1. FC Köln: Achim Beierlorzer admits that FC did not suit him

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He was supposed to lead 1. FC Köln to relegation in the 2019/20 season after being promoted again, but about three months later Achim Beierlorzer’s (53) FC time was over again. As he himself says, he noticed even before he got involved that things didn’t really fit between him and FC.

• Achim Beierlorzer was the coach of 1. FC Cologne for only four months
• Achim Beierlorzer: “Cologne did not suit me 100 percent”
• Nevertheless, Achim Beierlorzer would have made the decision again

Coming from the second division Jahn Regensburg, Achim Beierlorzer went on the mission to stay up with 1. FC Köln. The sobering record after eleven Bundesliga games: eight defeats, one draw and only two wins. In addition, the embarrassing end in the second round of the DFB Cup against the then regional league club 1. FC Saarbrücken.

Achim Beierlorzer: “Cologne did not suit me 100 percent”

In November 2019, Beierlorzer was therefore released. But the 53-year-old now revealed in the podcast “kicker meets DAZN” that he knew even before he joined the club that things didn’t really fit between him and Cologne. “I’ve already analyzed Cologne in such a way that it doesn’t fit me 100 percent. But it was the chance for me to train in the Bundesliga, ”he admitted.

However, Beierlorzer does not regret that he came to FC at the time: “I would have done it 100 percent again at the time.” As with his successor Markus Gisdol (51) at the end, he also “had a bit of luck in the match at FC “Missing.

Achim Beierlorzer: “You have to deal with that as a person first”

“It was still a lot of fun, it was a great team. It’s also a great club, a great city, so I would make that decision again, ”sums up Beierlorzer. After his release he was “already frustrated, as a person you have to deal with that first.”

Only nine days after being kicked out of the club, he was hired by FSV Mainz, and with the 05ers he managed to stay up. After two defeats on the first two match days of the current season, it was over again for the former sports and math teacher. Since then, Beierlorzer has been without a club again. (tsc)

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