the first leg and 2–1 in the second leg for a 5–2 aggregate score. Wolfsburg were eliminated by Napoli. Wolfsburg finished the league season in second place, 10 points behind Bayern. The second-place finish qualified Wolfsburg for the Champions League. On 30 May 2015 Wolfsburg defeated Borussia Dortmund 3–1 in the German Cup final. This was Hecking's first major trophy. Wolfsburg started the 2015–16 season by defeating Bayern Munich in a shootout to win the German Super Cup. In the Champions League, Wolfsburg won Group B, finishing two points above PSV Eindhoven. Wolfsburg were eventually eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. Wolfsburg finished the league season in eighth place. Wolfsburg sacked Hecking on 17 October 2016. Hecking's final match was a 1–0 loss to RB Leipzig. Wolfsburg were in 14th place when Wolfsburg sacked Hecking. Hecking finished with a record of 81 wins, 41 draws, and 43 losses in 165 matches. Borussia Mönchengladbach (2016–2019) On 21 December 2016, Hecking was appointed as the new head coach by Borussia Mönchengladbach with a contract spanning until 2019. On 2 April 2019, Gladbach's sporting director Max Eberl announced that Hecking's term would not be extended beyond the end of the 2018–19 season. Hamburger SV (2019–2020) On 29 May 2019, Hecking signed a one-year contract to be the new manager of Hamburger SV, replacing Hannes Wolf. He departed by mutual consent on 4 July 2020. Return to Nürnberg (2023–) In February 2023, he took the head coaching spot on interim until the end of the 2022–23 seasn. Managerial statistics Honours Manager VfB Lübeck Regionalliga Nord: 2001–02 (Promotion to 2. Bundesliga) Schleswig-Holstein Cup: 2001 Alemannia Aachen 2. Bundesliga promotion: 2005–06 VfL Wolfsburg DFB-Pokal: 2014–15 DFL-Supercup: 2015 Individual German Football Manager of the Year: 2015 References External links Dieter Hecking at KSV Hessen Kassel Archive Dieter Hecking at kicker.de 1964 births Living people People from Castrop-Rauxel Sportspeople from Münster (region) German footballers Association football midfielders Germany under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Borussia Mönchengladbach players SV Waldhof Mannheim players 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players Hannover 96 players Eintracht Braunschweig players KSV Hessen Kassel players German football managers Bundesliga managers 2. Bundesliga managers SC Verl managers VfB Lübeck managers Alemannia Aachen managers Hannover 96 managers 1. FC Nürnberg managers VfL Wolfsburg managers Borussia Mönchengladbach managers Hamburger SV managers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia West German footballers