Kenan Kocak

Kenan Kocak
Kocak managing Waldhof Mannheim in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-01-05) 5 January 1981
Place of birth Kayseri, Turkey
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Retired
Youth career
1999–2001 Waldhof Mannheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 DSV Leoben 0 (0)
2002–2003 Waldhof Mannheim 8 (0)
2003–2004 Austria Salzburg 2 (0)
2004 Waldhof Mannheim 0 (0)
2004–2006 Reutlingen 05 0 (0)
2006 1. FC Pforzheim 9 (2)
2006–2009 Waldhof Mannheim 6 (0)
2009–2010 Türkspor Mannheim
Teams managed
2009–2010 Türkspor Mannheim
2013–2016 Waldhof Mannheim
2016–2018 SV Sandhausen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kenan Kocak (5 January 1981) is a Turkish former player and current football manager who last managed SV Sandhausen.[1]

Professional career

Kocak was a youth product of Waldhof Mannheim.[2] Kocak played sparsely for Waldhof Mannheim, Austria Salzburg, Reutlingen 05, 1. FC Pforzheim, and finally as a player-manager for Türkspor Mannheim.[3]

Managerial career

VfR Mannheim

In the winter break of the season 2010/2011 Kenan Kocak became Manager of the VfR Mannheim.[4] 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 BfV Cup.[5] In the regular season Kocak reached with the VfR Mannheim the second place in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden.[6] In the promotion playoff his team faced FV Ravensburg. In the first leg the VfR Mannheim finished in a 1:1 draw. The second match was won by the VfR Mannheim with 2:0. As a result, the VfR Mannheim reached the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.[7] In his first Oberliga season, Kocaks team finished, as promoted team, in the second place.[8] After the first half of the season 2011/2012 the VfR Mannheim was even on the top of the Oberliga Baden Württemberg.[9] In the season 2012/2013 the VfR Mannheim finished in the third place.[10] After this season Kenan Kocak left the VfR Mannheim and became manager of Waldhof Mannheim, which played at this time in the Regionalliga.[11]

Waldhof Mannheim

Waldhof Mannheim hired Kocak on 7 June 2013.[12] and had his first match on 29 July 2013 against SSV Ulm 1846.[13] The final score was 4–2 win for Waldhof Mannheim.[13] Waldhof Mannheim finished the 2013–14 season in fifth place.[14] In the following season, Waldhof Mannheim dropped down to 13th place.[15] Waldhof Mannheim won the Regionalliga Südwest during the 2015–16 season.[16] In the promotion playoff, Waldhof Mannheim faced off against Sportfreunde Lotte.[17] The first leg finished in a 0–0 draw and the second leg finished in a 2–0 win for Sportfreunde Lotte.[17] Kocak left Waldhof Mannheim on 3 July 2016 to become manager of SV Sandhausen.[18]

Sandhausen

Kocak became manager of Sandhausen on 3 July 2016.[18] Kocak's debut match was a 2–2 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf.[19] His first win with Sandhausen came on 22 August 2016 in a 2–1 win against SC Paderborn 07.[20] He was sacked on 8 October 2018.[21]

Managerial statistics

As of 30 December 2017
TeamFromToRecord
MWDLGFGAGDWin %Ref.
Waldhof Mannheim7 June 2013[12]3 July 2016[18] 104 48 26 30 148 94 +54 046.15 [14][15][16][17]
Sandhausen3 July 2016[18]Present 56 19 16 21 72 64 +8 033.93 [22]
Total 160 67 42 51 220 158 +62 041.88 —

References

  1. ↑ http://www.svw07.de/content/kenan-kocak
  2. ↑ http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.kenan.kocak.205839.en.html
  3. ↑ http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/kenan-kocak/2/
  4. ↑ http://www.morgenweb.de/mannheim/lokalsport/kocak-ich-mache-nicht-alles-allein-1.269300
  5. ↑ http://www.vfr-mannheim.de/teams/archiv/saisonstatistiken
  6. ↑ http://www.fupa.net/liga/verbandsliga-nordbaden-502.html
  7. ↑ http://www.morgenweb.de/nachrichten/fotostrecken/vfr-mannheim-feiert-oberliga-aufstieg-1.130360
  8. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg/2011-12/0/0/spieltag.html
  9. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg/2011-12/16/0/spieltag.html
  10. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg/2012-13/0/0/spieltag.html
  11. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/regionalliga/startseite/587510/artikel_kocak-uebernimmt-das-ruder-beim-svw.html
  12. 1 2 "Kocak übernimmt das Ruder beim SVW". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Waldhof Mannheim". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Regionalliga Südwest – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Regionalliga Südwest – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Regionalliga Südwest – Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de. Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 "Waldhof Mannheim » Fixtures & Results 2015/2016". World Football. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  18. 1 2 3 4 ""Ideallösung" Kocak übernimmt Sandhausen". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "Gordon schenkt der Fortuna einen Punkt" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Kister köpft Sandhausen spät weiter" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  21. ↑ "Sandhausen stellt Kocak frei". kicker.de. 8 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "SV Sandhausen". kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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