Wuppertaler SV must now start looking for a new head coach for the 2024/2025 season. Ersan Parlatan is leaving the club.

Somehow you could have guessed it, but now it’s official: Ersan Parlatan and Wuppertaler SV are ending their collaboration. The soccer coach had actually signed in December 2023 until June 30, 2025. Now he is leaving early.

“We have always had open communication with Ersan Parlatan. Everything went smoothly. Ersan signed here in December under different conditions. Now we have to reduce the budget and he has different demands when it comes to putting together a squad. That’s completely fine. We thank him for his good work and wish him all the best in his new role,” Gaetano Manno told Forecasting.

According to our information, the 46-year-old soccer coach will be moving to Ankara in Turkey. The name of the club: Ankara Keciörengücü, 13th in the Turkish 1st division – one level below the Süper Liga and therefore the second-highest division in Turkey.

The 46-year-old Parlatan has led WSV in 15 regional league matches, winning ten, drawing once and losing four. He leaves the Bergisches Land with an average of 2.07 points per game. At the end of the 2023/2024 season, Wuppertaler SV finished third

We are looking for a coach who can develop young players, who does not see Wuppertaler SV as an opportunity for the next club, but who fully identifies with the task and also the conditions at WSV. The new man must put his ego aside and set an example of teamwork

Gaetano Manno

From now on, sporting director Manno will intensify talks with potential successors. “I’m already in talks. We had to be prepared for this day and we are. But we are deliberately taking our time. The coaching decision is very important. Everything has to be right. We will start our preparations on 23 June and the new man will be in place by then, or sooner if possible,” emphasizes Manno.

The requirement profile? “We need someone a little different to Ersan Parlatan. He is more likely to be someone who can deal well with ready-made teams. We’re looking for a coach who can develop young players, who doesn’t see Wuppertaler SV as an opportunity for the next club, but who fully identifies with the task and the conditions at WSV. The new man must put his ego aside and set an example of teamwork,” explains Manno.

The ex-professional has already spoken to several coaches. He does not want to reveal names. Manno only says this much: “There are really well-known coaches who would like to work for us. Wuppertaler SV is still a well-known name in soccer in Germany. “