Christoph Daum (born October 24, 1953 in Zwickau) is a German football coach. October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Zwickau is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde, 130 km (82 miles) southwest of Dresden, south of Leipzig and south west of Chemnitz. ...

Career as a player

Christoph Daum began his football career in 1971 in the youth league with Hamborn 07, transferred in 1972 to Eintracht Duisburg and then in 1975 to 1. FC Köln, where he played in the amateur league. 1. ...

Career as a manager

After finishing his career as a player, he earned his coaching licence at the DFB and began working in 1981 as amateur coach with 1. FC Köln. In the 85/86 season he was promoted to assistant coach and in 1986 to the top position. During the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Daum was released from his position by Cologne's president Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten. In November 1990 he transferred to VfB Stuttgart, where he won the German championship in 1992. In the following season Daum committed a mistake in the first round of the European Cup against Leeds United on 30 September 1992 by illegally putting in a fourth foreign player. The game was declared a loss and the club subseqently dropped out of the qualification. Thus the VfB missed out on the Champions League and Daum was released. The German Football Association (DFB) (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund) is the governing body of football in Germany. ... Qualifying countries The 1990 FIFA World Cup, the 14th staging of the World Cup, was held in Italy from June 8 to July 8. ... VfB Stuttgart is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. ... Championship trophies now and then - the Viktoria (1903-1944) and the Championship Plate (since 1949) The coronation of the first Champions in imperial Germany in 1903 established the tradition of a great footballing nation. ... Leeds United F.C. is the only professional association football club in Leeds. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Beginning in 1994 Daum worked with the Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K. in Istanbul. He won the Turkish league championship title with Beşiktaş J.K. in the 1994/95 season. BeÅŸiktaÅŸ J.K. (Full Turkish name: BeÅŸiktaÅŸ Jimnastik Kulübü, BeÅŸiktaÅŸ Gymnastics Club) is a Turkish sports club from Ä°stanbul, which professionally participates in many branches including football, basketball, volleyball, handball and chess. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Coaching Bayer Leverkusen and cocaine abuse

Daum returned to Germany two years later to coach Bayer Leverkusen in 1996. He was very successful in Bayer Leverkusen, winning 3 second places in Bundesliga in 4 years of coaching. Following the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship Daum was slated to become head coach of the German national team. However, this agreement was annulled by the DFB on October 21, 2000 when a voluntary hair test showed that he had consumed cocaine. As a result, Rudi Völler was given the job. Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... The 2000 UEFA UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... First international Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) Biggest win Germany 16 - 0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) Biggest defeat England 9 - 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) World Cup Appearances 16 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 (all as West Germany... DFB, or Dem Franchize Boyz, is a hip-hop group. ... Cocaine (see also: crack) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... Rudi Völler (2004) Rudolf Rudi Völler (born April 13, 1960 in Hanau, Hessen, Germany) is a former German international football player, and a former manager of the German national team. ...

Back to Turkey

As a result of the so-called Daum-Affair he was fired from Bayer Leverkusen and was unable to find a club to work with in Germany. While he was still on trial in Germany, he returned to his former team Beşiktaş from March 2001 to May 2002. Afterwards, he moved to FK Austria Wien in October 2002, where he won another league championship title. FK Austria Wien is an Austrian football club which plays in the capital, Vienna. ...

Beginning in July 2003, he was head coach at Fenerbahçe S.K.. Daum won two consecutive Turkish league championships in 2004 and 2005. While his failure to succeed in the Champions League was often criticized in the Turkish media, the improvements in Fenerbahce under his management was significant. At the end of the 2005/06 season Fenerbahce lost the championship to rivals Galatasaray in the last game, after which Daum resigned due to health reasons. Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Fenerbahçe Sports Club), commonly known as Fenerbahçe (IPA: ), is a sports club of Ä°stanbul, Turkey. ... Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: Galatasaray Sports Club) or Galatasaray SK is a Turkish sports club based in Ä°stanbul which is most famous for its football section. ...

FC Köln signing

Daum signed for 1. FC Köln on November 27, 2006. The contract runs until 2010. 1. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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