Emotional farewell: Petar Kosturkov leaves VfR Aalen according to heights and depths

Emotional farewell: Petar Kosturkov leaves VfR Aalen according to heights and depths

Aalen, Deutschland - Petar Kosturkov leaves VfR Aalen after 14 months as head coach. With a 5-1 win against FSV 08 Bietigheim-Bissingen, the last game of the season, the coach said goodbye, who took responsibility in early April 2024. This time was characterized by ups and downs, starting with uncertainties and ending with a remarkable fourth place in the league in Baden-Württemberg, which was personally important for Kosturkov, even if he has no sporting relevance for ascent or relegation. On average, around 1,600 spectators looked at the Centus-Arena per game.

Kosturkov, who is also the second most successive coach of VfR Aalen in the past 20 years, has a cut of around 1.6 points per game, expressed the desire for more continuity at the coaching bench in football. According to Kicker restructuring in the Oberliga, which resulted in an untried contract extension, which met it surprisingly and disappointing. After relegation from the regional league last year, VfR Aalen won the WFV Cup and secured a DFB cup game against FC Schalke 04, but the necessary constancy in the league was missing, in which 60 points could be collected.

The future of VfR Aalen

The restructuring that VfR Aalen plans to become a top team in the Oberliga in the next three years. In this context, the squad will also be subjected to a change, and the successor to Kosturkov is to be announced in the coming weeks. The team is currently in fourth place in the Oberliga, but there is a significant gap of 17 points to relegation place 2, which makes the return to the regional league Südwest unlikely.

In the next games, the team will initially compete against the fifth in the table 1. CFR Pforzheim, followed by encounters against TSG Balingen and SG Sonnenhof Großaspach in early May. It remains to be seen how the situation of VfR Aalen will develop.

Kosturkov has already probed various options for its future in the past few weeks, including a possible coaching work in Bulgaria. Previously, he already had various coaching stations, including at TSV Crailsheim, BV Cloppenburg and Sportfreunde Schwäbisch Hall. His farewell to VfR Aalen not only marks the end of an era, but also the beginning of a new chapter.

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