Torsten Lieberknecht commented on the goals in his new function after his first training on Betzenberg. The club hopes for an energy push in the team.
Less than 24 hours after Markus Beginning as a FCK coach and Torsten Lieberknecht was presented than his successor was presentedthe native of Bad Dürkheimer led his first unit and then asked himself the questions of the press.
Maybe it was a good omen: Around Lieberknecht’s first day than FCK coach, Fritz-Walterwetter was on Betzenberg. It was raining, sometimes more, sometimes less. Lieberknecht presented himself in a good mood. His first day was “very good”, he told the media representatives.
Lieberknecht wants to do “good job” at the FCK
It is a return home for the 51-year-old. From 1990 to 1994 he played for the FCK, which he now takes over as a trainer. “Everyone knows that I was born and Palatinate in Bad Dürkheim and Palatinate,” he didn’t want to hang his origin too high. Nevertheless, it was already something special to “drive in in Kaiserslautern, to get the Betze up here”.
For Lieberknecht, however, the focus is on sporty, not the local color. “I am here to do a good job. I want to tackle this with professionalism. But of course it is always nice when you hear your dialect more often than in other cities. Although it was nice there,” he said about his former coaching stations at Eintracht Braunschweig, the MSV Duisburg and SV Darmstadt 98.
Lieberknecht has already climbed into the Bundesliga twice
At FCK, there is now a chance to repeat what he has already succeeded with with Braunschweig and Darmstadt: to climb into the Bundesliga. The red devils are only in seventh place. However, the distance is only three points for the relegation rank. “It is a great chance to refine something again, which is still in promising proximity,” said Lieberknecht. It helps to know how to “get up”. At the FCK he sees a “team that has quality for the upper half of the table, at least once to third place”.
Lieberknecht does not see the need for too big changes. Instead, he wanted to provide the team to help how they could behave in certain situations and cited high ball gains or behavior in pressing as an example. Otherwise, the 51-year-old relies on the fact that his team appears carefree in the season finale: “They should really throw away the shackles and just kick.”
The FCK can easily kick the next time on Sunday (April 27th, 2025). Then FC Schalke 04 on Betzenberg will be a guest from 1:30 p.m. The club, which announced on Wednesday, the coach Kees van Wonderen did not stay in office beyond the end of the season and that there were recently rumors about Markus Beginning.
FCK sports director Klos wants to see more energy
The sporting management of the FCK is certain that it has found the right coach in Lieberknecht. “We chose Torsten because it is an extremely energy -efficient and experienced trainer. Someone who can lead and lead,” said sports director Marcel Klos. “He comes from the corner here. There were just many factors that also fit at short notice.”
Meanwhile, the club side does not issue it as an official goal, but results should be automatically set by a changed occurrence. “I need energy in the team again. And that will also be reflected on the table,” said Klos. “It is still about drawing games. But in a different way in which we have done in the past few weeks.”
Broadcast on Wed., 23.4.2025 4:00 p.m., the day in RLP, SWR1 Rhineland-Palatinate
