BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

1. FC Magdeburg backroom staff

We hold the names of 17 people on 1. FC Magdeburg's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Petrik Sander manages the first team, with Pascal Ibold as assistant manager. 1. FC Magdeburg's is the 19th longest staff list of the 19 2. Bundesliga clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED17

COACHING5

MEDICAL4

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS2

NATIONALITIES1

MEDIAN AGE42

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 5 people

1. FC Magdeburg coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Petrik Sander	Manager	First team	64	Germany
Pascal Ibold	Assistant manager	First team	35	Germany
Silvio Bankert	Coach	First team	40	Germany
Matthias Tischer	Goalkeeping coach	First team	39	Germany
Jannik Kirchenkamp	Fitness coach	First team	32	Germany

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 4 people

1. FC Magdeburg medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Jan-Philipp Schüttrumpf	Club doctor	First team	41	Germany
Oliver Poranzke	Club doctor	First team	47	Germany
Patrick Klein	Club doctor	First team	54	Germany
Marcel Möller	Physio	First team	31	Germany

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 2 people

1. FC Magdeburg scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Tim Schork	Scout	Club-wide	35	Germany
Kevin Waliczek	Performance analyst	First team	37	Germany

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person

1. FC Magdeburg football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Carsten Müller	Head of youth development	53	Germany	FC Erzgebirge Aue

Owners and directors

Who owns 1. FC Magdeburg and sits on its board

1. FC Magdeburg owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Jörg Biastoch	Chair	60	Germany	-
Hagen Hoffmann	Director	52	Germany	-
Marius Sowislo	Director	42	Germany	-
Otmar Schork	Director	67	Germany	SV Sandhausen
Peter Fechner	Director	70	Germany	-

Backroom staff at every 2. Bundesliga club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

Hertha BSC 43 VfL Wolfsburg 41 1. FC Nürnberg 38 Dynamo Dresden 38 VfL Bochum 1848 38 Holstein Kiel 32 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 31 FC St. Pauli 30 1. FC Kaiserslautern 29 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895 28 Karlsruher SC 26 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 26 VfL Osnabrück 26 Hannover 96 24 Eintracht Braunschweig 23 FC Energie Cottbus 22 SV Darmstadt 98 21 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 18 1. FC Magdeburg 17

1. FC Magdeburg's list is the 19th longest of the 19, against a median of 28 across the division. Hertha BSC names the most, 43.

1. FC Magdeburg against the 2. Bundesliga, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

1. FC Magdeburg staff by department against the 2. Bundesliga average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	1. FC MAGDEBURG	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	5	9	15	Dynamo Dresden
Medical and sports science	4	6	10	VfL Wolfsburg
Scouting and analysis	2	7	17	VfL Wolfsburg
Football management	1	2	3	VfL Wolfsburg
Owners and directors	5	5	12	Dynamo Dresden

Backrooms the size of 1. FC Magdeburg's, in every league

1. FC Magdeburg's 17 names make the joint 646th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 619th to 646th, with 1. FC Magdeburg among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
619	Pau FC	Ligue 2	18
619	Querétaro FC	Liga MX	18
619	Rochdale	League Two	18
619	Shandong Taishan	Chinese Super League	18
619	Southend United	National League	18
619	St Mirren	Scottish Premiership	18
619	St. Louis CITY SC	Major League Soccer	18
619	Swindon Town	League Two	18
619	US Concarneau	-	18
619	Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana	Liga MX	18
646	1. FC Magdeburg	2. Bundesliga	17
646	Abha Club	Saudi Pro League	17
646	Adelaide United	A-League	17
646	AE Kifisias	Superleague Greece	17
646	Al-Khaleej FC	Saudi Pro League	17
646	Atlético Goianiense	-	17
646	Atlético Madrid Women	Liga F	17
646	Austin FC	Major League Soccer	17
646	Bryne FK	Eliteserien	17
646	Chesterfield	League Two	17
646	Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza	Super Liga	17

Where 1. FC Magdeburg's former staff work now

On 1. FC Magdeburg's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 5 people

People who worked at 1. FC Magdeburg in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Christian Titz	Manager	Hannover 96
Claus-Dieter Wollitz	Manager	FC Energie Cottbus
André Kilian	Assistant manager	Hannover 96
Lars Fuchs	Assistant manager	FC Erzgebirge Aue
Ronny Thielemann	Coach	RB Leipzig

Frequently asked questions

Who is 1. FC Magdeburg's manager?

Petrik Sander is the 1. FC Magdeburg first-team manager, aged 64. Pascal Ibold is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at 1. FC Magdeburg?

Matthias Tischer coaches the 1. FC Magdeburg first-team goalkeepers.

How many backroom staff do 1. FC Magdeburg have?

We hold the names of 17 people on 1. FC Magdeburg's staff for 2025/26: 5 in coaching, 4 in medical and sports science, 2 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 5 owners and directors. That is the 19th longest list of the 19 2. Bundesliga clubs we hold, against a median of 28. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 646th longest of 815.

Where to next

For what 1. FC Magdeburg pays its squad, see 1. FC Magdeburg player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on 2. Bundesliga wages.