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

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 for 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. ^ "Oliver Zapel trainiert Werder Bremen II". dfb.de. 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Werder Bremen II: Hübscher löst Zapel ab". dfb.de. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Fortuna Köln: Zapel folgt auf Kaczmarek". dfb.de. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Zapel übernimmt in Großaspach". Kicker. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Oliver Zapel als Cheftrainer freigestellt". sg94.de (in German). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Oliver Zapel neuer Coach von Regionalligist Phönix Lübeck". ndr.de (in German). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Regionalliga: Zapel nicht länger Phönix-Coach". sportnord.de (in German). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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