Niko Kovač
Croatia54 years old3 clubs on record172 matches
Known as: N. Kovač
Current club
The record172 matches · 83–41–48
- matches1723 clubs
- record83–41–48won–drawn–lost
- points per match1.6948% won
- goals304–2181.77 for · 1.27 against
Niko Kovač has 172 finished matches on this store, across 3 clubs between 6 Aug 2021 and 9 Oct 2026.
His teams have won 83, drawn 41 and lost 48 — 48% of them — at 1.69 points per match, scoring 304 and conceding 218.
The strongest spell is Borussia Dortmund: 2.01 points per match over 79 matches, against 1.32 at VfL Wolfsburg.
His longest unbeaten run is 11 matches, the longest winning run 8, and he is currently on 1 draw.
3-4-2-1 is the shape he has used most — 50 of the 145 matches whose lineups the store holds.
- First match in charge
- 6 Aug 2021 · 1–1 v Nantes
- Biggest win
- 21 Jan 2023 · 6–0 v SC Freiburg
- Heaviest defeat
- 7 May 2023 · 0–6 at Borussia Dortmund
How this record is built
There is no coach-to-match table in this store. The record is reconstructed: the spells in coach_stints crossed with the finished fixtures of the clubs he was at, in the competitions StatsGem covers — 111 of these matches also carry a dugout the provider actually recorded, 111 of which name him. None needed correcting.
167 of the 172 matches carry team statistics (the store's begin in 2018) and 167 carry squads. A statistic the provider never filed is absent from the cards above rather than counted as a zero.
Club by club3 spells
Borussia DortmundActive2 Feb 2025 – present 2. Bundesliga
79 matches · 48–15–16 · 2.01 points per match · 166–94 goals (61% won)
WWWWWDBest 6–0 v 1. FC Union BerlinWorst 0–4 at BarcelonaIn charge 8 Feb 2025 – 9 Oct 2026VfL Wolfsburg1 Jul 2022 – 16 Mar 2024 2. Bundesliga
66 matches · 23–18–25 · 1.32 points per match · 99–95 goals (35% won)
LDDLLLBest 6–0 v SC FreiburgWorst 0–6 at Borussia DortmundIn charge 30 Jul 2022 – 16 Mar 2024AS Monacodates unreviewed6 Aug 2021 – 12 Dec 2021 27 matches · 12–8–7 · 1.63 points per match · 39–29 goals (44% won)
WDWWDLBest 4–0 v MetzWorst 0–2 v RC LensIn charge 6 Aug 2021 – 12 Dec 2021
Formthe last 40 of 172 matches, oldest first
One bar per match, oldest first — three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. The dashed line is the mean of these 40 matches: 1.98 points per match. A bar with no colour is a match the statistics do not cover.
| season | competition | p | w–d–l | ppg | goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa League 21/22 | UEFA Europa League | 6 | 3–3–0 | 2.00 | 7–4 |
| UEFA Champions League 26/27 | UEFA Champions League | 1 | 1–0–0 | 3.00 | 3–2 |
| UEFA Champions League 25/26 | UEFA Champions League | 10 | 4–2–4 | 1.40 | 22–21 |
| UEFA Champions League 24/25 | UEFA Champions League | 6 | 3–2–1 | 1.83 | 9–7 |
| UEFA Champions League 21/22 | UEFA Champions League | 3 | 2–0–1 | 2.00 | 5–3 |
| Ligue 1 21/22 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 7–5–6 | 1.44 | 27–22 |
| FIFA Club World Cup 2025 | Club World Championship | 5 | 3–1–1 | 2.00 | 9–7 |
| DFB Pokal 26/27 | DFB Pokal | 1 | 1–0–0 | 3.00 | 5–0 |
| DFB Pokal 25/26 | DFB Pokal | 3 | 1–1–1 | 1.33 | 2–2 |
| DFB Pokal 23/24 | DFB Pokal | 3 | 2–1–0 | 2.33 | 7–0 |
| DFB Pokal 22/23 | DFB Pokal | 3 | 2–0–1 | 2.00 | 4–3 |
| Bundesliga 26/27 | Bundesliga | 5 | 4–1–0 | 2.60 | 11–4 |
With him and without him
The same club, in the same competitions and seasons, split by whether he was in charge — his spell against the club's other matches in those seasons.
Borussia Dortmund
2 Feb 2025 – present79 matches with him · 28 without · 2. Bundesliga
- Points per match+0.44
- Win rate+14.3 pp
- Goals for per match+0.03
- Goals against per match−0.45
with him · without him
VfL Wolfsburg
1 Jul 2022 – 16 Mar 202466 matches with him · 8 without · 2. Bundesliga
- Points per match−0.18
- Win rate−15.2 pp
- Goals for per match+0.25
- Goals against per match−0.06
with him · without him
AS Monaco
6 Aug 2021 – 12 Dec 202127 matches with him · 23 without
- Points per match−0.41
- Win rate−16.4 pp
- Goals for per match−0.34
- Goals against per match+0.16
with him · without him
His teams in the twelve target statistics167 matches with statistics
His teams' average for each of the twelve statistics this site measures — the same statistic families the match odds and the league tables publish — beside the competition-season average of the same matches. The statistics begin in 2018, which is why the counts are lower than his match total.
- Fouls11.8+0.511.3(167m vs 92km)
- Throw-ins20.4+0.619.9(167m vs 92km)
- Shots13.0−0.313.3(167m vs 92km)
- Shots on target4.7−0.14.7(167m vs 92km)
- Tackles17.0+0.916.1(167m vs 92km)
- Saves2.8−0.33.1(164m vs 90km)
- Interceptions9.2−0.19.3(167m vs 92km)
- Offsides1.6−0.21.8(163m vs 86km)
- Corners5.2+0.34.9(167m vs 92km)
- Cards2.1+0.02.1(161m vs 86km)
- Dribbles7.8+0.17.7(167m vs 92km)
- Goal kicks7.4−0.37.6(167m vs 92km)
Shapes111 matches with a lineup
- 3-4-2-150
- 4-2-3-128
- 3-4-312
- 4-4-211
- 4-3-310
The players he leaned on167 matches with a squad
Most minutes first, over the matches the store holds a squad for. A player's rating is the provider's, averaged over the matches he was rated in.
- Gregor Kobel6,600′73 apps · 73 starts7.13
- Felix Nmecha5,981′91 apps · 68 starts6.98
- Waldemar Anton5,687′71 apps · 64 starts7.10
- Serhou Guirassy5,343′73 apps · 61 starts7.02
- Koen Casteels5,340′59 apps · 59 starts7.00
- Daniel Svensson5,196′70 apps · 57 starts6.81
- Maximilian Arnold4,898′59 apps · 54 starts7.05
- Julian Ryerson4,869′69 apps · 55 starts6.99
- Ridle Baku4,488′64 apps · 47 starts6.83
- Nico Schlotterbeck4,447′51 apps · 49 starts7.65
- Maximilian Beier4,124′68 apps · 48 starts6.78
- Maxence Lacroix3,920′58 apps · 44 starts6.89