Karl-Heinz Feldkamp

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Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Personal information
Full name Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Date of birth June 2, 1934 (1934-06-02) (age 74)
Place of birth    Essen, Germany
Playing position Manager
Club information
Current club Don't Have One!
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1963-1965 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen    
Teams managed
1973-1974
1976-1978
1978-1982
1982-1983
1983-1984
1985-1987
1987-1988
1990-1992
1992-1993
1999
2007-2008
SG Wattenscheid 09
Arminia Bielefeld
1.FC Kaiserslautern
Borussia Dortmund
Arminia Bielefeld
Bayer 05 Uerdingen
Eintracht Frankfurt
1.FC Kaiserslautern
Galatasaray S.K.
Beşiktaş
Galatasaray S.K.

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (born June 2, 1934 in Essen, Germany) is a football coach and former player. He is the former coach of Turkish club Galatasaray S.K..

Feldkamp has been coaching football since 1968. In Germany, he has coached Borussia Dortmund, Kaiserslautern and Eintracht Frankfurt among others. He previously coached Galatasaray in 1992-1993, and also coached another Istanbul club, Beşiktaş in 1999. During his 92-93 tenure at the Istanbul club, Feldkamp helped Galatasaray SK establish a competitive squad with promising Turkish youngsters. These would-be stars included, but are not limited to: Hakan Sukur, Bulent Korkmaz, Hamza Hamzaoglu, Tugay Kerimoglu, Mustafa Kocabey.

In June 2007, he returned to Galatasaray by signing a two-year contract and replacing outgoing coach Erik Gerets. Feldkamp is known, shortly, as Kalli. He is quite respected and has been elevated to the level of almost a "living legend" by Galatasaray SK supporters. He is known for his rigid "discipline" on and off the training pitch and doesn't differentiate between "star" and "team" players.

Due to his direct and honest interaction with the Turkish media, Turkish newspapers often write about the "Kalli aphorisms."

On April 5, 2008 Kalli has resigned from his position.

He also won the German Bundesliga and the Turkish league once, DFB-Pokal three times as a coach.


As of 05/04/2008, Feldkamp has resigned from Galatasaray due to huge amount of disagreements between himself and the board. Galatasaray President Adnan Polat has previously stated that, Feldkamp would not be Galatasaray coach for the season 2008-2009 but will be responsible for reserve team and as an advisor to the new coach.

Its been rumoured that his previous occasions with Cassio Lincoln and Hakan Sukur just before the derby game against Besiktas JK, and recent modifications in the squad has led the resign. On the last game, he has picked Servet Cetin (who officially plays as a central defender both for Galatasaray and Turkish National Team) as a Defensive Midfielder who lacks technique and pace required for the position.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Timo Zahnleiter
Eintracht Frankfurt Manager
1987-1988
Succeeded by
Pál Csernai
Preceded by
John Toshack
Beşiktaş JK Manager
1999
Succeeded by
Hans-Peter Briegel
Preceded by
Eric Gerets
Galatasaray S.K. Manager
2007-2008
Succeeded by
Cevat Güler