The outstanding German coach coached twelve national teams (Rwanda, Upper Volta, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Zaire, Ghana, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Togo, Cameroon, Trinidad and Tobago and Afghanistan) for (in total) 162 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 24-11-1937 Country: Germany Matches as Coach: 162 (W72-D32-L58 - GF213-GA196 - %54.32) Matches as Coach for Rwanda: 4 (W 0-D 0-L 4 - GF 3-GA 20 - % 0.00) Matches as Coach for Upper Volta: 14 (W 4-D 3-L 7 - GF 18-GA 23 - %39.29) Matches as Coach for Senegal: 12 (W 6-D 2-L 4 - GF 9-GA 8 - %58.33) Matches as Coach for Ivory Coast: 12 (W 7-D 2-L 3 - GF 15-GA 12 - %66.67) Matches as Coach for Zaire: 33 (W10-D13-L10 - GF 36-GA 31 - %50.00) Matches as Coach for Ghana: 25 (W14-D 4-L 7 - GF 37-GA 26 - %64.00) Matches as Coach for Bangladesh: 6 (W 0-D 0-L 6 - GF 3-GA 15 - % 0.00) Matches as Coach for Saudi Arabia: 19 (W12-D 4-L 3 - GF 32-GA 19 - %73.68) Matches as Coach for Togo: 6 (W 1-D 0-L 5 - GF 2-GA 9 - %16.67) Matches as Coach for Cameroon: 15 (W10-D 1-L 4 - GF 33-GA 15 - %70.00) Matches as Coach for Trinidad/Tobago: 7 (W 5-D 0-L 2 - GF 14-GA 4 - %71.43) Matches as Coach for Afghanistan: 9 (W 3-D 3-L 3 - GF 11-GA 14 - %50.00) Age First Match: 38 yr 217 d 29- 6-1976 vs. Burundi 2-6 Age Last Match: 80 yr 123 d 27- 3-2018 vs. Cambodia 2-1 National Team Career: 41 yr 271 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
Coach for Rwanda
1 29- 6-76 Libreville Burundi 2-6 Central African Games
2 7- 7-76 Libreville Cameroon 0-5 Central African Games
3 10- 7-76 Libreville Gabon 0-3 Central African Games
4 12- 7-76 Libreville Zaire 1-6 Central African Games
Coach for Upper Volta
1 13- 3-76 Ouagadougou Mauritania 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
2 28- 3-76 Nouakchott Mauritania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 4- 6-76 Ouagadougou Ivory Coast 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
4 26- 9-76 Abidjan Ivory Coast 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
5 24-11-76 Bamako Mali 1-2
6 20- 3-77 Ouagadougou Ivory Coast 0-1 African Cup Qualifier
7 27- 3-77 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-4 African Cup Qualifier
8 12- 2-78 Porto-Novo Benin 2-0
9 19- 2-78 Libreville Gabon 2-2
10 26- 2-78 Ouagadougou Benin 3-0
11 5- 3-78 Accra Nigeria 2-4 African Nations Cup
12 8- 3-78 Accra Zambia 0-2 African Nations Cup
13 10- 3-78 Accra Ghana 0-3 African Nations Cup
14 11-11-78 Ouagadougou Mali 3-1
Coach for Senegal
1 25- 3-81 Dakar Guinea 0-1
2 3- 4-81 Oran Algeria 0-2
3 12- 4-81 Tunis Tunisia 0-1 African Cup Qualifier
4 26- 4-81 Dakar Tunisia 0-0 African Cup Qualifier
5 1-11-81 Dakar Morocco 2-0
6 24- 1-82 Bobo-Dioulasso Upper Volta 1-0
7 31- 1-82 Dakar Benin 1-0
8 11- 2-82 Praia Guinea 1-1 Amilcar Cabral Cup
9 13- 2-82 Praia Guinea-Bissau 1-0 Amilcar Cabral Cup
10 15- 2-82 Praia Sierra Leone 2-0 Amilcar Cabral Cup
11 17- 2-82 Praia Mali 1-0 Amilcar Cabral Cup
12 19- 2-82 Praia Guinea 0-3 Amilcar Cabral Cup
Coach for Ivory Coast
1 9- 1-83 Abidjan Mali 0-1
2 23- 2-83 Abidjan Guinea 3-2
3 17- 4-83 Bamako Mali 2-1
4 23- 8-83 Alger Algeria 0-3
5 25- 9-83 Abidjan Liberia 0-0 West African Cup
6 28- 9-83 Abidjan Togo 3-0 West African Cup
7 30- 9-83 Abidjan Ghana 0-2 West African Cup
8 2-10-83 Abidjan Liberia 2-1 West African Cup
9 2-12-83 Abidjan Sweitzerland 1-0
10 15-12-83 Abidjan Mali 1-1 ECOWAS Cup
11 18-12-83 Abidjan Togo 2-1 ECOWAS Cup
12 20-12-83 Abidjan Togo 1-0 ECOWAS Cup
Remarks: In 1982, Pfister became coach of the Ivory Coast national football team. He took
the country's youth team to the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship in Mexico.
Pfister also won the U-19 African Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast in 1983.
Coach for Zaire
1 5- 3-85 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-2
2 31- 3-85 Brazzaville Congo-Brazzav. 5-2 African Cup Qual.
3 14- 4-85 Kinshasa Congo-Brazzav. 0-0 African Cup Qual.
4 30- 6-85 Saint-Pierre Reunion 2-1 Indian Ocean Tourn.
5 2- 7-85 Saint-Pierre Malawi 1-0 Indian Ocean Tourn.
6 9- 7-85 Nairobi Kenya 1-0
7 25- 8-85 Casablanca Morocco 0-1 African Cup Qualifier
8 8- 9-85 Lubumbashi Morocco 0-0 African Cup Qualifier
9 19-11-85 Kinshasa Zambia 0-1
10 21-11-85 Kinshasa Egypt 3-2
11 24-11-85 Kinshasa Ivory Coast 1-2
12 27- 9-86 Ndola Zambia 2-2
13 28- 9-86 Lusaka Zambia 1-0
14 18- 3-87 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-2
15 22- 3-87 Abidjan Ivory Coast 3-1
16 29- 3-87 Kinshasa Angola 3-0 African Cup Qualifier
17 11- 4-87 Luanda Angola 0-1 African Cup Qualifier
18 21- 4-87 Brazzaville Angola 1-2 Central African Games
19 23- 4-87 Brazzaville Congo-Brazzav. 0-0 Central African Games
20 5- 7-87 Dakar Senegal 0-0 African Cup Qualifier
21 19- 7-87 Kinshasa Senegal 0-0 African Cup Qualifier
22 13- 3-88 Casablanca Morocco 1-1 African Nations Cup
23 16- 3-88 Casablanca Ivory Coast 1-1 African Nations Cup
24 19- 3-88 Casablanca Algeria 0-1 African Nations Cup
25 13-11-88 Kinshasa Congo-Brazzav. 1-0
26 30-12-88 Kinshasa Angola 0-0
27 8- 1-89 Kinshasa Tunisia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
28 22- 1-89 Lusaka Zambia 2-4 World Cup Qualifier
29 29- 1-89 Dakar Senegal 1-1
30 31- 1-89 Dakar Senegal 1-2
31 1- 6-89 Abidjan Ivory Coast 1-1
32 4- 6-89 Libreville Gabon 0-0
33 11- 6-89 Kinshasa Morocco 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
Coach for Ghana
first tenure
1 30- 9-91 Gaborone Botswana 0-0 Botswana Cup
2 31-10-91 Abidjan Senegal 2-3 CEDEAO Cup
3 2-11-91 Abidjan Nigeria 1-0 CEDEAO Cup
4 15- 1-92 Ziguinchor Zambia 1-0 African Nations Cup
5 17- 1-92 Ziguinchor Egypt 1-0 African Nations Cup
6 20- 1-92 Dakar Congo-Brazzav. 2-1 African Nations Cup
7 23- 1-92 Dakar Nigeria 2-1 African Nations Cup
8 26- 1-92 Dakar Ivory Coast 0-0 [1] African Nations Cup
9 4- 4-92 Lomé Togo 0-1
10 15- 8-92 Mwanza Tanzania 2-2 African Cup Qualifier
11 30- 8-92 Accra Burkina Faso 3-0 African Cup Qualifier
12 25-10-92 Bujumbura Burundi 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
13 13-12-92 Niamey Niger 1-0
14 20-12-92 Kumasi Algeria 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 3- 1-93 Libreville Mali 1-1 [2] International Tourn.
16 5- 1-93 Libreville Gabon 3-2 International Tourn.
17 23- 1-93 Kumasi Niger 4-0
18 31- 1-93 Kumasi Burundi 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
19 6- 2-93 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia 2-0 Merdeka Tournament
20 10- 2-93 Kuala Lumpur South Korea B 3-1 Merdeka Tournament
21 26- 2-93 Tlemcen Algeria 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
22 11- 4-93 Kumasi Liberia 1-0 African Cup Qualifier
23 14- 4-93 Bochum Germany 1-6
second tenure
24 8- 7-94 Nagoya Japan 2-3
25 14- 7-94 Kobe Japan 1-2
[1] Ghana lost 10-11 on penalty kicks.
[2] Ghana lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.
Remarks: He started his career in Ghana in 1989, coaching the youth teams, and in 1991 he
achieved the U-17 FIFA World Cup in Italy, where his team played six matches.
Coach for Bangladesh
1 16- 3-97 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
2 18- 3-97 Kuala Lumpur Taiwan 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
3 20- 3-97 Kuala Lumpur Saudi Arabia 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
4 27- 3-97 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
5 29- 3-97 Jeddah Taiwan 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
6 31- 3-97 Jeddah Malaysia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
Coach for Saudi Arabia
first tenure
1 17-10-97 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
2 24-10-97 Riyadh Iran 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 6-11-97 Riyadh China 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
4 12-11-97 Doha Qatar 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
5 7-12-97 Riyadh Iceland 0-0
6 12-12-97 Riyadh Brazil 0-3 Confederations Cup
7 14-12-97 Riyadh Mexico 0-5 Confederations Cup
8 16-12-97 Riyadh Australia 1-0 Confederations Cup
second tenure
9 11- 9-98 Dammam Tanzania 8-0
10 14- 9-98 Dammam Sudan 2-1
11 17- 9-98 Dammam Senegal 3-2
12 27- 9-98 Doha Lebanon 4-1 Arab Nations Cup
13 29- 9-98 Doha Kuwait 2-1 Arab Nations Cup
14 1-10-98 Doha Qatar 3-1 Arab Nations Cup
15 30-10-98 Manama Kuwait 2-1 Gulf Cup
16 2-11-98 Manama Bahrain 1-1 Gulf Cup
17 5-11-98 Manama Oman 1-0 Gulf Cup
18 8-11-98 Manama UA Emirates 1-0 Gulf Cup
19 11-11-98 Manama Qatar 0-0 Gulf Cup
Remarks: Before the start the World Cup he resigned from coaching the national team,
and after the World Cup he was called again.
Coach for Togo
1 14- 5-06 Sittard Saudi Arabia 0-1
2 2- 6-06 Vaduz Liechtenstein 1-0
3 13- 6-06 Frankfurt South Korea 1-2 World Cup
4 19- 6-06 Dortmund Switzerland 0-2 World Cup
5 23- 6-06 Köln France 0-2 World Cup
6 15- 8-06 London Ghana 0-2
Coach for Cameroon
1 22- 1-08 Kumasi Egypt 2-4 African Nations Cup
2 26- 1-08 Kumasi Zambia 5-1 African Nations Cup
3 30- 1-08 Tamale Sudan 3-0 African Nations Cup
4 4- 2-08 Tamale Tunisia 3-2 African Nations Cup
5 7- 2-08 Accra Ghana 1-0 African Nations Cup
6 10- 2-08 Accra Egypt 0-1 African Nations Cup
7 31- 5-08 Yaoundé Cape Verde Isl. 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
8 8- 6-08 Curepipe Mauritius 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
9 14- 6-08 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
10 21- 6-08 Yaoundé Tanzania 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
11 6- 9-08 Praia Cape Verde Isl. 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
12 11-10-08 Yaoundé Mauritius 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 19-11-08 Rustenburg South Africa 2-3 Mandela Cup
14 11- 2-09 Bondoufle Guinea 3-1
15 28- 3-09 Accra Togo 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
Coach for Trinidad and Tobago
1 21- 8-11 Port of Spain India 3-0
2 2- 9-11 Port of Spain Bermuda 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 6- 9-11 Bridgetown Barbados 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
4 7-10-11 Hamilton Bermuda 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
5 11-10-11 Port of Spain Barbados 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
6 11-11-11 Providence Guyana 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
7 15-11-11 Port of Spain Guyana 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
Coach for Afghanistan
1 23- 3-17 Al-Wakrah Singapore 2-1
2 28- 3-17 Dushanbe Vietnam 1-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
3 6- 6-17 Dubai Maldives 2-1
4 13- 6-17 Phnom Penh Cambodia 0-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
5 30- 8-17 Muscat Oman 0-2
6 5- 9-17 Amman Jordan 1-4 Asian Cup Qualifier
7 10-10-17 Dushanbe Jordan 3-3 Asian Cup Qualifier
8 14-11-17 Hanoi Vietnam 0-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
9 27- 3-18 Dushanbe Cambodia 2-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
162 72 32 58 212- 196 176 54.32
Types of Matches
Friendlies 48
World Cup Qualifier 34
African Nations Cup 17
African Cup Qualifier 15
Asian Cup Qualifier 6
Central African Games 6
Amilcar Cabral Cup 5
Gulf Cup 5
West African Cup 4
Arab Nations Cup 3
Confederations Cup 3
ECOWAS Cup 3
World Cup 3
Indian Ocean Tournament 2
Other Tournaments 8
Total matches: 162
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