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Christoph Daum
Christoph Paul Daum (24 October 1953 – 24 August 2024) was a German professional football manager and player. As a manager, he won eight trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria. In 1992, he won the Bundesliga championship with VfB Stuttgart. In the Bundesliga, he also led 1. FC Köln to two and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to three second places. He won further national championships with the Turkish clubs Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe as well as Austria Wien. In 2000, a drug scandal prevented his appointment as German national coach.
Daum played as a midfielder and was a junior for several clubs from the region of Duisburg. He began his senior career with Hamborn 07 and Eintracht Duisburg, before joining 1. FC Köln in 1975 and being part of the reserve team that won the 1980–81 German amateur football championship.
After finishing his career as a player, Daum earned his coaching licence at the DFB and began working in 1981 as amateur coach with 1. FC Köln. In the 1985–86, season he was promoted to assistant coach and in 1986 to the top position. During the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Daum was released from his position by Köln's president Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten.[citation needed]
In November 1990 he transferred to VfB Stuttgart, where he won the Bundesliga in 1992.[citation needed]
In the following season Daum committed a mistake in the first round of the European Cup against Leeds United on 30 September 1992 by illegally putting in a fourth foreign player. A replay was scheduled, which Leeds won. The UK newspaper The Sun dubbed him 'Christoph Dumb' following this incident. The VfB missed out on the Champions League and Daum was released.[citation needed]
Beginning in 1994 Daum worked with the Turkish club Beşiktaş in Istanbul. He won the Turkish Cup in 1994 and 1994–95 Turkish league championship title with Beşiktaş. In the 1995–96 season he was sacked after losses to Kocaelispor and Vanspor.
Daum returned to Germany two years later to coach Bayer Leverkusen in 1996. He was very successful at Bayer Leverkusen, winning three second places in Bundesliga in four years of coaching. During Daum's time, Leverkusen was nicknamed "Vizekusen" (see Neverkusen) because the team narrowly missed out on the Bundesliga championship several times, especially in 2000.
Following the UEFA Euro 2000, Daum was designated to take over the role as manager of the Germany national team the following year. At the same time, the press reported rumours that Daum engaged in "cocaine-fuelled orgies with prostitutes". The pressure grew when Bayern Munich manager Uli Hoeneß publicly claimed that the cocaine rumors against Daum were true. Daum criticized the accusations of Hoeneß and parts of the press, and announced that he would prove his innocence with a hair sample. On 20 October 2000, it became known that the hair sample had tested positive for cocaine use. Daum then resigned from his position at Bayer Leverkusen. Also, his agreement to become national team manager was annulled by the German Football Association on 21 October 2000, and Rudi Völler, the then interim coach, was given the formal job. At first, Daum still claimed that the hairs were not his. One year later, after a period out of the public eye and facing the prospect of jail time, Daum admitted he had used cocaine.
Christoph Daum
Christoph Paul Daum (24 October 1953 – 24 August 2024) was a German professional football manager and player. As a manager, he won eight trophies with clubs from Germany, Turkey and Austria. In 1992, he won the Bundesliga championship with VfB Stuttgart. In the Bundesliga, he also led 1. FC Köln to two and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to three second places. He won further national championships with the Turkish clubs Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe as well as Austria Wien. In 2000, a drug scandal prevented his appointment as German national coach.
Daum played as a midfielder and was a junior for several clubs from the region of Duisburg. He began his senior career with Hamborn 07 and Eintracht Duisburg, before joining 1. FC Köln in 1975 and being part of the reserve team that won the 1980–81 German amateur football championship.
After finishing his career as a player, Daum earned his coaching licence at the DFB and began working in 1981 as amateur coach with 1. FC Köln. In the 1985–86, season he was promoted to assistant coach and in 1986 to the top position. During the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Daum was released from his position by Köln's president Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten.[citation needed]
In November 1990 he transferred to VfB Stuttgart, where he won the Bundesliga in 1992.[citation needed]
In the following season Daum committed a mistake in the first round of the European Cup against Leeds United on 30 September 1992 by illegally putting in a fourth foreign player. A replay was scheduled, which Leeds won. The UK newspaper The Sun dubbed him 'Christoph Dumb' following this incident. The VfB missed out on the Champions League and Daum was released.[citation needed]
Beginning in 1994 Daum worked with the Turkish club Beşiktaş in Istanbul. He won the Turkish Cup in 1994 and 1994–95 Turkish league championship title with Beşiktaş. In the 1995–96 season he was sacked after losses to Kocaelispor and Vanspor.
Daum returned to Germany two years later to coach Bayer Leverkusen in 1996. He was very successful at Bayer Leverkusen, winning three second places in Bundesliga in four years of coaching. During Daum's time, Leverkusen was nicknamed "Vizekusen" (see Neverkusen) because the team narrowly missed out on the Bundesliga championship several times, especially in 2000.
Following the UEFA Euro 2000, Daum was designated to take over the role as manager of the Germany national team the following year. At the same time, the press reported rumours that Daum engaged in "cocaine-fuelled orgies with prostitutes". The pressure grew when Bayern Munich manager Uli Hoeneß publicly claimed that the cocaine rumors against Daum were true. Daum criticized the accusations of Hoeneß and parts of the press, and announced that he would prove his innocence with a hair sample. On 20 October 2000, it became known that the hair sample had tested positive for cocaine use. Daum then resigned from his position at Bayer Leverkusen. Also, his agreement to become national team manager was annulled by the German Football Association on 21 October 2000, and Rudi Völler, the then interim coach, was given the formal job. At first, Daum still claimed that the hairs were not his. One year later, after a period out of the public eye and facing the prospect of jail time, Daum admitted he had used cocaine.
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