Doğan back as Trabzonspor coach
Thursday, 7 September 2006
Ziya Doğan has been reappointed as coach of Trabzonspor after Brazilian Sebastião Lazaroni left the Turkish UEFA Cup contenders by mutual consent.
Previous spells
During a previous two-season spell in charge between 2003 and 2005, Doğan enjoyed success in 2004 by winning the Turkish Cup and overseeing a second-place league finish. He has been at Gençlerbirliği SK and Malatyaspor since leaving the Black Sea club. Trabzonspor made a poor start to their Super League campaign under Lazaroni, tallying four points from four games to cause dissent among supporters who have waited 22 years for a seventh Turkish title.
Weak start
Trabzonspor, eleventh in the league ahead of Sunday's game against Beşiktaş JK, are back in UEFA Cup action a week today as they entertain Spanish contenders CA Osasuna in the home leg of their first-round tie. The match will be played behind closed doors as a punishment for crowd trouble against APOEL FC in the previous round.