Zvonimir Soldo is a Croatian football manager and former player. During his playing career, he mostly played as defensive midfielder.
Christoph Paul Daum was a German professional football manager and player. As a manager, he won eight trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria. In 1992, he won the Bundesliga championship with VfB Stuttgart. In the Bundesliga, he also led 1. FC Köln to two and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to three second places. He won further national championships with the Turkish clubs Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe as well as Austria Wien. In 2000, a drug scandal prevented his appointment as German national coach.
Christoph Dabrowski is a German football manager and former player who manages Rot-Weiss Essen. He played for Werder Bremen, Arminia Bielefeld, Hannover 96 and VfL Bochum.
Colin Fyfe Miller is a Canadian professional soccer coach who captained the Canadian national team several times while earning 61 caps in total.
Rıza Çalımbay is a Turkish UEFA Pro Licensed football manager and former player who is currently serving as the head coach of Hatayspor.
Walter "Schoko" Schachner is a football manager and former player, who played as a forward. He made 64 appearances scoring 23 goals for the Austria national team.
Ludovic Magnin is a Swiss football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Lausanne-Sport. He played as a left-back for the Switzerland national team, Yverdon Sport, FC Lugano, Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart, and FC Zürich.
Ralf Christoph Bernard Zumdick is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After his career Zumdick was assistant coach at VfL Bochum from 1995 until 1999. Zumdick is often cited as the player who pioneered the practice of the penalty-taking-goalkeeper when he scored against Andreas Köpke in 1988. He was most recently manager Thomas Doll's assistant coach at APOEL.
Patrick Helmes is a German professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Oberliga Westfalen club Sportfreunde Siegen.
Hikmet Karaman is a UEFA pro licensed Turkish football manager. He is the current head coach of Moldovan Super Liga club Zimbru Chișinău.
Michael Krüger is a German football coach and former player.
Bernhard Trares is a German former professional footballer who played mainly as a centre-back, and manager, who is the manager of Waldhof Mannheim.
Daniel Ionuț Isăilă is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of UAE Pro League club Khor Fakkan.
The 2010–11 season is the 101st season of competitive football in Germany.
The 2011–12 2. Bundesliga was the 38th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, and ended with the last games on 6 May 2012. The traditional winter break was to be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 4 February 2012. The league comprises eighteen teams.
Alan Koch is a South African soccer coach who is the head coach of Western Suburbs FC and technical director for Olé Football Academy. Koch is a former South African youth national team player, professional player and coach. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University where he earned his bachelor's degree. He earned his master's degree from Midwestern State University in 2005. He was previously the head coach of FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer.
Heiko Vogel is a German football manager. He was most recently the sporting director and coach of FC Basel.
Roland Vrabec is a German football manager. He was most recently the manager of Hesperange.
Abdulah Ibraković is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.
İrfan Buz is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar.
