA Cup title.
Giovanni Trapattoni (July 1 1994-June 1995, July 1996-June 1998): Giovanni Trapattoni stayed just one season in his first stint, with Munich finishing sixth and reaching the Champions League semis. He returned for the 1996-97 season and won the German league crown and the German Cup a season later.
Otto Rehhagel (July 1995-April 27 1996): After 14 years with Werder Bremen, Otto Rehhagel never lived up to expectations with Bayern. Despite second place and the UEFA Cup semi, Rehhagel was sacked on April 27.
Ottmar Hitzfeld (July 1998-June 2004, February 1 2007-June 2008): Ottmar Hitzfeld turned Bayern into the undisputed number one in his first stint with four league crowns (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003) and two German cups (2000, 2003) as well as the 2001 Champions League trophy and the world club cup. After leaving following the 2003-04 season, Hitzfeld returned in Feb. 2007 as Felix Magath's replacement. He won the league and cup double in 2008 and then ended his Bayern career.
Felix Magath (July 2004-Jan. 31 2007): Felix Magath won two straight league and cup doubles (2005, 2006) but was sacked on January 31 2007 after losing in the Last 16 of the German Cup.
Jürgen Klinsmann (July 1 2008-April 27 2009): Jürgen Klinsmann had 10 months to lead Bayern to success. But after early departures from the Champions League and German Cup and just third place in the Bundesliga, he was replaced by Jupp Heynckes.
