Tomas Oral (born 24 April 1973) is a German
football manager.
Managerial career
Early career (2006–2011)
Oral was hired as head coach for
FSV Frankfurt
Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...
prior to the 2006–07 season.
His debut was a 2–0 win against
1. FC Schwalmstadt in the
Hessenliga
The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...
.
He would finish the season in first place; losing only one match.
The only loss of the season came on matchday 30 against
Viktoria Aschaffenburg
SV Viktoria 01 Aschaffenburg is a German football club based in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria.
Even though Aschaffenburg is located in Bavaria, Viktoria Aschaffenburg historically played its football in the Hessenliga (V) and the associated Hessian le ...
.
The club's first-place finish meant promotion to the
Regionalliga Süd. During the
2007–08 season, Frankfurt defeated the
reserve team
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of
1860 München, drew against the
reserve team
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of
Bayern Munich, and recorded a pair of draws against the
reserve team
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of
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...
. Again, Frankfurt finished in first place and were promoted.
During the
2008–09 season, Frankfurt played in the
2. Bundesliga
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and
German Cup
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.
Frankfurt started the season with a 2–0 win against
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section.
History Foundation to WW2
The c ...
in the German Cup.
However, they went winless in their first four league matches of the season.
They were knocked out of the German Cup in the second round after losing 1–0 to
Carl Zeiss Jena. Frankfurt finished the season in 15th place; two points above the relegation playoff spot.
To start the
2009–10 season,
Frankfurt was knocked out of the German Cup by
Borussia Mönchengladbach. Oral resigned on 5 October 2009.
Frankfurt were in 17th place at the time of his resignation.
He finished with a record of 53 wins, 31 draws, and 29 losses.
Oral was head coach of
RB Leipzig
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between 18 June 2010
and 28 May 2011.
Leipzig started the season with a nine–match undefeated streak.
He finished the season in fourth place.
He finished with a record of 18 wins, 10 draws, and six losses.
2011–2016
Oral was hired on 10 November 2011.
His first match was a 1–0 loss to
1860 Munich
, commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football.
1860 Munich was one of the founding members of ...
on 18 November 2011. He would go on to win only one of his first eight matches as the new head coach.
The only win during that stretch was against
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga.
The football department is part of a larger sp ...
.
However, starting from that victory, Ingolstadt went on a 14–match undefeated streak
which included wins over
Hansa Rostock
FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...
,
SC Paderborn 07
Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...
,
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundeslig ...
, and
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...
. The streak ended after a 4–1 loss to 1860 Munich.
Ingolstadt finished the
2011–12 season in 12th place.
The
following season, Ingolstadt finished in 13th place.
Oral and Ingolstadt parted ways as of 30 June 2013.
His final match was a 3–0 loss to
1. FC Köln on 19 May 2013.
He finished with a record of 16 wins, 22 draws, and 17 losses.
On 18 May 2015, Oral replaced
Benno Möhlmann with a match left in the
2014–15 season.
Frankfurt was in 16th place when Oral was hired.
The match against
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...
finished in a 1–1 draw
and Frankfurt jumped up to 13th place.
During the
2015–16 season, Frankfurt defeated
Dynamo Berlin and lost to
Hertha BSC in the German Cup. In the league, Frankfut started the season with a three–match winless streak.
Frankfurt results were mixed up to the winter break.
Frankfurt lost to
Arminia Bielefeld on matchday 19, immediately prior to the winter break. At this point, Frankfurt dropped down to 14th place in the league table. He was sacked on 10 April 2016 after losing 4–1 to
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundeslig ...
.
Frankfurt were in 14th place when he was sacked.
He finished with a record of nine wins, eight draws, and 15 losses.
Oral was appointed on 8 March 2016 for the start of the
2016–17 season as the head coach of
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...
.
His first match was a 0–0 draw against
Arminia Bielefeld on 7 August 2016.
Oral was sacked on 4 December 2016.
His final match was a 2–1 loss to
Greuther Fürth on 2 December 2016.
Karlsruhe were in 16th place at the time Oral was sacked.
Oral finished with a record of two wins, six draws, and eight losses.
2019
He returned to Ingolstadt on 3 April 2019. After the season, Oral left Ingolstadt.
2020
On 11 March 2020, he once again returned to Ingolstadt. Even though they got promoted to the
2. Bundesliga
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, his contract was not renewed for the 2021–22 season.
2023
In February 2023, he was named the new head coach of
SV Sandhausen. After just six games, he was sacked on 10 April 2023.
Managerial record
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
FSV Frankfurt players
German football managers
German sportspeople of Turkish descent
People from Ochsenfurt
Sportspeople from Lower Franconia
FSV Frankfurt managers
RB Leipzig managers
FC Ingolstadt 04 managers
SV Sandhausen managers
Fulham F.C. non-playing staff
2. Bundesliga managers
3. Liga managers
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Bavaria
German men's footballers
Viktoria Aschaffenburg players
Karlsruher SC managers