Jürgen Klopp named German Manager of the Year

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp has been named German Manager of the Year by Kicker magazine for the 2018-19 season.

It is the 3rd time that Klopp has won the award which is voted for by The German Sports Journalist Association. He previously won the award after winning the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund in 2011 and 2012. Only Felix Magath had previously won the award three times.

Klopp received 183 of the 537 votes cast with Fortuna Dusseldorf boss Friedhelm Funkel receiving 139 votes and Eintracht Frankfurt boss Adi Hütter receiving 56 votes.

On receiving the news, Klopp said: “I thank you very much for this great award.

“Of course, I know who I owe this to: my team and my coaching team, only in the collective can we achieve such successes as we have achieved.

“I am also happy for Friedhelm Funkel and Adi Hütter, whose great work has been recognised by sports journalists.”

Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus, who was again linked with Liverpool last week, was voted German Footballer of the Year for the 2018-19 campaign. He beat off competition from Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz and Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich.

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GERMAN MANAGER OF THE YEAR POLLING RESULTS IN FULL:

Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool) – 183
Friedhelm Funkel (Fortuna Dusseldorf) – 139
Adi Hütter (Eintracht Frankfurt) – 56
Niko Kovac (Bayern) – 52
Christian Streich (SC Freiburg) – 26
Lucien Favre (Borussia Dortmund) – 16
Florian Kohfeldt (Werder Bremen) – 13
Rangnick (RB Leipzig) – 11
Steffen Baumgart (SC Paderborn) – 7
Labbadia (Wolfsburg) – 5
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Women’s team) – 4
Stefan Kuntz (Under 21 team ) – 3
Sandro Schwarz (1st FSV Mainz 05) – 3
Daniel Thioune (VfL Osnabrück) – 3
Urs Fischer (Union Berlin) – 2
Dieter Hecking (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – 2
Horst Hrubesch (Women’s National Team) – 2
Marco Rose (RB Salzburg) – 2
Frank Schmidt (1 FC Heidenheim) – 2
Domenico Tedesco (Schalke 04) – 2