Jeff Saibene


Jeff Saibene is a retired Luxembourgian football player, who last managed FC Ingolstadt.

Personal life

Saibene is a citizen of both Luxembourg and Switzerland and married with a Swiss wife. He is a fan of Hamburger SV.

Club career

He played most of his club football abroad, predominantly in Switzerland, but also in Belgium for Standard Liège. He began and ended his playing career in his native Luxembourg.

International career

As a defensive midfielder or defender, Saibene played for Luxembourg's national team 63 times between 1986 and 2001. He played in 27 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.
He played his final international game in October 2001, a World Cup qualification loss at Yugoslavia.

Coaching career

Saibene was the manager of FC Aarau, in Switzerland and assistant to Allan Simonsen at the national team. He was formerly the assistant manager to Ryszard Komornicki at Aarau but was promoted in June 2009 when Komornicki left the club. He then managed Luxembourg U-21. He left his position in March 2011 to coach FC St. Gallen.
On 19 March 2017, he was appointed as the new head coach of Arminia Bielefeld. He was sacked on 10 December 2018.
He was appointed as the new head coach of FC Ingolstadt for the 2019–20 season. He was sacked on 9 March 2020.

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