Second Bundesliga - Baumgart enjoys communicating with Kuntz
Steffen Baumgart expresses great respect for new HSV sports board Stefan Kuntz. In the magazine "11Freunde", the trainer of Hamburger Football Second League team stated: "I have met a boss in my coaching career who achieved much more as a football player than I did. It's simply fun to communicate because I notice that there's even more understanding there."
While Baumgart, who is 52 years old, scored 29 goals in 225 Bundesliga matches as a player, Kuntz, who is 61 years old, scored 179 goals in 449 games. With 1. FC Kaiserslautern, he became German champion and cup winner, and with the national team, he became European champion.
Mutual Respect
The respect of the two HSV decision-makers is based on mutuality. So Kuntz about the very impulsive coaching Baumgart: "It's also positive for the team that they notice: The old man is positively excited and full of football passion – and now another one from the board joins us, who doesn't have that either."
HSV starts the season 2024/25 with the seventh attempt to return to the Bundesliga. For Kuntz, Baumgart is the right coach: "I have the inner conviction that it can work with him." The first game will be played by the Hanseaten on August 2, 2024 (8:30 pm/Sky and Sat.1) against Baumgart's ex-club 1. FC Cologne.
- Steffen Baumgart mentioned that he has encountered a boss in his coaching career who achieved more as a soccer player than he did in the Bundesliga, expressing his respect for Stefan Kuntz, the new sports board member of Hamburger SV.
- The mutual respect between Baumgart and Kuntz is apparent, with Kuntz admiring Baumgart's impulsive coaching style and noting that it's motivating for the team to see the old coach excited and passionate about soccer.
- As Hamburger SV prepares for the 2024/25 season, their seventh attempt to return to the Bundesliga, Kuntz believes that Baumgart is the right coach for the club, expressing his inner conviction that they can achieve success together.
- In the upcoming season, Hamburg will face Baumgart's former club, 1. FC Cologne, in their first game on August 2, 2024 at 8:30 pm (airing on Sky and Sat.1).
- In an interview, Baumgart spoke about his time in the Second Bundesliga, mentioning that he enjoys the process of analyzing games using tools like Hue, Saturation, Value (HSV), which can help identify strengths and weaknesses in their opponent's playstyle.
