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{{short description|German footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Ralf Loose
| image          = Ralf Loose 2011 (cropped).JPG
| caption        = Loose with [[Dynamo Dresden|Dresden]] in 2011
| height         = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1963|1|5}}
| birth_place    = [[Dortmund]], [[West Germany]]
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]/[[Midfielder]]
| currentclub    = 
| years1         = 1981–1986
| clubs1         = [[Borussia Dortmund]]
| caps1          = 120
| goals1         = 11
| years2         = 1986–1987
| clubs2         = [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]]
| caps2          = 34
| goals2         = 3
| years3         = 1987–1993
| clubs3         = [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
| caps3          = 188
| goals3         = 4
| totalcaps      = 342
| totalgoals     = 18
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1  = [[Germany national under-21 football team|Germany U-21]]
| nationalcaps1  =
| nationalgoals1 =
| manageryears1  = 1998–1999
| managerclubs1  = [[Liechtenstein national under-21 football team|Liechtenstein U-21]] (assistant)
| manageryears2  = 1999–2004
| managerclubs2  = [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]]
| manageryears3  = 2004–2005
| managerclubs3  = [[Sportfreunde Siegen]]
| manageryears4  = 2005–2006
| managerclubs4  = [[FC St. Gallen]]
| manageryears5  = 2006–2007
| managerclubs5  = [[Sportfreunde Siegen]]
| manageryears6  = 2007–2008
| managerclubs6  = [[FC Augsburg]]
| manageryears7  = 2011–2012
| managerclubs7  = [[Dynamo Dresden]]
| manageryears8  = 2013–2015
| managerclubs8  = [[SC Preußen Münster|Preußen Münster]]
| manageryears9  = 2018–2022
| managerclubs9  = [[FC Winterthur]]
}}
'''Ralf Loose''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʁalf ˈloːzə}}; born 5 January 1963) is a German [[Association football|football]] coach and former player who last managed Swiss club [[FC Winterthur|Winterthur]].<ref name="fussballdaten.de">{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/looseralf/ | title = Ralf Loose | language = de | publisher = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 6 February 2010}}</ref> He is most noted for his stint with the [[Liechtenstein national football team]].

==Playing career==
Loose played as a [[Defender (association football)#Sweeper (libero)|sweeper]] between 1981 and 1986 for [[Borussia Dortmund]], and also for a year for [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]]. Between 1987 and 1994 he was at [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]. He has also been captain for the [[Germany national under-21 football team]].

==Managing career==
Between 1996 and 1998 Loose was the coach for the Liechtenstein Under-18s team. On 1 July 1998, he was appointed to Liechtenstein national team manager.  Ralf held this position until 29 July 2003.<ref name="fussballdaten.de" /> On 1 July 2004, he became coach at a regional team [[Sportfreunde Siegen]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/ralf-loose/trainer | title = Ralf Loose | language = de | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 6 February 2010}}</ref> After a brief spell with [[FC St. Gallen]] he returned to [[Sportfreunde Siegen]]. Ralf Loose replaced [[Rainer Hörgl]] as coach at [[FC Augsburg]] in October 2007. Loose was sacked in April 2008, after a dismal season that has left Augsburg teetering close to relegation.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.welt.de/sport/article1906852/FC_Augsburg_entlaesst_Trainer_Ralf_Loose.html | title = FC Augsburg entlässt Trainer Ralf Loose |trans-title=FC Augsburg sacks manager Ralf Loose | language = de | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 6 February 2010 | date = 16 April 2008}}</ref> He was appointed as manager of [[Dynamo Dresden]] in April 2011. He earned promotion in his first season, after a playoff victory over [[VfL Osnabrück]], but was sacked in December 2012, after a poor start to the 2012–13 season.

Loose was appointed manager of [[Swiss Challenge League]] club, [[FC Winterthur]] on 1 July 2019

==References==
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