Türkgücü Munich – restart in the regional league
On January 27, Türkgücü filed an application to open insolvency proceedings. In contrast to the case of KFC Uerdingen, which had finished the 2020/21 season despite being insolvent, the Munich team stopped playing at the end of March and theirs were removed from the ranking.
“There are regulations”
The fact that Türkgücü can only start one league lower despite bankruptcy causes resentment. The President of the SpVgg Unterhaching Manfred Schwabl even sees the plans as damaging to the concept of fair play. Just a few weeks after the bankruptcy, “acting as if nothing had happened and starting again in the Bavarian regional league calls all sportsmanship into question for me,” Schwabl told the Munich Merkur and tz in early May.
Taskin Akkay, former vice president and now chairman, cannot understand this resentment. “I cannot understand the motivation of the regional leagues. There are regulations and they say that the first sporting relegation is Türkgücü Munich from the 3rd league and the club can continue in the regional league, ”says Akkay in an interview with BR Sport.
Türkgücü is to become a training association
Türkgücü GmbH is insolvent, so the registered club is competing in the regional league – with a new coach. Alper Kayabunar was most recently assistant and interim coach at Türkgücü in the 3rd division. For the new job as head coach, he turned down numerous other offers. “I’m very connected to the club and I have the opportunity here to become head coach in the regional league. “
However, Türkgücü still has to wait for a home of his own. Twelve of 19 home games take place in Grünwalder Stadium, the rest in Fürstenfeldbruck.
Squad planning is in full swing. Highly paid former second division professionals should be history. “We clearly want to become a training club here in Munich and offer the players a platform to prove themselves in Munich in the regional league.”
Even if the budget of around 400,000 euros does not allow for any big leaps, there will still be something to do with the squad before the restart in mid-July in the regional league.