Josef Zinnbauer

Josef "Joe" Zinnbauer (born 1 May 1970) is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Playing career Zinnbauer retired from playing after suffering a cartilage injury.

Coaching career Zinnbauer's coaching career started at VfB Oldenburg as head coach in 2005 and was there until 2010. He started coaching the reserve team for Hamburger SV on 1 July 2014. in the Regionalliga Nord. The reserve team won 4–0 against Goslarer SC 08 His first match in–charge finished in a 0–0 draw against Bayern Munich. He was sacked on 22 March 2015. Peter Knäbel, the Sports Director for Hamburg, took over for the remainder of the season. and was there until he was hired by FC St. Gallen on 15 September 2015.

On 10 December 2019, he was appointed as a head coach of a South African professional football club Orlando Pirates FC, Joe Received Orlando Pirates at 11th Position in ABSA and finished the league in 3rd as an achievement. Exactly a year later in the Premier Soccer League coach Zinnbauer won his first title in South Africa. On 12 December 2020 Orlando Pirates became the champions of the MTN 8, after beating Bloemfontein Celtic in the final 2–1.

On 30 June 2022, Zinnbauer was hired by Lokomotiv Moscow in Russia. He was dismissed on 8 October 2022 following fifth consecutive league loss by Lokomotiv.

On 8 June 2023, Josef Zinnbauer was appointed as manager of Raja Club Athletic starting from the end of the 2022–23 season until June 2025. He became the first-ever German coach in the history of the club. He won the Moroccan League with Raja after four years without league titles, on top of that Raja became the first Moroccan club in history to do so undefeated. In addition, he achieved the domestic double, following a 2–1 victory over AS FAR in the Throne Cup final. On 23 July 2024, he announced his departure from the Moroccan club, in order to join Saudi side Al Wehda. He resigned on 15 November 2024 after disagreements with the club's technical directors.

On 20 January 2025, replacing Abdelhak Benchikha, Zinnbauer was appointed as head coach of JS Kabylie, until 30 June 2026. On 21 June 2025, by finishing second in the 2024–25 Algerian Ligue 1, he managed to qualify JSK for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League, after another unstable season for the Kabyle club. With yet another revamped JS Kabylie squad for the 2025–26 season, Zinnbauer managed to lead the Canaries to the 2025–26 CAF Champions League group stage. He was dismissed by JSK, on 18 March 2026.

Coaching statistics

Karlsruhe II 27 March 2012 Hamburg II 1 July 2014 Hamburg 16 September 2014 Hamburg II 13 June 2015 St. Gallen 15 September 2015 Orlando Pirates 10 December 2019