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

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of 1860 München, drew against the

of Bayern Munich, and recorded a pair of draws against the

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

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and

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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 RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (), commonly known as RB Leipzig, and colloquially referred to as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company Red Bul ...

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

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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

. 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

. 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

, 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oral, Tomas 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