Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (born 2 June 1934) is a German retired

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

manager and player. Feldkamp started coaching in 1968. In Germany, he coached

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

, and

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...

, among others. He previously coached

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

in 1992–93, and also coached another

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

club,

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

in 1999. During his 1992–93 tenure at the Istanbul club, Feldkamp helped Galatasaray establish a competitive squad with promising Turkish youngsters. These would-be stars included, but are not limited to:

Hakan Şükür Hakan Şükür (; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and ''Kral'' (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a ...

Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968), colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan" () and "Cengaver" (), is a Turkish former professional footballer and current manager of TFF 1. Lig club Esenler Erokspor. Korkmaz was a one ...

, Hamza Hamzaoğlu, Tugay Kerimoğlu, and

Mustafa Kocabey Mustafa Kocabey (born 6 October 1974) is a retired Turkish professional Association football, footballer. Kocabey became a fan favorite with his spectacular goals and his skill as French striker Jean Pierre Papin for UltrAslan, Galatasaray fans ...

. While manager of Kaiserslautern he won the

1989–90 DFB-Pokal The 1989–90 DFB-Pokal was the 47th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 19 August 1989 and ended on 19 May 1990. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. In the final 1. FC Kaiserslautern defeated Werder Br ...

, followed by the 1990–91 Bundesliga and the 1991 DFB-Supercup. He also won the

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

with

Bayer Uerdingen KFC Uerdingen 05 was a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side, which had its greatest successes in the 1980s, plays in the fourth-level Regionalliga. In 2025, th ...

and in

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

with

. While managing in Turkey he guided Galatasaray to the 1992–93 1.Lig title and the 1992–93

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

. He is commonly referred to as "Kalli". Due to his direct and honest interaction with the Turkish media, Turkish newspapers often write about the "Kalli aphorisms." In June 2007, he returned to Galatasaray by signing a two-year contract and replacing outgoing coach Erik Gerets. He was respected and elevated to the level of almost a "living legend" by Galatasaray supporters. He was known for his rigid "discipline" on and off the training pitch and did not differentiate between "star" and "team" players. On 5 April 2008, Feldkamp resigned from Galatasaray due to a huge amount of disagreements between himself and the board. Galatasaray President Adnan Polat previously stated that, Feldkamp would not be Galatasaray coach for the 2008–09 season but was responsible for the reserve team and an advisor to the new coach. It was rumoured that his previous occasions with Lincoln and

just before the derby game against Beşiktaş J.K., and recent modifications in the squad led to the resignation. On 26 November 2008, Feldkamp officially returned to Galatasaray as the team consultant in order to assist the team manager

Michael Skibbe Michael Heinz Skibbe (born 4 August 1965) is a German former football player and current manager of J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He is currently the 2024 ' J.League Manager of the Year'. Club career In his youth, Skibbe played for SG Wa ...

Honours

Manager

Arminia Bielefeld * 2. Bundesliga: 1977–78 1. FC Kaiserslautern *

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

: 1990–91 *

: 1989–90; runner-up 1980–81 * DFB-Supercup:

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

Bayer 05 Uerdingen *

: 1984–85 Eintracht Frankfurt *

: 1987–88 Galatasaray *

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

: 1992–93 *

: 1992–1993

References

External links

Karl-Heinz Feldkamp at eintracht-archiv.de
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feldkamp, Karl-Heinz German men's footballers Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players German football managers German expatriate football managers Borussia Dortmund managers 1934 births Living people 1. FC Kaiserslautern managers Arminia Bielefeld managers Eintracht Frankfurt managers Beşiktaş J.K. managers Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers Süper Lig managers Expatriate football managers in Egypt Expatriate football managers in Turkey Bundesliga managers Footballers from Essen KFC Uerdingen 05 managers FC Gütersloh managers SG Wattenscheid 09 managers West German expatriate sportspeople in Egypt German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Men's association football midfielders Regionalliga players West German men's footballers West German football managers West German expatriate football managers