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Kenan Koçak

Kenan Koçak

Turkish footballer and manager

Kenan Koçak (born 5 January 1981) is a Turkish football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the Turkey national football team.[2]

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Playing career

Koçak was a youth product of Waldhof Mannheim.[3] Kocak played sparsely for Waldhof Mannheim, Austria Salzburg, SSV Reutlingen, 1. FC Pforzheim, and finally as a player-manager for Türkspor Mannheim.[4]

Managerial career

VfR Mannheim

In the winter break of the 2010–11 season Kenan Koçak became manager of VfR Mannheim.[5] In his first competitive match as coach, his team was able to knock out the local rival of Waldhof Mannheim in the quarter-final of the Baden Cup.[6] In the regular season, Koçak reached second place with VfR Mannheim in the Verbandsliga Baden.[7] In the promotion play-off, his team faced FV Ravensburg. The first leg ended in a 1–1 draw. The second match was won by Mannheim with 2–0. As a result, Mannheim reached the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.[8] In his first Oberliga season, Koçak's team finished in second place.[9] After the first half of the 2011–12 season, VfR Mannheim was even at the top of the Oberliga.[10] In the 2012–13 season, Mannheim finished in third place.[11] After this season, Koçak left the club and became manager of Waldhof Mannheim, which played in the Regionalliga Südwest at the time.[12]

Waldhof Mannheim

Waldhof Mannheim hired Koçak on 7 June 2013[13] and had his first match on 29 July 2013 against SSV Ulm.[14] The final score was 4–2 for Waldhof Mannheim.[14] The club finished the 2013–14 season in fifth place.[15] In the following season, Waldhof Mannheim dropped down to 13th place.[16] Waldhof Mannheim won the Regionalliga Südwest during the 2015–16 season.[17] In the promotion play-off, they faced off against Sportfreunde Lotte.[18] The first leg ended in a 0–0 draw and the second leg ended in a 2–0 win for Lotte.[18] Koçak left Waldhof Mannheim on 3 July 2016 to become manager of SV Sandhausen.[19]

SV Sandhausen

Koçak became manager of Sandhausen on 3 July 2016.[19] Kocak's debut match was a 2–2 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf.[20] His first win with Sandhausen came on 22 August 2016 in a 2–1 win against SC Paderborn.[21] He was sacked on 8 October 2018.[22]

Hannover 96

On 14 November 2019, Koçak was appointed as manager of Hannover 96.[2] He left at the end of the 2020–21 season.[23]

Turkey

On 27 September 2021, Turkish Football Federation announced that Koçak joined in technical staff of Turkey as Assistant Coach to Stefan Kuntz.[1]

Managerial statistics

As of 23 May 2021
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References

  1. [1]
    "Koçak ve Lichte, A Millî Takım teknik ekibine katıldı" [Koçak and Lichte joined in the Technical Staff of Turkey National Team] (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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    "Hannover findet Trainer: Kocak übernimmt". kicker.de. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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    "Kenan Kocak - Stats and titles won".
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    "Kenan Kocak » Vereinsspiele".
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    "Kocak: Ich mache nicht alles allein - Lokalsport".
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    "VfR - Saisonstatistiken". www.vfr-mannheim.de. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
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    "Verbandsliga Nordbaden 10/11 - Baden - FuPa".
  8. [8]
    "VFR Mannheim feiert Oberliga-Aufstieg - Fotos".
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    "Oberliga Baden-Württemberg: Spielpaarungen, Tabelle und Ergebnisse der Saison 2011/12 am 1. Spieltag - kicker online". www.kicker.de. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011.
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    "Oberliga Baden-Württemberg: Spielpaarungen, Tabelle und Ergebnisse der Saison 2011/12 am 16. Spieltag - kicker online". www.kicker.de. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
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    "Oberliga Baden-Württemberg: Spielpaarungen, Tabelle und Ergebnisse der Saison 2012/13 am 1. Spieltag - kicker online". www.kicker.de. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
  12. [12]
    "Kocak übernimmt das Ruder beim SVW".
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    "Kocak übernimmt das Ruder beim SVW". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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    "Waldhof Mannheim". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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    "Regionalliga Südwest – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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    "Regionalliga Südwest – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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    "Waldhof Mannheim " Fixtures & Results 2015/2016". World Football. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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    ""Ideallösung" Koçak übernimmt Sandhausen". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  20. [20]
    "Gordon schenkt der Fortuna einen Punkt" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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    "Kister köpft Sandhausen spät weiter" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  22. [22]
    "Sandhausen stellt Kocak frei". kicker.de. 8 October 2018.
  23. [23]
    "Vertragsauflösung zum Saisonende: Hannover und Kocak gehen getrennte Wege". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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    "SV Sandhausen". kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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    "Hannover 96". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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