Oliver_Zapel

Oliver Zapel

Oliver Zapel

German footballer and manager


Oliver Zapel (born 15 January 1968) is a German former footballer and manager, who was most recently the manager of Phönix Lübeck.

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Career

On 1 July 2016, Zapel became head coach of Sonnenhof Großaspach[1] but resigned just a year later.[2] He was appointed as the head coach of Werder Bremen II on 13 November 2017.[3] He was sacked on 5 February 2018.[4] On 22 April 2019, he was named the head coach of Fortuna Köln.[5] In 2019, he moved back to Großaspach.[6] He was sacked on 16 December 2019.[7]

In January 2022 he returned to management as the manager of Phönix Lübeck.[8] In June 2023 he resigned as manager due to personal reasons.[9]

Personal life

Zapel is married and has two children. He lives in Brunstorf near Hamburg.


References

  1. "Oliver Zapel". Kicker. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. "Zapel verlässt vorzeitig Großaspach". dfb.de. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. "Werder Bremen II: Hübscher löst Zapel ab". dfb.de. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. "Fortuna Köln: Zapel folgt auf Kaczmarek". dfb.de. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "Zapel übernimmt in Großaspach". kicker.de. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  6. "Oliver Zapel als Cheftrainer freigestellt". sg94.de (in German). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. "Oliver Zapel neuer Coach von Regionalligist Phönix Lübeck". ndr.de (in German). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  8. "Regionalliga: Zapel nicht länger Phönix-Coach". sportnord.de (in German). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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