Manager

Rangers named Danny Rohl as their permanent manager in October 2025 to replace the sacked Russell Martin. The German was handed a two-and-a-half year deal at Ibrox.

The Govan giants sought to hire Rohl after dismissing the previous boss, Martin. He was hired 15 days after the sacking of the former Scotland international. The Rangers board lost faith in Martin after 17 games as they were eight in the Premiership, trailing league leaders Hearts by 11 points.

After initially withdrawing from the race, Rohl ended up becoming the go-to candidate for the Light Blues. He has added Sascha Lense and Matthias Kaltenbach to his coaching staff.

Rohl began his coaching career in 2010 at RB Leipzig, where he was the Youth Video Analyst as well as the coach. He became the Under-17s assistant manager in 2013 and then the first-team assistant coach under Ralph Hasenhuttl from 2016-2018. The German also worked with Hansi Flick at Bayern Munich and later as assistant of the Germany national team.

He began his managerial career at Sheffield Wednesday in 2023, becoming the youngest manager in the English Football League. Rohl helped Wednesday survive relegation in his first season and was handed a new contract because of it, until 2027. The following season, the English club finished in 12th place and he parted ways with them in July, ahead of the 2025/26 campaign.

Danny Rohl’s managerial history

Rangers manager Rohl was hired by Wednesday to help avoid relegation, and he managed to do that, winning over the players and the fans. Joining in October, he guided his side to four wins in seven games in December, earning the nomination for Manager of the Month. He once again earned that nomination in April after he got his side out of the relegation zone.

Things were much better in his second full season, with him earning Manager of the Month nominations again and Wednesday eventually finishing in 12th place with 58 points.

However, after the 2024/25 campaign, his future at Hillsborough was in jeopardy, given the club’s financial and ownership issues. While Rohl did return to pre-season training for two weeks, a decision was made by mutual consent for the club and manager to go their own way ahead of the 2025/26 season.

This saw the door open for Rangers to hire him, and after Kevin Muscat dropped out of the race, the Ibrox outfit appointed Rohl on 20 October. His first game in charge of the Gers ended in a 3-0 defeat against Brann in the UEFA Europa League, but he managed to secure his first three points three days later, beating Kilmarnock 3-1 at home.

Since then, he has managed to steady the ship at Rangers and has put them in contention to win their first league title since the 2020/21 season.

Rohl’s coaching career

• Rangers – (October 2025 – present)
• Sheffield Wednesday – (October 2023 – July 2025)

Rohl’s playing career

Rohl had a very brief and modest playing career and got into coaching at a very young age. He played in Germany’s lower leagues before prematurely ending his career at 21 due to an ACL injury.

The German played as a defender and started his career at FSV Zwickau, which was his hometown club. He came up the ranks there and represented their youth teams until 2008 before leaving for Leipzig.

In Leipzig, he played for FC Sachsen Leipzig II, the reserve team, during the 2008–2009 season in the Oberliga. The following year, he represented FC Eilenburg, another club in the Oberliga. These competitions were all at a lower level, far below the Bundesliga or the 2. Bundesliga levels.

It is understood that he made around 17 senior appearances but decided not to play professionally once he suffered an ACL rupture at FC Eilenburg. He decided to retire on 1 January 2010 and begin his coaching career.