Friedhelm Funkel (born 10 December 1953) is a German football manager and former player.

One year later, he and the team avoided relegation and surprisingly reached the DFB-Pokal final, which eventually sent them to the UEFA Cup.

Tied with Erich Ribbeck, Funkel holds the record for the longest tenure at Eintracht, with five full seasons.

[7] On 3 October 2009, Hertha BSC introduced Funkel as their new head coach after having fired Lucien Favre.

[8] After Hertha was relegated, Funkel and the club mutually agreed to not extend his contract.

[19] On 2 April 2014, 1860 Munich announced that Funkel is going to leave the club after the season because of "different conceptual views on the orientation in sport.

"[20] However, 1860 München sacked Funkel on 6 April 2014[21] after losing to Karlsruher SC 3–0[22] at home earlier in the day.

[24] Funkel was appointed as the new head coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 14 March 2016.