Paul Fernie: „Florian Kohfeldt fulfills our desired profile. He brings experience, personality and the know-how to give our team stability and utilize their potential. Florian gave us a clear plan in the discussions and his passion for the task We are pleased that we were able to inspire him to join our club and that he will be responsible for our team from now on.“
Florian Kohfeldt: „Darmstadt 98 is a professional and well-run club that has achieved very good sporting results in recent years. But I was particularly impressed by how fans and those in charge stuck together even in challenging moments, such as last season. First of all, we have to have a lot of individual discussions and get to know the team. Together we want to ensure that we stabilise ourselves again in terms of sport with courageous football.“
Kohfeldt worked as an assistant coach at SV Werder Bremen from 2014 to 2016, and from 2017 to 2021 he held the position of head coach at SVW. Further posts in his coaching career included VfL Wolfsburg and the Belgian first division team KAS Eupen. The Siegen native will be officially introduced on Monday (September 9th) at 11am as part of a joint press conference.