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When Bosz started as PSV coach in 2023, he had never won a major prize among the pros. Not at Vitesse, not at Maccabi Tel Aviv, not at Ajax, not at Borussia Dortmund, not at Bayer Leverkusen and not at Olympique Lyonnais.
After Bosz announced that he would extend his contract with PSV until 2028, the question suddenly became: what is there still to gain for the coach? Well, he can write history, with more prizes and more success in Europe.
It was only at PSV that Bosz became a coach with a trophy cabinet. It was only at PSV that he became a successful coach. After twice the Johan Cruijff scale and two consecutive national titles, a third championship is on the way in this Premier League season.
With a bit of luck, PSV can celebrate as early as early April. “It’s nice that I was able to change that here,” Bosz said about finally filling his trophy cabinet. “But with 56 points you don’t become champion. We still have to do it. And the KNVB Cup would also be great.”
Following in the footsteps of success coaches
Bosz can become the first coach in history to become champion five times in a row with three subsequent Premier League titles. It’s not an unrealistic scenario. The record is held by Frank de Boer, who won four consecutive titles with Ajax (2011-2014).
The current lead of fifteen losing points over NEC, the current number three who has played one match less, is almost unprecedented. Only AZ had a larger lead in the 1980/1981 season after 21 rounds, 17 points over number two Feyenoord (converted to three points per win).
If PSV maintains its dominance in the Premier League for another two years, Bosz can become the coach with the most points per Premier League match. Now he only knows Stefan Kovács from the legendary Ajax from the seventies.
Trainers with the most points per Premier League match (three-point system, minimum 34 matches)
| Trainer | Club | Competitions | Points/duel |
| Stefan Kovacs | Ajax | 68 | 2,69 |
| Peter Bosz | PSV | 89 | 2,51 |
| Erik ten Hag | Ajax | 143 | 2,45 |
| Ben Peeters | Feyenoord | 71 | 2,39 |
| Ernst Happel | Feyenoord | 133 | 2,38 |
| Peter Bosz | Ajax | 34 | 2,38 |
For a coach like Bosz, the challenge also lies in further developing his attacking playing style. This is evident from, among other things, the average number of goals per match.
Bosz leaves behind former Ajax coaches Kovacs (1971-1973), Johan Cruijff (1985-1988) and Erik ten Hag (2017-2022) in this area. Only Kurt Linder’s Ajax (1981-1982) scored more goals on average in fewer matches.
Trainers with the most goals per Premier League match (at least 34 matches)
| Trainer | Club | Competitions | Goals/duel |
| Kurt Linder | Ajax | 39 | 3,28 |
| Peter Bosz | PSV | 89 | 3,13 |
| Stefan Kovacs | Ajax | 68 | 3,03 |
| Johan Cruyff | Ajax | 86 | 3,00 |
| Erik ten Hag | Ajax | 143 | 2,95 |
Progressing further in the Champions League is another goal for the coming years. In the past two seasons, PSV played in the Champions League in March, but now the Eindhoven team did not get through the competition phase.
“I am very curious,” said Bosz. “Can we improve even more and do better in Europe? That’s what you hope for. We have made further progress in the previous two years. Now we had tougher opponents.”
Expiration date
Bosz does not believe that his expiration date at PSV has expired after this season. Co Adriaanse once said that in his opinion the shelf life of a trainer is three years.
“That may have been the case in the past,” Bosz responded. “Back then, groups of players stayed together for a long time. Nowadays that is no longer the case and there are many player changes. It will become clear next season, in my fourth season.”
If Bosz completes his contract, he will have 169 Premier League matches on behalf of the Eindhoven team, which puts him in fourth place of all time for PSV coaches, behind Kees Rijvers, Guus Hiddink and Phillip Cocu.
PSV coaches with the most games in the Premier League
| Position | Trainer | Competitions | Win-Equal-Loss |
| 1 | Kees Rijvers | 265 | 155-67-43 |
| 2 | Guus Hiddink | 250 | 182-43-25 |
| 3 | Phillip Cocu | 174 | 126-27-21 |
| 4 | Dick Lawyer | 154 | 103-24-27 |
| 12 | Peter Bosz | 88 | 71-10-7 |
The challenge for Bosz is to keep his players sharp even after three seasons, even in the smaller games in the Premier League. “How long can you keep that up in the Netherlands?” the coach wondered.
‘Without good players, bad coach’
Another objective, certainly for the management, is to get the selection back to the highest possible level next season, even if strong players leave next summer.
“Without good players I am a bad trainer,” Bosz knows. “We have been able to get really good players for three years now. It is up to me to get those guys pushto develop, to get the most out of it, so that they do not slacken.”
Bosz cites the example of Sir Alex Ferguson, who coached Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. “He dared to get rid of his top players and continue with fresh boys. I hope that is the key.”
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