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Ersun Yanal
Personal information
Full name Kazım Ersun Yanal
Date of birth (1961-12-17) 17 December 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth İzmir, Turkey
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Denizlispor
1982–1984 Manisaspor
1984–1985 Denizli Emsan Şirinköy İDY
1985–1987 Nazilli Belediyespor
1987–1988 Sarayköyspor
Managerial career
1996 Denizlispor
1997–1998 Yeni Salihlispor
1998–1999 Denizlispor
2000–2002 Ankaragücü
2002–2004 Gençlerbirliği
2004–2005 Turkey
2005–2007 Manisaspor
2007–2009 Trabzonspor
2012–2013 Eskişehirspor
2013–2014 Fenerbahçe
2014–2015 Trabzonspor
2016–2017 Trabzonspor
2018–2020 Fenerbahçe
2020–2021 Antalyaspor
2023 Alanyaspor
2024 Amedspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazım Ersun Yanal (Turkish pronunciation: [eɾˈsun ˈjanaɫ], born 17 December 1961) is a Turkish football manager and former player. His style has always been attacking football doubled up with tactics unprecedented in Turkish football. He enjoys a very respectable place amongst Turkish coaches although having only won a single title.[1][2]

Managerial career

1990–2013

Yanal started his coaching career in 1990 at Sarayköyspor, a team located in the Sarayköy district of Denizli, where his family resided for many years.

Ersun Yanal's career Süper Lig career started with Denizlispor in the 1995-1996 season. After Ümit Kayıhan's resignation, Yanal took charge of Denizlispor in the last 6 weeks of the league, experiencing 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats in 6 games.[3] Following his management of Denizlispor, he was appointed manager of TFF Second League club Yeni Salihlispor in 1997, winning the Afyonkarahisar Çay Municipality District Governorship Cup in the 1997-1998 season with the club.[4]

He was appointed as manager of Süper Lig side Ankaragücü on 17 July 2000.[4] Under Yanal's managership, Ankaragücü saw two successive seasons, becoming 6th in the 2000–01 season and 4th in the 2001–02 season with even some victories against The Big Three. Yanal was appointed head of Gençlerbirliği on 19 June 2002.[4] He reached the 4th round of the UEFA Cup with the club and was knocked out by eventual champions Valencia 2–1 on aggregate in extra-time in the second leg. He also lost the final of the Turkish Cup twice to Trabzonspor in 2003 and 2004.[5] In April 2004 he was appointed as head coach of the Turkish national team. Yanal's tactics showed their fruit immediately as Turkey won two friendlies against Australia, beating them 3–1 and 1–0. Yanal's successful run was ended by South Korea after a 2–1 defeat. His job was to secure qualification for the 2006 World Cup but despite being on target to achieving this goal, sitting in second place in the qualifying group, he was dismissed in June 2005 to be replaced by Fatih Terim, who couldn't lead the team to the finals in Germany. Yanal was named new manager of Manisaspor for the 2005–06 season. At the end of the winter break in the 2006–07 season, the club were flying high in fourth position. However, they could not keep up the results, finishing in 12th place, four points away from relegation. Yanal parted company with Manisaspor after their match at home to bottom-side Sakaryaspor was abandoned following on field violence.[6] In October 2007 he was signed by Trabzonspor to take over from Ziya Doğan, signing a three-year deal at the club.[7] In April 2009 he resigned his job from Trabzonspor.[8] He was appointed the general director of the Turkish Football Federation on 22 February 2010. On 4 October 2011 he was sacked from his job in accordance to TFF's decision to affiliate all age categories of the Turkish national football team to the A national football team coach.[9]

2013–present

Yanal with Trabzonspor in 2014

On 28 June 2013, Yanal agreed to take charge of Fenerbahçe, replacing Aykut Kocaman who resigned in May 2013.[10][11] His appointment coincided with tough times for Fenerbahçe who had been banned from European competition for two seasons over their alleged involvement in a domestic match-fixing scandal.[12][13] On 1 July 2013, Fenerbahçe opened the 2013-14 season with a training session. Yanal, addressing his players, said the absolute goal was winning the Süper Lig championship. “I have gotten to know you. You will get to know me and we will get to know each other much better. Let's keep our eyes on the prize and hope for the best next season,” he noted.[14] On 18 July 2013, Fenerbahçe played in the Champions League third qualifying round despite its UEFA ban after winning an emergency ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[15] On 31 July 2013, on Yanal's first official match, Fenerbahçe made the most of their Champions League lifeline with a 1–1 draw against Red Bull Salzburg in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie.[16][17][18] On 6 August, Fenerbahçe defeated Salzburg 3–1 in the second leg, which was Yanal's first competitive win for the club.[19][20][21] On 11 August 2013, Yanal coached in his first Intercontinental Derby, the 40th edition of the Turkish Super Cup played in Kayseri. This was the 375th meeting between the rivals. Galatasaray won the match with a header from Didier Drogba in the first half of extra time, which was also the only goal in the match.[22][23]

On 17 August 2013, Yanal coached his first league match with Fenerbahçe, squandering a 2–0 first-half lead to lose 3–2 to newcomer Torku Konyaspor in their Süper Lig opener at Konya Atatürk Stadium.[24][25] Four days later, Fenerbahçe lost 3–0 to Arsenal at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in the first leg of the Champions League play-off round.[26][27][28][29] They lost in the second leg as well, losing 5-0 on aggregate. On 10 November 2013, Yanal won his first Intercontinental Derby, with a score of 2–0 against Galatasaray, maintaining a nearly 15-year streak of suffering no derby losses on home turf.[30][31][32] On 1 December, Yanal coached his first Beşiktaş-Fenerbahçe rivalry, drawing 3–3 with the black and whites in an eventful Süper Lig match that witnessed a number of controversial positions.[clarification needed][33] On 4 December, Fenerbahçe suffered an unexpected 2–1 loss in the 2013–14 Turkish Cup at home against first division side Fethiyespor.[34] Yanal's Fenerbahçe won the Süper Lig title with three games to spare after a 0–0 draw at home to Çaykur Rizespor, in front of a crowd made up exclusively of women and children.[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] On 21 May 2014, Yanal stated that he would extend his contract with Fenerbahçe by two more years. Yanal would have earned $1,75 million each year in accordance with the contract. However, on 9 August, he resigned due to disagreements with the club's board.[47][48][49]

After the 15th week of the 2018-19 Süper Lig season, he returned to Fenerbahçe as manager.

Yanal, who started the 2019-20 season well with Fenerbahçe, resigned on 1 March 2020 after the point losses in the second half of the season were added to the defeat to arch-rival Galatasaray in Kadıköy after 20 years. It was announced by the club that they parted ways but Ersun Yanal that he would be in charge of the team against Trabzonspor in the Ziraat Turkish Cup match to be played on 4 March 2020. After the match, Yanal's 2nd Fenerbahçe period officially ended.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 18 April 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Denizlispor Turkey 5 September 1996 14 November 1996 10 2 3 5 020.00
Yeni Salihlispor Turkey 11 September 1997 31 May 1998 32 12 7 13 037.50
Denizlispor Turkey 1 August 1998 31 May 1999 38 24 6 8 063.16
Ankaragücü Turkey 17 July 2000 19 June 2002 73 34 16 23 046.58
Gençlerbirliği Turkey 19 June 2002 15 May 2004 86 44 19 23 051.16
Turkey Turkey 28 April 2004 8 June 2005 15 8 4 3 053.33
Manisaspor Turkey 13 October 2005 19 March 2007 58 21 11 26 036.21
Trabzonspor Turkey 27 October 2007 28 April 2009 62 30 12 20 048.39
Eskişehirspor Turkey 2 January 2012 31 May 2013 75 29 24 22 038.67
Fenerbahçe Turkey 28 June 2013 9 August 2014 40 24 6 10 060.00
Trabzonspor Turkey 12 November 2014 2 July 2015 36 17 9 10 047.22
Trabzonspor Turkey 1 June 2016 16 October 2017 50 20 15 15 040.00
Fenerbahçe Turkey 14 December 2018 3 March 2020 56 27 15 14 048.21
Antalyaspor Turkey 11 November 2020 4 October 2021 46 14 16 16 030.43
Alanyaspor Turkey 27 February 2023 19 April 2023 7 2 1 4 028.57
Total 683 307 164 212 044.95

Honours

Managerial honours

Fenerbahçe

Individual honours

Management style

Yanal is known for playing a self-destructive tactic of going all out on attack and leaving huge holes in the midfield and defense. Teams coached by Yanal are recognised for conceding almost as many goals as it scored.

Personal life

Yanal was born in İzmir, Turkey. He graduated from Manisa Celal Bayar University in 1984. Yanal has two kids and is married to İrem Ağan, the daughter of former CHP Bodrum Mayor Mazlum Ağan.[51][52] He is of Kosovo Albanian origin.[53]

See also

References

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