Olaf Janßen

Olaf Janßen
	Janßen managing VfB Stuttgart in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	8 October 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Krefeld, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Viktoria Köln (manager)
Youth career
	Hülser FC
	Bayer Uerdingen
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1996	1. FC Köln
1996–2000	Eintracht Frankfurt
2000	→ Bellinzona (loan)
Total
International career
	West Germany U16
	West Germany U21
	West Germany Olympic
Managerial career
2003–2004	1860 Munich (assistant)
2006	Rot-Weiss Essen (caretaker)
2013–2014	Dynamo Dresden
2016	VfB Stuttgart (caretaker)
2017	FC St. Pauli
2018	Viktoria Köln
2021–	Viktoria Köln
Medal record
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olaf Janßen (born 8 October 1966) is a retired German footballer and manager of Viktoria Köln, who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Janßen spent most of his playing career with German Bundesliga sides 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt,^[1] where he later worked as a scout.

In September 2013 he was appointed as manager of Dynamo Dresden, but was sacked after nine months on the job.^[2]

In June 2016 Janßen became assistant coach to VfB Stuttgart head coach Jos Luhukay. From 15 to 20 September 2016 he was caretaker manager of the club. Janßen took on a new role as scout of VfB Stuttgart and left the coaching staff after the appointment of the new head coach Hannes Wolf.^[3]

For the 2017–18 season, he was appointed as the head coach of FC St. Pauli.^[4] He was sacked on 7 December 2017.^[5]

In January 2018 he became new manager of FC Viktoria Köln replacing Marco Antwerpen.^[6] He returned to Cologne on 1 February 2021.^[7]

Janßen played for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.^[8]

As of 7 December 2017

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
Rot-Weiss Essen	9 November 2006^[9]	17 November 2006^[9]	1	0	0	1	000.00	^[9]
Dynamo Dresden	4 September 2013^[9]	13 May 2014	28	5	14	9	017.86	^[9]
VfB Stuttgart	15 September 2016	20 September 2016	2	2	0	0	100.00	^[9]
FC St. Pauli	1 July 2017	7 December 2017	16	5	5	6	031.25	^[9]
Viktoria Köln	2 January 2018	17 June 2018	18	12	6	0	066.67	^[9]
Total			65	24	25	16	036.92	—