Tomas Oral (born 24 April 1973) is a German football manager.
 Oral with FSV Frankfurt in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 April 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Ochsenfurt, West Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | SG Egelsbach | ||
| 1997–1999 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | ||
| 1999–2000 | Germania Horbach | ||
| 2000–2006 | FSV Frankfurt | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | FSV Frankfurt II | ||
| 2006–2009 | FSV Frankfurt | ||
| 2010–2011 | RB Leipzig | ||
| 2011–2013 | FC Ingolstadt | ||
| 2015–2016 | FSV Frankfurt | ||
| 2016 | Karlsruher SC | ||
| 2019 | FC Ingolstadt | ||
| 2020–2021 | FC Ingolstadt | ||
| 2023 | SV Sandhausen | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Managerial career
Early career (2006–2011)
Oral was hired as head coach for FSV Frankfurt prior to the 2006–07 season.[1] His debut was a 2–0 win against 1. FC Schwalmstadt[2] in the Hessenliga.[3] He would finish the season in first place; losing only one match.[4] The only loss of the season came on matchday 30 against Viktoria Aschaffenburg.[2] The club's first-place finish meant promotion to the Regionalliga Süd. During the 2007–08 season, Frankfurt defeated the reserve team of 1860 München, drew against the reserve team of Bayern Munich, and recorded a pair of draws against the reserve team of VfB Stuttgart.[5] Again, Frankfurt finished in first place and were promoted.[6] During the 2008–09 season, Frankfurt played in the 2. Bundesliga and German Cup.[7] Frankfurt started the season with a 2–0 win against VfL Osnabrück in the German Cup.[7] However, they went winless in their first four league matches of the season.[7] They were knocked out of the German Cup in the second round after losing 1–0 to Carl Zeiss Jena.[8] Frankfurt finished the season in 15th place; two points above the relegation playoff spot.[9] To start the 2009–10 season,[10] Frankfurt was knocked out of the German Cup by Borussia Mönchengladbach. Oral resigned on 5 October 2009.[11] Frankfurt were in 17th place at the time of his resignation.[12] He finished with a record of 53 wins, 31 draws, and 29 losses.[4][6][7][10]
Oral was head coach of RB Leipzig between 18 June 2010[13] and 28 May 2011.[14] Leipzig started the season with a nine–match undefeated streak.[15] He finished the season in fourth place.[16] He finished with a record of 18 wins, 10 draws, and six losses.[17]
2011–2016
Oral was hired by FC Ingolstadt on 10 November 2011.[18] His first match was a 1–0 loss to 1860 Munich on 18 November 2011.[19] He would go on to win only one of his first eight matches as the new head coach.[20] The only win during that stretch was against FC St. Pauli.[20] However, starting from that victory, Ingolstadt went on a 14–match undefeated streak[21] which included wins over Hansa Rostock,[22] SC Paderborn 07,[23] VfL Bochum,[24] and Karlsruher SC.[25] The streak ended after a 4–1 loss to 1860 Munich.[21] Ingolstadt finished the 2011–12 season in 12th place.[26] The following season, Ingolstadt finished in 13th place.[27] Oral and Ingolstadt parted ways as of 30 June 2013.[28] His final match was a 3–0 loss to 1. FC Köln on 19 May 2013.[29] He finished with a record of 16 wins, 22 draws, and 17 losses.[30]
On 18 May 2015, Oral replaced Benno Möhlmann at FSV Frankfurt with a match left in the 2014–15 season.[31] The team was in 16th place when Oral was hired.[31] The match against 1. FC Kaiserslautern finished in a 1–1 draw[32] and Frankfurt jumped up to 13th place.[33] During the 2015–16 season, Frankfurt defeated Dynamo Berlin[34] and lost to Hertha BSC[35] in the German Cup. In the league, Frankfurt started the season with a three–match winless streak.[36] Frankfurt results were mixed up to the winter break.[36] Frankfurt lost to Arminia Bielefeld on matchday 19, immediately prior to the winter break.[37] At this point, Frankfurt dropped down to 14th place in the league table.[38] He was sacked on 10 April 2016 after losing 4–1 to VfL Bochum.[39] Frankfurt were in 14th place when he was sacked.[40] He finished with a record of nine wins, eight draws, and 15 losses.[41]
Oral was appointed as the head coach of Karlsruher SC on 8 March 2016 for the start of the 2016–17 season.[42] His first match was a 0–0 draw against Arminia Bielefeld on 7 August 2016.[43] Oral was sacked on 4 December 2016.[44] His final match was a 2–1 loss to Greuther Fürth on 2 December 2016.[43] Karlsruhe were in 16th place at the time Oral was sacked.[45] Oral finished with a record of two wins, six draws, and eight losses.[46]
2019
He returned to Ingolstadt on 3 April 2019.[47] After the season, Oral left Ingolstadt.[48]
2020
On 11 March 2020, he once again returned to Ingolstadt.[49] Even though they got promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, his contract was not renewed for the 2021–22 season.[50]
2023
In February 2023, he was named the new head coach of SV Sandhausen.[51] After just six games, he was sacked on 10 April 2023.[52]
Managerial record
- As of 9 April 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. | |||
| FSV Frankfurt | 1 July 2006[1] | 5 October 2009[11] | 113 | 53 | 31 | 29 | 178 | 118 | +60 | 46.90 | [4][6][7][10] |
| RB Leipzig | 18 June 2010[13] | 28 May 2011[14] | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 52.94 | [15][17] |
| FC Ingolstadt | 10 November 2011[18] | 30 June 2013[28] | 55 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 29.09 | [20][29][30] |
| FSV Frankfurt | 18 May 2015[31] | 10 April 2016[39] | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 28.13 | [32][36][41] |
| Karlsruher SC | 1 July 2016[42][46] | 4 December 2016[44] | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 12.50 | [43][46] |
| FC Ingolstadt | 3 April 2019 | 30 June 2019 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 66.67 | [30] |
| FC Ingolstadt | 11 March 2020[53] | 30 June 2021 | 55 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 83 | 60 | +23 | 50.91 | [30] |
| SV Sandhausen | 20 February 2023 | 10 April 2023 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0.00 | [54] |
| Total | 320 | 132 | 94 | 94 | 449 | 377 | +72 | 41.25 | — | ||
References
External links
- Tomas Oral at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Tomas Oral at WorldFootball.net
