BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

1. FC Union Berlin backroom staff

We hold the names of 34 people on 1. FC Union Berlin's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Steffen Baumgart manages the first team, with Kevin McKenna as assistant manager. 1. FC Union Berlin's is the joint 13th longest staff list of the 18 Bundesliga clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED34

COACHING9

MEDICAL7

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS13

NATIONALITIES4

MEDIAN AGE44

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 9 people

1. FC Union Berlin coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Steffen Baumgart	Manager	First team	53	Germany	1. FC Köln before that SC Paderborn 07
Marie-Louise Eta	Manager	Under-19s	34	-	-
Kevin McKenna	Assistant manager	First team	45	Canada	1. FC Köln before that 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Danilo de Souza	Coach	First team	41	Brazil	VfL Osnabrück before that SC Paderborn 07
Sebastian Bönig	Set-piece coach	First team	43	Germany	-
Michael Gspurning	Goalkeeping coach	First team	44	Austria	-
Marcel Höttecke	Goalkeeping coach	Under-19s	38	Germany	VfL Osnabrück before that Borussia Mönchengladbach
Johannes Thienel	Fitness coach	First team	32	Germany	SC Paderborn 07 before that Eintracht Braunschweig
Martin Krüger	Fitness coach	First team	45	Germany	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 7 people

1. FC Union Berlin medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Clemens Gwinner	Club doctor	First team	40	Germany
Marvin Minkus	Club doctor	First team	34	Germany
Sven Kuhlbrodt	Head physio	Club-wide	44	Germany
Maximilian Perschk	Physio	First team	35	Germany
Robert Kemna	Physio	First team	33	Germany
Silvio Thieme	Physio	First team	51	Germany
Thomas Riedel	Physio	First team	51	Germany

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 13 people

1. FC Union Berlin scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Aaron Diakanua	Scout	Club-wide	27	Germany	-
André Juchum	Scout	Club-wide	44	Germany	-
Fadi Khader	Scout	Club-wide	30	Germany	-
Horst Quade	Scout	Club-wide	75	Germany	-
Jan Perret	Scout	Club-wide	22	Germany	-
Leandro Krämer	Scout	Club-wide	25	Germany	-
Mark Ulshöfer	Scout	Club-wide	58	Germany	-
Stefan Studer	Scout	Club-wide	61	Germany	FC St. Pauli
Steven Pälchen	Scout	Club-wide	33	Germany	-
Theo Gries	Scout	Club-wide	64	Germany	-
Tom Lohmann	Scout	Club-wide	32	Germany	-
Adrian Wittmann	Head performance analyst	Club-wide	39	Germany	-
Tobias Drössler	Performance analyst	First team	31	Austria	-

Football management

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

1. FC Union Berlin football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Janek Kampa	Head of youth development	50	Germany

Owners and directors

Who owns 1. FC Union Berlin and sits on its board

1. FC Union Berlin owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Dirk Zingler	Chair	60	Germany	-
Horst Heldt	Director	55	Germany	1. FC Köln before that Hannover 96
Lutz Munack	Director	51	Germany	-
Oskar Kosche	Director	57	Germany	-

Backroom staff at every Bundesliga club

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

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 71 Borussia Mönchengladbach 60 RB Leipzig 58 FC Bayern München 57 Eintracht Frankfurt 54 VfB Stuttgart 45 Borussia Dortmund 44 FC Schalke 04 43 Hamburger Sport-Verein 43 1. FC Köln 41 SV Werder Bremen 40 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 36 1. FC Union Berlin 34 FC Augsburg 34 1. FSV Mainz 05 33 Sport-Club Freiburg 31 SV Elversberg 27 SC Paderborn 07 26

1. FC Union Berlin's list is the joint 13th longest of the 18, against a median of 42 across the division. Bayer 04 Leverkusen names the most, 71. SC Paderborn 07 names the fewest, 26.

1. FC Union Berlin against the Bundesliga, department by department

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

1. FC Union Berlin staff by department against the Bundesliga average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	1. FC UNION BERLIN	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	9	12	21	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Medical and sports science	7	9	17	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Scouting and analysis	13	15	27	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Football management	1	2	3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Owners and directors	4	6	10	RB Leipzig

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

1. FC Union Berlin's 34 names make the joint 254th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 242nd to 254th, with 1. FC Union Berlin among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
242	Corinthians	Brasileirão Série A	35
242	ESTAC Troyes	Ligue 1	35
242	Kawasaki Frontale	J1 League	35
242	NK Slaven Belupo	Croatian First League	35
242	Oxford United	League One	35
242	Red Bull Bragantino	Brasileirão Série A	35
242	Santa Clara	Primeira Liga	35
242	São Paulo	Brasileirão Série A	35
242	Sønderjyske Fodbold	Danish Superliga	35
242	Sportklub Sturm Graz	Austrian Bundesliga	35
254	1. FC Union Berlin	Bundesliga	34
254	Aarhus Gymnastikforening	Danish Superliga	34
254	Cambridge United	League One	34
254	Carlisle United	National League	34
254	Cracovia	Ekstraklasa	34
254	Fagiano Okayama	J1 League	34
254	FC Augsburg	Bundesliga	34
254	FC Emmen	-	34
254	FC Lorient	Ligue 1	34
254	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Ligue 2	34
254	Jagiellonia Białystok	Ekstraklasa	34

Where 1. FC Union Berlin's staff come from

4 nationalities across the 33 staff whose nationality we hold

Germany 29

Austria 2

Brazil 1

Canada 1

Germany supplies 29 of the 33, 88%. The median age is 44. The oldest is Horst Quade, scout, at 75, and the youngest Jan Perret, scout, at 22. 7 members of staff came from another club, most often 1. FC Köln (3).

Where 1. FC Union Berlin's former staff work now

On 1. FC Union Berlin's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 9 people

People who worked at 1. FC Union Berlin in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Henrik Pedersen	Manager	Sheffield Wednesday
Urs Fischer	Manager	1. FSV Mainz 05
Markus Hoffmann	Assistant manager	1. FSV Mainz 05
Dennis Rudel	Goalkeeping coach	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Justin Merz	Goalkeeping coach	Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening
Christopher Busse	Fitness coach	SV Darmstadt 98
Sebastian Podsiadły	Performance analyst	1. FSV Mainz 05
Helmut Schulte	Loan manager	VfB Stuttgart
Michael Parensen	Director	Sportklub Sturm Graz

Frequently asked questions

Who is 1. FC Union Berlin's manager?

Steffen Baumgart is the 1. FC Union Berlin first-team manager, aged 53. Kevin McKenna is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at 1. FC Union Berlin?

Michael Gspurning coaches the 1. FC Union Berlin first-team goalkeepers.

Who is 1. FC Union Berlin's head physio?

Sven Kuhlbrodt is head physio at 1. FC Union Berlin.

How many backroom staff do 1. FC Union Berlin have?

We hold the names of 34 people on 1. FC Union Berlin's staff for 2025/26: 9 in coaching, 7 in medical and sports science, 13 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 4 owners and directors. That is the joint 13th longest list of the 18 Bundesliga clubs we hold, against a median of 42. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 254th longest of 815.

Where to next

For what 1. FC Union Berlin pays its squad, see 1. FC Union Berlin player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Steffen Baumgart. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Bundesliga wages.