West Germany and Germany After his playing career ended, Vogts became coach of the West Germany under 21 national team, and continued in that role until 1990. Starting in 1986, he became an assistant manager of the senior national side. He was promoted to manager of Germany in August 1990, succeeding
Franz Beckenbauer. After winning the
1990 FIFA World Cup Final the month before, Beckenbauer famously said that the
reunified Germany will "probably be unbeatable for years", a statement which turned out to be a burden for Vogts during the upcoming years. Although Vogts led the Germany national team to a
Euro 1992 runner up finish and winning the next Euros in
1996, two
World Cup quarter-final defeats in
1994 and
1998 are also on his sheet. He stepped down as manager in September 1998.
Bayer Leverkusen In November 2000, after some time out of managing, he was appointed manager of
Bayer Leverkusen. The following May, despite earning Bayer Leverkusen qualification for the
Champions League, he was sacked.
Kuwait Three months later, in August 2001, he became manager of the
Kuwait national team.
Scotland Vogts resigned his position with Kuwait in January 2002, after six months in the post, to assume a similar position with the
Scotland national team. In
qualifying for
UEFA Euro 2004, Vogts took Scotland to a play off place, finishing second in their group to Germany. In the playoffs, Scotland were drawn against the Netherlands and Vogts led them to a 1–0 victory at Hampden Park, but the Netherlands beat Scotland 6–0 in the return leg. The Scottish press became notably more hostile towards Vogts following a series of defeats in friendly matches. A 1–1 draw with
Moldova in October 2004 essentially put paid to Scotland's hopes of qualifying for the
2006 World Cup. Vogts resigned on 1 November, with a year and a half remaining on his contract, citing "disgraceful abuse". Nine days after Vogts resigned, Scotland dropped to a record low of 77th place in the
FIFA World Rankings.
Nigeria In January 2007, Vogts was appointed manager of
Nigeria, and signed a four-year contract. Nigeria were eliminated in the quarter finals of the
2008 African Nations Cup, which was their worst performance in the competition since
1982. Vogts resigned from his position in February 2008.
Azerbaijan In April 2008, he was appointed manager of
Azerbaijan, on a two-year contract. In December 2009, he extended his contract with
AFFA until the end of qualifying for
UEFA Euro 2012, after successful results. In March 2014, Vogts was appointed by
Jürgen Klinsmann as a special advisor to the
United States, for the
2014 World Cup. In October 2014, he resigned from his position as Azerbaijan manager, after a 6–0 defeat against Croatia. Under Vogts, Azerbaijan had some poor results, not being able to win against second string sides, forcing Vogts to face major criticism from local supporters and the media.
United States In March 2015, Vogts was appointed by the United States national team as a technical advisor. After the dismissal of Jürgen Klinsmann, Vogts' employment also ended. ==Career statistics==