Olaf Janßen

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Olaf Janßen

| image = Olaf janssen.jpg

| caption = Janßen managing VfB Stuttgart in 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|10|8}}

| birth_place = Krefeld, West Germany

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Viktoria Köln (manager)

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Hülser FC

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Bayer Uerdingen

| years1 = 1985–1996

| clubs1 = 1. FC Köln

| caps1 = 209

| goals1 = 16

| years2 = 1996–2000

| clubs2 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| caps2 = 50

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2000

| clubs3 = → Bellinzona (loan)

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 266

| totalgoals = 19

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U16

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = West Germany U21

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 =

| nationalteam3 = West Germany Olympic

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs1 = 1860 Munich (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2006

| managerclubs2 = Rot-Weiss Essen (caretaker)

| manageryears3 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs3 = Dynamo Dresden

| manageryears4 = 2016

| managerclubs4 = VfB Stuttgart (caretaker)

| manageryears5 = 2017

| managerclubs5 = FC St. Pauli

| manageryears6 = 2018

| managerclubs6 = Viktoria Köln

| manageryears7 = 2021–

| managerclubs7 = Viktoria Köln

| medaltemplates =

}}

Olaf Janßen (born 8 October 1966) is a retired German footballer and manager of Viktoria Köln, who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Janßen spent most of his playing career with German Bundesliga sides 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt,{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/1999-00/1031/vereinsspieler_olaf-janssen.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120803103127/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/1999-00/1031/vereinsspieler_olaf-janssen.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 3 August 2012 | title = Janßen, Olaf | language = de | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 17 February 2012}} where he later worked as a scout.

In September 2013 he was appointed as manager of Dynamo Dresden, but was sacked after nine months on the job.{{cite web|title=Glückloser Janßen muss gehen|url=https://www.kicker.de/glueckloser-janssen-muss-gehen-604400/artikel|publisher=Kicker|access-date=13 May 2014|language=de}}

In June 2016 Janßen became assistant coach to VfB Stuttgart head coach Jos Luhukay. From 15 to 20 September 2016 he was caretaker manager of the club. Janßen took on a new role as scout of VfB Stuttgart and left the coaching staff after the appointment of the new head coach Hannes Wolf.{{cite web|url=http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/news/2016/olaf-janssen-verbleib/page/4509-1-1-.html|title=Janßen to remain at VfB as a scout|publisher=VfB Stuttgart|date=23 September 2016|access-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012080306/http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/news/2016/olaf-janssen-verbleib/page/4509-1-1-.html|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}

For the 2017–18 season, he was appointed as the head coach of FC St. Pauli.{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/st-pauli-lienen-wird-technischer-direktor-janssen-cheftrainer-167943/|title=St. Pauli: Lienen wird Technischer Direktor, Janßen Cheftrainer|website=dfb.de|date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}} He was sacked on 7 December 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/kauczinski-beerbt-janssen-als-st--pauli-trainer-712468/artikel|title=Kauczinski beerbt Janßen als St.-Pauli-Trainer|website=Kicker|date=7 December 2017|access-date=7 December 2017}}

In January 2018 he became new manager of FC Viktoria Köln replacing Marco Antwerpen.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/von-st-pauli-nach-koeln_janssen-uebernimmt-viktoria-714037/artikel|title=Von St. Pauli nach Köln: Janßen übernimmt Viktoria|website=Kicker|date=2 January 2018|access-date=29 January 2018}} He returned to Cologne on 1 February 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://www.viktoria1904.de/aktuelles/2021-02-01-olaf-janssen-wird-viktoria-cheftrainer|title=Olaf Janßen wird Viktoria-Cheftrainer|date=1 February 2021|website=viktoria1904.de|access-date=1 February 2021}} After four years, he was signed by SV Sandhausen.{{cite web |url=https://www.viktoria1904.de/aktuelles/olaf-janssen-ab-sommer-sandhausen-coach |title=Olaf Janßen ab Sommer Sandhausen-Coach |publisher=Viktoria Köln |date=7 May 2025 |access-date=1 June 2025 |language=de}}

International career

Janßen played for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.{{cite web|publisher=Sports-reference.com|title=Olaf Janßen Biography & Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/olaf-janssen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084237/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/olaf-janssen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|access-date=29 June 2010}}

Career statistics

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rowspan="2"\| Team !rowspan="2"\| From !rowspan="2"\| To !colspan="6"\|Record
{{Tooltip\|G\|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}} !{{Tooltip\|Ref.\|Reference}}
Rot-Weiss Essen \| 9 November 2006 \| 17 November 2006 {{WDL\|1\|0\|0\|1}} \|{{cite web\|title=Olaf Janßen\|url=https://www.kicker.de/olaf-janssen/trainer\|publisher=kicker\|access-date=25 January 2014\|language=de}}
Dynamo Dresden \| 4 September 2013 \| 13 May 2014 {{WDL\|28\|5\|14\|9}} \|
VfB Stuttgart \| 15 September 2016 \| 20 September 2016 {{WDL\|2\|2\|0\|0}} \|
FC St. Pauli \| 1 July 2017 \| 7 December 2017 {{WDL\|16\|5\|5\|6}} \|
Viktoria Köln \| 2 January 2018 \| 17 June 2018 {{WDL\|18\|12\|6\|0}} \|
colspan="3"\| Total {{WDLtot\|65\|24\|25\|16}} !—

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Rot-Weiss Essen

| 9 November 2006