Peter Neururer (born 26 April 1955) is a German professional football manager, notable for coaching a number of Bundesliga clubs.
[1] Neururer had a minor playing career in the lower leagues before moving into coaching at TuS Haltern and SG Weitmar.
Bundesliga club Rot-Weiss Essen in the 1986–87 season, and eventually had a two-month spell in sole command in late 1987.
[3] Neururer then gained an outright managerial position at this level with Alemannia Aachen in January 1988.
[11] 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 FC Schalke 04 in 1989–90 in this accusation, although this was refuted by the club itself.
[12] Neururer did not have to wait too long for another opportunity as Bundesliga side Hertha BSC came calling after they had fired Pál Csernai.
[13] 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.
FC Saarbrücken, Neururer 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.
Bundesliga at the time, and Neururer was unable to reverse their fortunes and they slipped to the Regionalliga Süd.
[26] In November 2005 he was given another shot at the top level, as Hannover took him on for a second spell after sacking Ewald Lienen.
[26] In 2019, Neururer served as the sporting director for Regionalliga West club SG Wattenscheid 09.