Jürgen Klopp appointed Germany head coach after Nagelsmann exit
In July 2026 the German FA named former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp head coach of the men's national team, with a contract running to the 2030 World Cup.
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In late July 2026, the German Football Association (DFB) announced that Jürgen Klopp would become head coach of the men's national team. He replaced Julian Nagelsmann, who left days after Germany went out of the World Cup in the round of 32, losing to Paraguay.
Klopp, who led Liverpool from 2015 to 2024 and won the Premier League and the Champions League there, had been working as head of global soccer at Red Bull. He had long rejected the idea of coaching Germany, so the move surprised many. The DFB said it had approached him as soon as the post fell vacant.
His contract was reported to run for four years, through Euro 2028 and the 2030 World Cup. Peter Krawietz, Pepijn Lijnders and Sven Bender were named as assistants, which reunited Klopp with two members of his old Liverpool staff. The appointment was meant to restore confidence in a team that had failed at a home-favoured tournament cycle and to rebuild its identity.
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