Yunus Öçal (born 2 August 1988) is a Turkish

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

coach. He is the current head coach of the Greece women's national volleyball team appointed in May 2023.

Sport career

Club coach

Öçal coached

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from 2006 to 2018. After THY (Türk Hava Yolları) promoted to the

Turkish Women's Volleyball League Sultanlar Ligi (''Sultans League''), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 ...

, he was appointed assistant coach to the women's volleyball team, where he served until 2022. In November 2022, he was appointed head coach of the

AEK Women's Volleyball Club AEK Women's Volleyball Club is the women's volleyball section of the major Greek multi-sport club of A.E.K. (sports club), AEK. It was founded in 1995 and has won one A1 Ethniki Women's Volleyball, Greek Championship (2011–12), one Greek Women ...

, which play in the

A1 Ethniki Women's Volleyball The Greek Women's Volleyball League is organised by Hellenic Volleyball Federation (Greek:Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Πετοσφαίρισης). Panathinaikos won the first championship in 1971. During the first decade, Panathinaikos a ...

in Greece. The team finished the 2022–23 season fourth and won the

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National team coach

Öçal was appointed assistant coach of the Greece women's national volleyball team in 2022, as the direct partner of the Brazilian head coach Marcello Abbondanza. In May 2023, he was promoted to the post of head coach of the Greece women's national team, which play at the

2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 33rd edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. For the third consecutive time, ...

Personal life

Yunus Öçal was born on 2 August 1988. He is married and father of a girl born on 8 March 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ocal, Yunus , 1988 births Living people Turkish volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Greece women's national volleyball team coaches