Editing Felix Magath (section)

===2007–2012: Head coach and director of football of VfL Wolfsburg and Schalke 04===
[[File:Felix Magath bei einer Pressekonferenz des VfL Wolfsburg (cropped).JPG|thumb|Magath at a press conference of [[VfL Wolfsburg]] in 2011]]
In June 2007, Magath signed a contract with [[VfL Wolfsburg]],<ref name="Magath handed power at Wolfsburg">{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=545263.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025161946/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=545263.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|title=Magath handed power at Wolfsburg|publisher=UEFA|date=31 May 2007|access-date=13 September 2009}}</ref> as head coach and director of football. Magath lead the ''Wolves'' to play in the [[2008–09 UEFA Cup]] and the [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|following season's Champions League]], the latter as [[2008–09 Bundesliga|league champions]] for the first time. He finished with a record of 46 wins, 18 draws, and 21 losses.<ref name="VfL Wolfsburg - Trainerhistorie">{{cite web|title=VfL Wolfsburg|url=https://www.kicker.de/vfl-wolfsburg/team-trainer/bundesliga/2013-14|publisher=kicker|access-date=16 January 2014|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207153820/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2013-14/vfl-wolfsburg-24/trainer.html|archive-date=7 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Before the season 2008–09 had ended, Magath agreed on a four-year contract with [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]], again as both head coach and director of football, starting on 1 July 2009.<ref name="Vertrag bis 2013: Magath übernimmt Schalke 04">{{cite news|title=Vertrag bis 2013: Magath übernimmt Schalke 04|url=https://www.kicker.de/vertrag-bis-2013_magath-uebernimmt-schalke-04-508249/artikel|access-date=14 February 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=6 May 2009|language=de}}</ref> Schalke finished Magath's first season in charge as runners-up, but after a series of disappointing domestic performances and growing player discontent,<ref name="Magath und Schalke: Schlammschlacht droht">{{cite news|title=Magath und Schalke: Schlammschlacht droht|url=https://www.kicker.de/magath-und-schalke_schlammschlacht-droht-549946/artikel|access-date=14 February 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=17 March 2011|language=de}}</ref> Magath was sacked by Schalke in March 2011.<ref name="S04 entlässt Magath - Rangnick bestätigt Gespräche">{{cite news|title=S04 entlässt Magath – Rangnick bestätigt Gespräche|url=https://www.kicker.de/s04-entlaesst-magath---rangnick-bestaetigt-gespraeche-549900/artikel|access-date=14 February 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=16 March 2011|language=de}}</ref> the following day, Magath claimed that he had not been informed of his dismissal.<ref name="Magath und Schalke: Schlammschlacht droht"/> He finished with a record of 42 wins, 16 draws, and 21 losses.<ref name="FC Schalke 04 - Trainerhistorie">{{cite web|title=FC Schalke 04|url=https://www.kicker.de/fc-schalke-04/team-trainer/bundesliga/2013-14|publisher=kicker|access-date=16 January 2014|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313103523/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2013-14/fc-schalke-04-2/trainer.html|archive-date=13 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[file:Magath Farfan.jpg|thumb|Magath coaching [[Schalke 04]]]]
Only 48 hours later, on 18 March, Magath once again signed with now relegation-battling VfL Wolfsburg,<ref name="Wahnsinn in Reinform: Magath soll Wölfe retten">{{cite news|title=Wahnsinn in Reinform: Magath soll Wölfe retten|url=https://www.kicker.de/wahnsinn-in-reinform_magath-soll-woelfe-retten-549985/artikel|access-date=14 February 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=18 March 2011|language=de}}</ref> the side he had previously led to the league title in 2009. Magath steered the club to safety, avoiding the relegation play–off by two points,<ref name="Magath confident of another Houdini act"/> but though the club invested heavily, Magath could only achieve a mid-table finish in the following [[2011–12 Bundesliga|2011–12 season]]. After only five points in eight matches (and no goals and points in the last four games) in the [[2012–13 Bundesliga|2012–13 season]], Magath left the club by mutual consent on 25 October 2012.<ref name="Magath-Trennung besiegelt - Köstner übernimmt">{{cite news|title=Magath-Trennung besiegelt – Köstner übernimmt|url=https://www.kicker.de/magath-trennung-besiegelt---koestner-uebernimmt-576766/artikel|access-date=14 February 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=25 October 2012|language=de}}</ref> He finished with a record of 18 wins, 10 draws, and 24 losses.<ref name="VfL Wolfsburg - Trainerhistorie"/>