Özcan Arkoç

Özcan Arkoç

Personal information
Full name	Özcan Arkoç
Date of birth	2 December 1939
Place of birth	Hayrabolu, Turkey
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Uzunköprü Spor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1955–1958	Vefaspor	42	(0)
1958–1962	Fenerbahçe	81	(0)
1962–1964	Beşiktaş	54	(0)
1964–1967	FK Austria Wien	64	(0)
1967–1975	Hamburger SV	159	(0)
Total		400	(0)
National team
1959–1962	Turkey	9	(0)
Teams managed
1977–1978	Hamburger SV
1978–1979	Wormatia Worms
1979–1980	Holstein Kiel
1983–1984	Kocaelispor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Özcan Arkoç (born 2 December 1939, in Turkey) is a retired Turkish footballer.^[1] He is famous for having played as a goalkeeper for the German team Hamburger SV.

Arkoç was born in Hayrabolu in 1939. He began his football career at Vefa. He transferred to Fenerbahçe in 1958 and to Beşiktaş in 1962. He also played for Austria Wien between 1964 and 1967. He played Hamburger SV for nine seasons and retired in 1975. He played in the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1968 losing 2–0 to AC Milan.

In 1976, he became the assistant coach next to Kuno Klötzer at Hamburger SV, the duo would lead Hamburger SV to a European Cup Winners' Cup in 1977. He became the head coach of Hamburger SV in 1977 for one season, his side's stars including Kevin Keegan and Felix Magath. Under Özcan, Hamburger SV played in the 1977 UEFA Super Cup, losing 7–1 on aggregate to Liverpool F.C..

Özcan was the first ever Turkish manager of a Bundesliga club.

Honours

Club

Fenerbahçe

• Turkish League: 1958–59, 1960–61

Austria Wien

• Austrian Cup: 1966–67

Hamburger SV

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Runner-up: 1967–68
• DFB-Pokal Runner-up: 1973–74

References

1. "Arkoc Özcan". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

External links

• Özcan Arkoç profile at Fussballdaten
• Arkoç Özcan at mackolik.com (Turkish)
• Arkoç Özcan at austria-archiv.at (German)