Oliver Zapel

Oliver Zapel (born 15 January 1968) is a German former footballer and manager, who was most recently the manager of Phönix Lübeck.

Career
On 1 July 2016, Zapel became head coach of Sonnenhof Großaspach but resigned just a year later. He was appointed as the head coach of Werder Bremen II on 13 November 2017. He was sacked on 5 February 2018. On 22 April 2019, he was named the head coach of Fortuna Köln. In 2019, he moved back to Großaspach. He was sacked on 16 December 2019.

In January 2022 he returned to management as the manager of Phönix Lübeck. In June 2023 he resigned as manager for personal reasons.

Personal life
Zapel is married and has two children. He lives in Brunstorf near Hamburg.