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Coaching experience

Since 1998 step by step forward.

First as playing coach, then as voluntary coach, then as part-time coach, then as full-time coach.

Below is a list of my coaching gigs. I think it's complete. If I missed something, let me know.

FC Santa Claus Juniorit

Memories

Girls 2006-07 in September 2021.

Girls 2008-09 in August 2021.

8v8 women in November 2021.

Men in May 2021.

6'2020-ongoing

Roles:
Head of Coaching, head coach
Teams:
2022: Women, Women 8v8, Women hobby group, B-girls (2005-07), C-girls (2008-09)
2021: Men (as FC Santa Claus), Women 8v8, C-girls (2006-07), D-girls (2008-09)
2020: Men hobby group, Women hobby group
Goals:
2022: Continue starting new and developing existing teams
2021: Men: found a team, Women: have fun; C-girls: develop players and team, D-girls: found a team; general: continue to develop the club
2020: found new teams, restructure and rewire the club
Results:
2022: not yet
2021: Men: founded the team and laid the groundwork for the future (without me); Women: the team joined the 8v8 league, scored some points and developed greatly; C-girls: played a couple of fantastic games, but also a couple of bad games, overall big development as a team; D-girls: step by step developing quantity and quality
2020: started founding new teams

FC Ylivieska

Memories

Girls 2007-08 August 2019

Girls 2004-06 June 2019

Skill groups early 2019

LoVe vs. FCY/III in May 2019

11'2017-5'2020

Roles:
Head of Coaching, Head of Office, project planner (e.g. 2 tournaments and various camps), head coach
Teams:
2020: 2nd men, D-girls (2007-08), C-boys (2005), talent groups
2019: 3rd men, C-girls (2004-06), D-girls (2007-08), talent groups
2018: Women 7v7, C-girls (2003-04), talent groups
Goals:
2020: 2nd men: prevent relegation, D-girls (2007-08) und C-boys (2005): develop players
2019: 3rd men: promotion, C-girls (2004-06) und D-girls (2007-08): develop players
2018: Women 7v7: getting experience and having fun, C-girls (2003-04): prevent team from disbanding (only 12 players when I took over), develop players
Results:
2020: The Corona-situation disrupted everything and I moved to Rovaniemi before the season kicked off.
2019: 3rd men: became my showroom-team for the Uefa A course. We promoted, scored most goals and received least goals; C-girls (2004-06): developed greatly, D-girls (2007-08): developed greatly and e.g. achieved the first victory in the team's history
2018: Women 7v7: We played games; C-girls (2003-04): rescued the team (doubled the quantity) and developed greatly

SC Riverball

Memories

SCR vs. Blackbird Jyväskylä 5-1 in Rantakylä in August 2017. One of our best games.

Did I mention a tactic board above? Oh well.

In my shiny SCR outfit in September 2017.

11'2016-10'2017

Role:
Head coach
Team:
Men's representative team
Goals:
Prevent relegation to Nelonen (5th) and start building a team for the future
Results:
Relegation prevented and foundation for a new team built
Bonus info:
So far (December 2021), I remain the only coach in the history of the town who ever won a Joensuu-derby against Jippo. It was also Jippo's first loss in 2017. Proof.

FC Hertta

Memories

Women's team 2015

Women's team vs. GBK in Mehtimäki stadium in July 2015

Having fun during pre-season 2016. Can you spot me?

2003-girls' second team's captain Emppu teaching me some football knowledge in 2016.

3'2015-10'2016

Role:
Head coach
Teams:
2016: Women's representative team, D-girls (2003)
2015: Women's representative team
Goals:
2017: Women: promotion to Ykkönen (2nd); D-girls: continue developing players
2016: Women: continue building and developing the new team; D-girls: develop players
2015: Women: prevent relegation to Kolmonen (4th), rescue the team from disbanding
Results:
2017: Women: promotion to Ykkönen (2nd) without me; D-girls: start of the disbanding of the team
2016: Women: best season in the history of the club (until then), big development in quality and quantity; D-girls: developed players, the first team won the league and the regional cup, the second team started playing beautiful football and got their first successes
2015: Women: relegation prevented, team rescued

Joensuun seudun monikulttuurisuusyhdistys ry

Memories

We organised the "Futsal United" tournament in Rautavaara, January 2017

Training with the teams in Mehtimäki, July 2017

We organised the "Meille saa tulla" tournament in Mehtimäki, August 2017. One of our two teams won the cup. Judging by the pic, I can't tell whether it was the yellow or the blue team. ;)

I organised an Erasmus+ workshop called "Futsal United" in Metsänkartano, January 2017 with young people from Spain, Somalia and Afghanistan.

5'2015-10'2017

Roles:
Coach, teacher, consultant and Erasmus+ instructor
Teams:
International immigrants/refugees/student-teams (6v6 hobby league)
Goals:
Help the immigrants, prevent violence/problems in practice and games, provide them with a good time and something to do
Results:
In 2015, we got so many new players joining us that we had two teams in 2016 and 2017. When I left Joensuu, my British friend Karl took over the teams and continued developing them. They won the league in 2019 and had over 40 players in 2021.

AFC Keltik

Memories

Keltik won the Pallopuntari Spring tournament in April 2016.

Friends4Life.

After spinning class during pre-season 2016.

We also played futsal.

4'2015-3'2017

Roles:
Vice chairman and playing coach
Team:
Men's representative team
Goals:
Get new players to join the aged squad and prepare for a promotion back to Nelonen (5th) in the future.
Results:
We got new players to the club and Keltik promoted twice (after my time) by 2020 to play in Kolmonen (4th) and even had a second team. The Corona-situation ended their streak though and they are now back in Vitonen (6th).

SG Eichkamp-Rupenhorn 1973

Memories

With my assistant coach André Pahl.

With SG-ER's chairman Paul.

My ex clubs FFV and SG-ER facing each other during the indoor winter cup. I won't tell whose coach I was during that game. ;)

6'2014-3'2015

Roles:
Coach and playing coach
Teams:
Men's representative team (Kreisliga A), 32+ seniors team (Bezirksliga)
Goals:
Men: prevent relegation to Kreisliga B; 32+: prevent relegation to Kreisliga A
Results:
I moved to Finland after 3/4 of the season. The team later (next season?) relegated to Kreisliga B, but as of 2021 are back in Kreisliga A. The 32+ team stayed in the league, switched to 8v8 in 2018, promoted to 8v8 Landesliga in 2019, but the Corona situation ended the team in 2020.

1. FFV Spandau

Memories

Team photo Autumn 2012 in Buchholz.

Partying after promoting to Kreisliga B in June 2013 at our Fredy-Stach-Sportpark stadium.

In 2013 we made it surprisingly far in the indoor winter cup due to excellent team spirit.

10'2010-5'2014

Roles:
Head coach (before: playing coach)
Team:
Men's representative team
Goals:
Promotion to Kreisliga B
Results:
The team was founded before the 2009/2010 season. I joined them as a player at the beginning of the 2010/11 season as a player. I soon became the playing coach, and then the head coach. In 2013, we achieved the first promotion in the club's history. In 2014, we managed to prevent relegation. After I had to leave due to my new work situation at recordsale in 2014, the team relegated back to Kreisliga C in 2015, but is back in Kreisliga B since 2019.

HC Ilotytöt

Memories

Team photo at the Rockfutis tournament in August 2008 in Hämeenlinna.

Before the first game at the Rockfutis tournament.

Celebrating the first Rockfutis-victory in the team's history.

6'2008-8'2008

Role:
Coach
Team:
Women's hobby team (music festival league system)
Goals:
Train, having fun, and preparing the team for the final tournament
Results:
The summer trainings were great, we got big groups coming, even with external people joining in. During the tournament, we won the first game (first victory for the team ever) and the next games - if I remember correctly - we lost with very close results.
Bonus info:
I easily forget that coaching gig. During my summer semester holidays 2008, I spent three months in Joensuu. A player from Keltik suggested me as coach for the women's team of the music festival "Ilosaarirock". Their name was HardCore Ilotytöt. Ilotytöt meaning "happy girls", derived from "ilosaari", the "happy island" where the festival originated. Of course, it also had a delicate double meaning, with an ilotyttö being a "hooker". As if this wasn't direct enough, they also played in short skirts. ;) We trained twice per week and at the end of the summer music festival season, there was a huge tournament where all the festival crews played against each other. We performed quite well. If I remember correctly, they had never won a game before in those tournaments. But with me, they did. Funny sidenote: When I went to the first training, there were different small groups in the park. I went to a couple of young women and asked them "oletteko ilotytöt?" I didn't know what the word meant and was confused about their embarrassed reaction. Only later I realised I asked them whether they are prostitutes. Should those women read this text: My apologies. I didn't know. ;) P. S. Now that I think about this: This team probably laid the groundwork for my passion for women's football. After all, it was my first women's team. Today I learned (about myself).

BSG AOK Berlin

Memories

Team photo before the first game of the 2009/10 season (I think).

Last game of my last season in 2010. 6 players were with the team for all my 10 years. We got a bit older together.

Team photo from 2003 (I think). I just realise we still used the same blue Nestlé-jerseys in 2010, lol.

10'2000-9'2010

Roles:
Playing coach, secretary of the board, teamleader, caretaker
Team:
Company's representative team in the company-league-system of Berlin
Goals:
AOK Berlin was one of the oldest companies teams in Germany and they won the companies championship during the first years (in the 50s). The team had collapsed in the late 90s and merged with Nestlé in the 00/01 season. I joined in the Autumn and was part of the plan to rebuild the team.
Results:
The situation when I joined was too difficult already. We relegated to the lowest division. I then brought friends and new folks to the team and started building a new team. I don't remember in detail what happened during the next years, but we promoted a couple of times and when I left in 2010, we played for promotion to the top division (to where they eventually promoted). In 2011, the company got bought by AOK Nordost and thus changed their name to BSG AOK Nordost. The companies league system degressed year by year until it was just a sad shadow of itself. Corona finished it off for good. After about 60 years, there is no companies league system anymore in Berlin. The AOK-team quit in 2019.
Bonus info:
AOK is a big health insurance company in Germany, with every federal state having their own AOK. I did a practical for the AOK in the late 90s and their responsible manager for student marketing discovered my football and coaching skills and hired me to their marketing team in return for joining their football team. A typical deal in Berlin back in the days. When I went to the university in 2004, I continued for the BSG nonetheless. The most legendary games were against Gilette. They paid half-pro players from top divisions to play for their companies team (second playing right). Michael Fuß or Mike Lünsmann were former pro players who were my opponents, for example. Those were the good days.

Absoluter Angstgegner

Memories

This might be the oldest team picture from 1998 at Kühler Weg.

This is a pic from one of our very first games in 1998 at Kühler Weg (Schotterplatz). Actually, this might be an even older pic.

A general rule was: Who was injured, organised the games. On this pic we have AAB/X-Men legends Don Helli, Oli, Ingo and myself organising one substitute player, Alex. ;)

10'1998-9'2000

Roles:
Chairman, playing coach, referee, caretaker
Team:
University league team
Goals:
Promote from the 4th to the 1st division
Results:
I don't remember, but I think we promoted twice in four semesters.
Bonus info:
AAB was my own team/club in the university league system. Many friends and former classmates stopped playing football in the mid 90s, because club sport wasn't much fun back then. So we started our own team and trained and played in the way we wanted to. We chose the university league system, because it was the cheapest to join with the least restrictions. When I got hired by AOK, I couldn't continue running AAB anymore. We decided that it was the easiest to quit this team and re-start under a different name with a new board ("X-Men"). I continued there as player only. AAB/X-Men continued until 2006.

Something funny (in Finnish):

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