Carsten Jancker
Encyclopedia
Carsten Jancker is a former German professional footballer and current manager.
. Jancker was known for being an unusual center striker, being weak in the air despite his huge frame, but showing a surprising control of the ball, especially featuring a polished back-to-the-goal game, and a touch for scoring with his hard right-footed shot – always doing the most intelligent and simple things on the field.
Jancker started his career as a trainee at Hansa Rostock before making his Bundesliga
debut in 1993 with 1. FC Köln
. At the age of 21, he was transferred to Rapid Vienna
, scoring fourteen goals including seven in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
to finish as the tournament's top scorer. Thanks to this impressive performance, Jancker spent only one season with the Austrian club before being brought back to Germany to play for FC Bayern Munich
.
Jancker's time at Bayern between 1996 and 2002 was the best period of his career, a spell which included four Bundesliga
titles and victory in the 2001 UEFA Champions League
. At Bayern, Jancker was partnered with the Brazilian
inside-forward Giovane Élber, often rated as one of the Bundesliga's best attacking players.
Jancker left Bayern for Italian side Udinese
in 2002, but the move was not a success; over two seasons and 35 games, the forward registered only two goals. Jancker was said to be "too slow and predictable for Serie A" by one football website. In 2004, Jancker returned to Germany with Kaiserslautern
and showed a slight improvement in form, netting five times in 25 games. Following the relegation of Kaiserslautern in May 2006, Jancker signed for Chinese team Shanghai Shenhua.
In 2008 Jancker was the subject of a false transfer rumour started by Southampton
fans, suggesting he would join the then-English Championship
club in the January transfer window. The rumour was later reported by the BBC
.
After poor performances, he was dropped in October, and agreed to join SV Mattersburg
in the winter transfer window. In June 2009 it was announced that Mattersburg did not want to work with Jancker any further because of his physical condition. In February 2010 he announced his retirement at the end of the current season.
Instantly recognisable to European football fans, the invariably shaven-headed forward has generally failed to replicate his club form when playing for the national side. A possible explanation for his poorly-regarded international performances might be that the German national team lacks a skilful strike partner in the Élber mould. Whatever the reason, Jancker never impressed for Germany; although he was included in Rudi Völler
's squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
. He was dropped from the team shortly after the tournament and never recalled. His German international scoring record stands at roughly a goal every three games. He is known for scoring in Germany's 5–1 defeat to England in 2001.
, the club from his Austrian home town. Additionally he works for the first team in the Austrian Regional League East
as an individual coach. On 27 April 2010 Jancker announced that he will work as the new coach of the Under 15 of his former club SK Rapid Wien
, starting 1 July 2010.
|1993–94||rowspan="2"|Köln
||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga||1||1||||||||||||||||
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|1994–95||4||0||||||||||||||||
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|1995–96||Rapid Wien
||Bundesliga
||27||7||||||||||||||||
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|1996–97||rowspan="6"|Bayern Munich
||rowspan="6"|Bundesliga||22||1||||||||||||||||
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|1997–98||29||13||||||||||||||||
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|1998–99||26||13||||||||||||||||
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|1999–00||23||9||||||||||||||||
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|2000–01||25||12||||||||||||||||
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|2001–02||18||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|2002–03||rowspan="2"|Udinese
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
||20||1||||||||||||||||
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|2003–04||16||1||||||||||||||||
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|2004–05||rowspan="2"|Kaiserslautern
||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga
||25||4||||||||||||||||
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|2005–06||5||0||||||||||||||||
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|2006||Shanghai Shenhua
||Super League
||7||0||||||||||||||||
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|2006–07||rowspan="3"|Mattersburg
||rowspan="3"|Bundesliga
||12||2||||||||||||||||
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|2007–08||33||12||||||||||||||||
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|2008–09||31||7||||||||||||||||
209||60||||||||||||||||
72||21||||||||||||||||
36||2||||||||||||||||
7||0||||||||||||||||
324||83||||||||||||||||
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|1998||1||0
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|1999||4||0
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|2000||7||3
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|2001||9||3
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|2002||12||4
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!Total||33||10
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FC Bayern Munich
Career
A striker, Jancker is physically very large for a footballer, standing at 1.93 metre. His height and strength have proved to be an advantage when playing as a target man, as displayed during his most successful days at FC Bayern MunichFC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
. Jancker was known for being an unusual center striker, being weak in the air despite his huge frame, but showing a surprising control of the ball, especially featuring a polished back-to-the-goal game, and a touch for scoring with his hard right-footed shot – always doing the most intelligent and simple things on the field.
Jancker started his career as a trainee at Hansa Rostock before making his Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
debut in 1993 with 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
. At the age of 21, he was transferred to Rapid Vienna
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
, scoring fourteen goals including seven in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
to finish as the tournament's top scorer. Thanks to this impressive performance, Jancker spent only one season with the Austrian club before being brought back to Germany to play for FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
.
Jancker's time at Bayern between 1996 and 2002 was the best period of his career, a spell which included four Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
titles and victory in the 2001 UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
. At Bayern, Jancker was partnered with the Brazilian
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
inside-forward Giovane Élber, often rated as one of the Bundesliga's best attacking players.
Jancker left Bayern for Italian side Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
in 2002, but the move was not a success; over two seasons and 35 games, the forward registered only two goals. Jancker was said to be "too slow and predictable for Serie A" by one football website. In 2004, Jancker returned to Germany with Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
and showed a slight improvement in form, netting five times in 25 games. Following the relegation of Kaiserslautern in May 2006, Jancker signed for Chinese team Shanghai Shenhua.
In 2008 Jancker was the subject of a false transfer rumour started by Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
fans, suggesting he would join the then-English Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
club in the January transfer window. The rumour was later reported by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
.
After poor performances, he was dropped in October, and agreed to join SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg....
in the winter transfer window. In June 2009 it was announced that Mattersburg did not want to work with Jancker any further because of his physical condition. In February 2010 he announced his retirement at the end of the current season.
International career
His performances alongside Elber caught the eye of German national coach Erich Ribbeck, who included Jancker in his international squad for Euro 2000.Instantly recognisable to European football fans, the invariably shaven-headed forward has generally failed to replicate his club form when playing for the national side. A possible explanation for his poorly-regarded international performances might be that the German national team lacks a skilful strike partner in the Élber mould. Whatever the reason, Jancker never impressed for Germany; although he was included in Rudi Völler
Rudi Völler
Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team...
's squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
. He was dropped from the team shortly after the tournament and never recalled. His German international scoring record stands at roughly a goal every three games. He is known for scoring in Germany's 5–1 defeat to England in 2001.
Coaching career
On 18 February 2010, the former international striker took over the U14 team of SC NeusiedlSC Neusiedl 1919
SC Neusiedl am See 1919 are an Austrian association footballclub founded in 1919 and playing in the Austrian Regional League East during 2008–09 season.-Current squad:-Coaching staff:...
, the club from his Austrian home town. Additionally he works for the first team in the Austrian Regional League East
Austrian Regional League East
The Austrian Regional League East is a third-tier division of Austrian football re-introduced in the 1984-85 season. It covers the Austrian states of Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna.The teams competing in the 2008-09 season are:*FAC Team für Wien...
as an individual coach. On 27 April 2010 Jancker announced that he will work as the new coach of the Under 15 of his former club SK Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
, starting 1 July 2010.
Career statistics
|-|1993–94||rowspan="2"|Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga||1||1||||||||||||||||
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|1994–95||4||0||||||||||||||||
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|1995–96||Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
||Bundesliga
Austrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...
||27||7||||||||||||||||
|-
|1996–97||rowspan="6"|Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
||rowspan="6"|Bundesliga||22||1||||||||||||||||
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|1997–98||29||13||||||||||||||||
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|1998–99||26||13||||||||||||||||
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|1999–00||23||9||||||||||||||||
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|2000–01||25||12||||||||||||||||
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|2001–02||18||0||||||||||||||||
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|2002–03||rowspan="2"|Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||20||1||||||||||||||||
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|2003–04||16||1||||||||||||||||
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|2004–05||rowspan="2"|Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
||25||4||||||||||||||||
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|2005–06||5||0||||||||||||||||
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|2006||Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua is a professional Chinese football club currently playing in Chinese Super League. The club is currently owned by Zhu Jun , Shanghai SVA Group, SMEG and Huangpu Investment Ltd. . The current head coach is Dražen Besek...
||Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...
||7||0||||||||||||||||
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|2006–07||rowspan="3"|Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg....
||rowspan="3"|Bundesliga
Austrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...
||12||2||||||||||||||||
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|2007–08||33||12||||||||||||||||
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|2008–09||31||7||||||||||||||||
209||60||||||||||||||||
72||21||||||||||||||||
36||2||||||||||||||||
7||0||||||||||||||||
324||83||||||||||||||||
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|1998||1||0
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|1999||4||0
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|2000||7||3
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|2001||9||3
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|2002||12||4
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!Total||33||10
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International goals
- Score and results list Germany's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 3 June 2000 Easycredit-Stadion FrankenstadionThe Frankenstadion is a stadium in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, which was opened in 1928. It is located next to the Zeppelinfeld. It also neighbors the new Nuremberg Arena....
, NurembergNurembergNuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
1–0 3–2 Friendly Exhibition gameAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...2. 7 June 2000 Dreisamstadion DreisamstadionDreisamstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Sport-Club Freiburg. The stadium holds 24,000 spectators and was built in 1953...
, FreiburgFreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
6–2 8–2 Friendly 3. 8–2 4. 2 June 2001 Helsinki Olympic Stadium Helsinki Olympic StadiumThe Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...
, HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
2–2 2–2 2002 World Cup qualifier 5. 15 August 2001 Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest BudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
3–0 5–2 Friendly 6. 1 September 2001 Olympiastadion Olympic Stadium (Munich)Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics....
, MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
1–0 1–5 2002 World Cup qualifier 7. 9 May 2002 Dreisamstadion, Freiburg 7–0 7–0 Friendly 8. 1 June 2002 Sapporo Dome Sapporo DomeThe is a stadium located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan, and is primarily used for baseball and football. It is the home field of the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the football club Consadole Sapporo.-History:...
, Sapporo4–0 8–0 2002 World Cup 9. 21 August 2002 Vasil Levski National Stadium Vasil Levski National StadiumVasil Levski National Stadium , named after Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski, is one of Bulgaria's largest sports venues and the country's second largest stadium...
, SofiaSofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
2–2 2–2 Friendly 10. 11 October 2002 [Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium]], Sarajevo SarajevoSarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
1–1 1–1 Friendly
Honours
SK Rapid Wien- Austrian BundesligaAustrian BundesligaThe Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...
: 1996 - UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' CupThe UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
: Runner-up 1996
FC Bayern Munich
- Fußball-BundesligaFußball-BundesligaThe Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 - DFB Liga-Pokal: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
- DFB-PokalDFB-PokalThe DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
: 1998, 2000 - Champions LeagueUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
: 2001 - Intercontinental Cup: 2001
External links
- Carsten Jancker at transfermarkt.de
- Profile at SV Mattersburg