German elite clubs mostly have German coaches, but there are some exceptions. The list of foreign coaches in the Bundesliga currently consists of five names.

Niko Kovac (Bayern)

Well, it is not easy to say whether Kovac is a foreigner in Germany or not. He was born and raised in Berlin into a family of immigrants from Yugoslavia - but represented Croatia on a national team level, so is normally considered to be a Croat.

After Kovac finished his playing career in 2009, he coached Croatia's U-21 and senior teams as well as Eintracht Frankfurt, who he led to the victory in German Cup this year. His appointment as Bayern coach raised some eyebrows, yet Niko has already won his first title with Munich, as his new team thrashed his former Frankfurt side 5:0 in the German Supercup.

Lucien Favre (Borussia Dortmund)

During many years, Dortmund were coached by the renowned Germans Juergen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel, but recently the club has switched to foreign specialists. Last season was divided between Holland's Peter Bosz and the Austrian Peter Stoeger, and now the man in charge of Borussia is Lucien Favre from Switzerland.

The 60-year-old is an experienced coach who has a good knowledge of the Bundesliga from his stints at Hertha and Borussia Moenchengladbach. More recently, Favre worked at the French side Nice, and not without success.

Adi Hütter (Eintracht Frankurt)

Niko Kovac did a good job at Frankfurt, but his departure to Bayern opened a vacancy, and Hütter soon became a new man in charge. The 48-year-old Austrian has never worked in Germany before, which might be a disadvantage, but he has had some good results with his previous teams. In particular, he led Red Bull Salzburg to Austrian Bundesliga and the national cup wins in 2015, and won the Swiss league with Young Boys in 2018 - which the Bern club had not done for decades. So taking charge of a Bundesliga side seems to be a logical step forward in Adi's career.

Pal Dardai (Hertha)

Although Dardai is Hungarian, he has already lived more than 20 years in Germany. In fact, not too many Germans can identify with Hertha more than the ex-midfielder, who played in Berlin between 1997 and 2011 before taking charge of the team in 2015 following a short spell at the helm of Hungary's national team. Interestingly, his 19-year-old son Palko is also in Hertha's squad, and he has already made his debut for the team.

Tayfun Korkut (Turkey)

His story is similar to Kovac's, as ex-Turkey international was born and raised in Stuttgart. However, he never played for Stuttgart, and first joined the club in 2011 as a U-19 team coach. Later on, Korkut worked as a head coach at Hannover 96, Kaiserslautern and Bayer Leverkusen, and he took charge of Stuttgart last January. The team were fighting against relegation at the time, and local fans were not happy with Tayfun's arrival at first, but their attitude changed as the new coach lifted the team to the seventh place.