Niko Kovač

Croatia55 years old 3 clubs on record 173 matches

Known as: N. Kovač

Current club

Borussia Dortmund

The record 173 matches · 83–41–49

  • matches1733 clubs
  • record83–41–49won–drawn–lost
  • points per match1.6848% won
  • goals304–2191.76 for · 1.27 against

Niko Kovač has 173 finished matches on this store, across3 clubs between6 Aug 2021 and 14 Oct 2026.

His teams have won 83, drawn 41 and lost49 — 48% of them — at1.68 points per match, scoring304 and conceding 219.

The strongest spell is Borussia Dortmund: 1.99points per match over 80 matches, against 1.32 at VfL Wolfsburg.

His longest unbeaten run is 11 matches, the longestwinning run 8, and he is currently on 1 defeat.

3-4-2-1 is the shape he has used most —51 of the 146 matcheswhose 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 — 112 of these matches also carry a dugout the provider actually recorded, 112 of which name him. None needed correcting.

168 of the 173 matches carry team statistics (the store's begin in 2018) and 168 carry squads. A statistic the provider never filed is absent from the cards above rather than counted as a zero.

Club by club 3 spells

  1. Borussia DortmundActive2 Feb 2025 – present

    2. Bundesliga

    80 matches · 48–15–17 · 1.99 points per match · 166–95 goals (60% won)

    WWWWDLBest 6–0 v 1. FC Union BerlinWorst 0–4 at BarcelonaIn charge 8 Feb 2025 – 14 Oct 2026
  2. VfL 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 2024
  3. AS Monaco dates unreviewed 6 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

Form the last 40 of 173 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.

By season and competition
seasoncompetitionpw–d–lppggoals
UEFA Europa League 21/22UEFA Europa League63–3–02.007–4
UEFA Champions League 26/27UEFA Champions League21–0–11.503–3
UEFA Champions League 25/26UEFA Champions League104–2–41.4022–21
UEFA Champions League 24/25UEFA Champions League63–2–11.839–7
UEFA Champions League 21/22UEFA Champions League32–0–12.005–3
Ligue 1 21/22Ligue 1187–5–61.4427–22
FIFA Club World Cup 2025Club World Championship53–1–12.009–7
DFB Pokal 26/27DFB Pokal11–0–03.005–0
DFB Pokal 25/26DFB Pokal31–1–11.332–2
DFB Pokal 23/24DFB Pokal32–1–02.337–0
DFB Pokal 22/23DFB Pokal32–0–12.004–3
Bundesliga 26/27Bundesliga54–1–02.6011–4

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 – present

80 matches with him · 28 without · 2. Bundesliga

  • Points per match+0.421.9980m1.5728m
  • Win rate+13.6 pp60%80m46%28m
  • Goals for per match+0.012.0880m2.0728m
  • Goals against per match−0.451.1980m1.6428m

with him · without him

VfL Wolfsburg

1 Jul 2022 – 16 Mar 2024

66 matches with him · 8 without · 2. Bundesliga

  • Points per match−0.181.3266m1.508m
  • Win rate−15.2 pp35%66m50%8m
  • Goals for per match+0.251.5066m1.258m
  • Goals against per match−0.061.4466m1.508m

with him · without him

AS Monaco

6 Aug 2021 – 12 Dec 2021

27 matches with him · 23 without

  • Points per match−0.411.6327m2.0423m
  • Win rate−16.4 pp44%27m61%23m
  • Goals for per match−0.341.4427m1.7823m
  • Goals against per match+0.161.0727m0.9123m

with him · without him

His teams in the twelve target statistics 168 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(168m vs 92km)
  • Throw-ins20.4+0.619.9(168m vs 92km)
  • Shots13.0−0.313.3(168m vs 92km)
  • Shots on target4.7−0.14.7(168m vs 92km)
  • Tackles17.0+0.916.1(168m vs 92km)
  • Saves2.8−0.33.1(165m vs 91km)
  • Interceptions9.2−0.19.3(168m vs 92km)
  • Offsides1.7−0.21.8(164m vs 86km)
  • Corners5.2+0.34.9(168m vs 92km)
  • Cards2.1+0.02.1(162m vs 86km)
  • Dribbles7.8+0.17.7(168m vs 92km)
  • Goal kicks7.3−0.37.6(168m vs 92km)

Shapes 112 matches with a lineup

  • 3-4-2-151
  • 4-2-3-128
  • 3-4-312
  • 4-4-211
  • 4-3-310

The players he leaned on 168 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.