Sascha Lewandowski
 Lewandowski in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 October 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | ||
| Date of death | 8 June 2016 (aged 44) | ||
| Place of death | Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006 | VfL Bochum II | ||
| 2007–2012 | Bayer Leverkusen U19 | ||
| 2012–2013 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2014 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2015–2016 | Union Berlin | ||
Sascha Lewandowski (5 October 1971 – 8 June 2016) was a German football manager, who last managed Union Berlin.
Managerial career
Lewandowski was head coach of VfL Bochum II between 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2006.
Lewandowski was appointed as head coach of Bayer Leverkusen in April 2012 alongside Sami Hyypiä.[1] After the 2012–13 season, Lewandowski went back to the youth set–up, leaving Hyypia as the sole head coach of the first team.[2] He finished with a record of 29 wins, 11 draws, and 11 losses.[3] Hyypiä took sole charge of the team on 24 June 2013.[4] Lewandowski became the interim head coach of the first team after Sami Hyypiä was sacked.[5] On 25 April 2014, Roger Schmidt was announced as head coach for the start of the 2014–15 season.[6] He finished with a record of five wins and a draw.[3]
He was appointed as the head coach of Union Berlin on 1 September 2015.[7] He stepped down on 4 March 2016, after six months in charge,[8] on medical advice because of acute fatigue symptoms.[9][10] He finished with a record of five wins, four draws, and five losses.[11]
Personal life
He was born on 5 October 1971[12] in Dortmund, West Germany.[13] On 9 June 2016, Sascha Lewandowski was found dead at his home in Bochum, Germany.[9][10] He had died the previous day.[12]
Managerial statistics
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Bochum II | 1 July 2006 | 31 December 2006 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 47.06 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1 April 2012[1] | 24 June 2013[4] | 51 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 56.86 | [3] |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 5 April 2014[5] | 30 June 2014[6] | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | [3] |
| Union Berlin | 1 September 2015[7] | 4 March 2016[8] | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 35.71 | [11] |
| Total | 87 | 46 | 17 | 24 | 52.87 | — | ||
References
- 1 2 "Bayer trennt sich von Dutt - Hyypiä übernimmt". kicker (in German). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ↑ "Sami Hyypia to take sole charge at Bayer Leverkusen next season". BBC Sports. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bayer 04 Leverkusen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- 1 2 Weber, Jens (26 June 2013). "Hyypia bemused by player departures". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- 1 2 Raish, Dave (5 April 2014). "Bayer Leverkusen fire coach Sami Hyypia, install Lewandowski until season's end". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- 1 2 "Bayer Leverkusen name Roger Schmidt as Sami Hyypia replacement". BBC Sports. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- 1 2 "Lewandowski übernimmt das Ruder bei Union" (in German). kicker. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Burnout: Lewandowski gibt Traineramt bei Union Berlin auf" (in German). kicker. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- 1 2 "Sascha Lewandowski: Former Bayer Leverkusen coach dies aged 44". BBC Sport. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- 1 2 "Sascha Lewandowski ist tot" (in German). kicker. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- 1 2 "1. FC Union Berlin". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Sascha Lewandowski". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ "Sascha Lewandowski". World Football. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
External links
Media related to Sascha Lewandowski at Wikimedia Commons