Sascha Lewandowski
Lewandowski in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-10-05)5 October 1971
Place of birth Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Date of death 8 June 2016(2016-06-08) (aged 44)
Place of death Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Managerial career
Years Team
2006 VfL Bochum II
2007–2012 Bayer Leverkusen U19
2012–2013 Bayer Leverkusen
2014 Bayer Leverkusen
2015–2016 Union Berlin

Sascha Lewandowski (5 October 1971 – 8 June 2016) was a German football manager.

Managerial career

Lewandowski was head coach of VfL Bochum II between 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2006.

Lewandowski was appointed as head coach of Bayer Leverkusen in April 2012 alongside Sami Hyypiä.[1] After the 2012–13 season, Lewandowski went back to the youth set–up, leaving Hyypia as the sole head coach of the first team.[2] He finished with a record of 29 wins, 11 draws, and 11 losses.[3] Hyypiä took sole charge of the team on 24 June 2013.[4] Lewandowski became the interim head coach of the first team after Sami Hyypiä was sacked.[5] On 25 April 2014, Roger Schmidt was announced as head coach for the start of the 2014–15 season.[6] He finished with a record of five wins and a draw.[3]

He was appointed as the head coach of Union Berlin on 1 September 2015.[7] He stepped down on 4 March 2016, after six months in charge,[8] on medical advice because of acute fatigue symptoms. He finished with a record of five wins, four draws, and five losses.[9]

Personal life

Sascha Lewandowski was born on 5 October 1971[10] in Dortmund, West Germany.[11] On 9 June 2016, he was found dead at his home in Bochum, Germany.[12] The police later found that he had committed suicide the previous day. In the days before this event, he had been held by the Dortmund police for charges of child abuse.[13]

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Bochum II 1 July 2006 31 December 2006 17 8 1 8 047.06
Bayer Leverkusen 1 April 2012[1] 24 June 2013[4] 51 29 11 11 056.86 [3]
Bayer Leverkusen 5 April 2014[5] 30 June 2014[6] 5 4 1 0 080.00 [3]
Union Berlin 1 September 2015[7] 4 March 2016[8] 14 5 4 5 035.71 [9]
Total 87 46 17 24 052.87 —

References

  1. ^ a b "Bayer trennt sich von Dutt - Hyypiä übernimmt". kicker (in German). 1 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Sami Hyypia to take sole charge at Bayer Leverkusen next season". BBC Sports. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bayer 04 Leverkusen". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b Weber, Jens (26 June 2013). "Hyypia bemused by player departures". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b Raish, Dave (5 April 2014). "Bayer Leverkusen fire coach Sami Hyypia, install Lewandowski until season's end". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Bayer Leverkusen name Roger Schmidt as Sami Hyypia replacement". BBC Sports. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Lewandowski übernimmt das Ruder bei Union" (in German). kicker. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Burnout: Lewandowski gibt Traineramt bei Union Berlin auf" (in German). kicker. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. ^ a b "1. FC Union Berlin". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Sascha Lewandowski". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Sascha Lewandowski". World Football. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Sascha Lewandowski ist tot". Kicker. Kicker. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Vorwurf Kindesmissbrauch! Die dunkle Seite des Sascha Lewandowski" [Accusation of child abuse! The dark side of Sascha Lewandowski]. B.Z. Berlin (in German). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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