State league club BW Mintard has parted ways with its prominent coach David Odonkor. The club announced this on Monday evening.
On Monday, Forecasting spoke with David Odonkor, coach of regional league club BW Mintard. In this interview, the former professional expressed confidence that he could successfully turn things around after three consecutive defeats: “We’re just going through a slump. But we’ll get out of it. We’ve proven that before, and we’ll do it again this time.”
However, Odonkor will not get that chance. On Monday evening, the club announced the surprise dismissal of the 40-year-old. Neither Odonkor nor the majority of amateur football fans had expected this decision.
After all, Mintard got off to a good start to the season and was even top of the table at one point. Despite the current negative trend, the regional league club is still in fifth place and only five points behind leaders SV Budberg.
However, those in charge have not been happy with the team’s development in recent weeks. In addition to Odonkor, his assistant coach Soumiya Bouhadi has also been released.
We would like to thank David and Soumi for their work. However, the sporting development is currently at risk. That is why we had to act as a club. We did not take this decision lightly and wish them both all the best and every success in their future endeavours.
Thorsten Ketzer.
“We would like to thank David and Soumi for their work. However, the sporting development is currently at risk. That is why we had to act as a club. We did not take this decision lightly and wish them both all the best and every success in their future endeavours,” said sporting director Thorsten Ketzer late on Monday evening. Thomas Cvetkovic will take over as head coach on an interim basis until winter. He will be assisted by Daniel “Molle” Molitor, a Mintard veteran, as assistant coach.
David Odonkor had been head coach at BW Mintard since January 2024. In 27 games, the 16-time German international and 2006 World Cup participant achieved 13 wins, two draws, and twelve defeats – a slightly positive record. Now his time in Mülheim has come to an end.