Editing Matthias Sammer (section)

==Coaching and management career==
===Borussia Dortmund===
After retirement, Sammer became head coach of [[Borussia Dortmund]] on 1 July 2000.<ref name=dortmundcoach>{{cite news|title=Matthias Sammer wird neuer Chef-Coach|url= https://www.kicker.de/matthias-sammer-wird-neuer-chef-coach-229542/artikel|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=kicker|date=30 May 2000|language=de}}</ref> Sammer led Borussia Dortmund to another Bundesliga title in [[2001–02 Bundesliga|2002]]. His team reached the [[2001–02 UEFA Cup]] [[2002 UEFA Cup Final|final]] the same year but lost 2–3 against [[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]]. Sammer was sacked at the end of the [[2003–04 Bundesliga|2003–04 season]] after Dortmund finished in sixth place.

===VfB Stuttgart===
Sammer returned to [[VfB Stuttgart]] as head coach for the [[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05 season]].<ref name=Stuttgartcoach>{{cite news|title=Perfekt: Sammer beerbt Magath|url= https://www.kicker.de/perfekt_sammer-beerbt-magath-299619/artikel|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=kicker|date=31 May 2004|language=de}}</ref> Despite finishing one point off a Champions League qualifying position, Sammer left the club on 3 June 2005.<ref name=stuttgartsacking>{{cite news|title=VfB trennt sich von Sammer|url= https://www.kicker.de/vfb-trennt-sich-von-sammer-315934/artikel|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=kicker|date=3 June 2005}}</ref>

===German Football Association===
On 1 April 2006, he was appointed technical director of [[German Football Association]] (DFB), on a five-year contract. The position was new in the DFB at the time and had been initiated by national coach [[Jürgen Klinsmann]], who undertook major structural reforms in the DFB during his short time of two years as a coach, with an impact lasting much longer than his actual term. The position included responsibility for the national youth teams, focusing on young talents between the ages of eleven and eighteen, as well as incorporating the latest developments in sports science into the DFB's training theories. Sammer was also expected to work on a tactical system for all of Germany's national sides in close co-operation with national coach [[Joachim Löw]]. He is credited of having led the declining quality of German football from its worst era at the beginning of the 2000s to new success through several talented players developed in the restructured youth system.

===Bayern Munich===
On 2 July 2012, he took over as [[Director of football|Sporting Director]] of [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] and replaced [[Christian Nerlinger]], who had been released following Bayern's treble losses in Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League and because of his strained relationship with the club.<ref name="fcbayern1" >{{cite web | url = http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/en/news/news/2012/35584.php | title = Matthias Sammer appointed Sport Director | publisher = FC Bayern Munich | date = 2 July 2012 | access-date = 2 July 2012}}</ref> As Sporting Director, Sammer was a member of the [[Vorstand|management board]] responsible for the professional playing staff of the club.<ref name="fcbayern1" />

In his first season, Sammer orchestrated FC Bayern's turnaround to the first [[Treble (association football)|treble]] in club history by claiming the [[2012–13 Bundesliga]], the [[2012–13 UEFA Champions League]] and the [[2012–13 DFB-Pokal]] in record-setting fashion. In the next years three consecutive Bundesliga championships and two cup wins followed.

In spring 2016, he had a "minute circulatory disorder in the brain"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fcbayern.de/en/news/news/2016/statement-sporting-director-matthias-sammer-240416.php | title = Sporting director Matthias Sammer | website = FC Bayern Munich | date = 24 April 2016 | access-date = 10 July 2016}}</ref> and had to take a break from his work. During his recovery, he gained a new perspective on his work and family life and asked FC Bayern to release him from his position as sporting director which they granted.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fcbayern.de/en/news/news/2016/press-release-matthias-sammer-leaves-fc-bayern.php | title = Matthias Sammer leaves FC Bayern at his own request | website = FC Bayern Munich | date = 10 July 2016 | access-date = 10 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/sammer-und-bayern-muenchen-beenden-zusammenarbeit-149893/|title=Matthias Sammer und Bayern München beenden Zusammenarbeit|date=10 July 2016|work=dfb.de}}</ref> Afterwards Munich continued working without any sporting director for a year before they presented [[Hasan Salihamidžić]] as his replacement.

Following this he effectively retired, initially working as a pundit for [[Eurosport]] for a while but ruling out to continue this in the future. In 2018, he started to work part-time as an adviser for Borussia Dortmund, meeting with the club for talks every two weeks, and is regularly seen sitting next to Dortmund's management during matches.