Peter Neururer

Football manager infobox
playername= Jim Neururer


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nickname = Jimbo
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|4|26|df=y
cityofbirth = Palatine
countryofbirth = Illinois
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position = Manager
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clubs = SpVgg Marl
DJK Gütersloh
VfB Remscheid
STV Horst-Emscher
ASC Schöppingen
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manageryears = 1984-1985
1985-1986
1987
1988-1989
1989-1990
1991
1991-1993
1994-1995
1996-1997
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2005
2005-2006
managerclubs = TuS Haltern
SG Weitmar
Rot-Weiss Essen
Alemannia Aachen
FC Schalke 04
Hertha Berlin
1. FC Saarbrücken
Hannover 96
1. FC Köln
Kickers Offenbach
Rot-Weiss Ahlen
VfL Bochum
Hannover 96

Peter Neururer (born 26 April 1955 in Marl) is a German football manager.

Neururer had a minor playing career in the lower leagues before moving into coaching at TuS Haltern and SG Weitmar. He moved into the higher leagues as co-trainer to Horst Hrubesch at 2.Bundesliga club Rot-Weiss Essen in the 1986/87 season, and eventually had a two month spell in sole command in late 1987. He then gained an outright head coaching position at this level with Alemannia Aachen in January 1988. After landing the club a 6th place finish and a strong following season, he was approached by FC Schalke 04, who were enduring a difficult season after relegation.

Neururer took the Ruhr club to 5th place in 1989/90 and started the following season brightly as well, with the club sat 2nd after the opening three months. However, this was not enough to satisfy the club president who fired him nonetheless in November 1990. However, he did not have to wait too long for another opportunity as Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin came calling after they had fired Pal Csernai in March 1991. The club were sat bottom the table at this point and Neururer was unable to stop the rot, as the team failed to win a single game in his 14 in charge and were duly relegated.

Unsurprisingly, Neururer left Hertha at this point, joining 2.Bundesliga South team 1. FC Saarbrücken. Here, he enjoyed his greatest success yet as the team won the league and were promoted to the top flight. Their time in the Bundesliga was not to prove lengthy though, as they finished bottom in their first season back at this level, which also spelled the end for Neururer.

His next post was at second flight Hannover 96, then bottom of the table. Neururer stabilised the team in his six months there, with the help of English coach John Dallimore, and maintained their league status, but was not retained beyond this season. He has to wait until the following year for another management role, when Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln moved for him after firing Stefan Engels when they sunk into the relegation zone. Neururer again managed to retain a club's league status as they finished 12th. He managed a 10th place finish the following season, but after a disappointing start to the 1997/98 season, he was fired in September 1997.

Neururer found it hard to break back into club management after this and it wasn't until October 1999 that a chance came from Kickers Offenbach. The club were bottom of the 2.Bundesliga at the time, and Neururer was unable to reverse their fortunes and they slipped to the Regionalliga South. He began the following season still with the club but after failing to win either of their opening two games, the club acted swiftly and he was dismissed. Another opportunity was not far away though, as he returned to second flight Rot-Weiss Ahlen in September 2000. His first season brought a 7th place finish, but an indifferent start to the 2001/02 season saw him leave the club for fellow 2.Bundesliga outfit VfL Bochum.

Bochum was another period of success for the coach as they were promoted in his first season and he retained their Bundesliga position for two seasons. The 2004/05 season though saw the team succumb to the drop and Neururer was dismissed. In November 2005 he was given another shot at the top level, as Hannover 96 took him on for a second spell after firing Ewald Lienen. He guided to team to a comfortable 12th place finish that season but a disastrous start to the next season - conceding 11 goals in 3 defeats - saw him lose his job.

Doping controversy

In June 2007, Neururer created controversy when he claimed that doping had been rife in German football in the 1990s. He specifically referred to his time as manager of Schalke in 1989-90 in this accusation, although this was refuted by the club itself. [http://www.soccerway.com/news/2007/June/13/bundesliga-coach-admits-he-saw-doping/]

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