Lucien Favre (born 2 November 1957) is a Swiss football manager and former footballer. He was most recently the head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach.
During his playing career, Favre made a total of 24 appearances for Switzerland, scoring his one and only goal on his debut against the Netherlands. At club level, he played for Lausanne-Sports, Neuchâtel Xamax, Toulouse and Servette FC, earning a reputation as a skillful and intelligent play-maker. He announced his retirement in 1991.
Favre amassed 24 caps for the Swiss national team. Notably, he scored his first—and only—international goal on his debut, netting in Zürich against the Netherlands on 1 September 1981 in the same game in which both Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard also made their first appearance for their respective country. He earned his last cap for Switzerland against Portugal in a 3–1 away loss on 26 April 1989 played in Lisbon.
Favre's coaching career started in 1991 as the under-14 assistant manager with FC Echallens. The following year, he took over the unders-17s before being appointed manager of the first team in 1993. Under his leadership, his young squad surprisingly earned promotion to the Nationalliga B, the second tier of Swiss football (now called Challenge League). This promotion is still the outstanding achievement in the club's history.