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Gladbach dismisses coach Schubert
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BORUSSIA Moenchengladbach fired coach Andre Schubert yesterday, one day after a 1-2 home defeat by VfL Wolfsburg left the team hovering above the German Bundesliga relegation zone.
Schubert, the seventh Bundesliga coach to lose his job this season, was initially appointed on an interim basis in September last year and his job was made permanent two months later.
Having taken over when the team was bottom of the Bundesliga, he led it to a fourth-place finish last season and a spot in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
“We have come to the conclusion that it is better for both sides to call an end to our time together,” Borussia’s sporting director Max Eberl said.
“Andre helped us a great deal last season, leading the team from last to fourth place and qualifying for the Champions League via the playoffs earlier this season.
“However, that development has come to a standstill for various reasons. Looking ahead to the task that lies before us in the second half of the season, we have decided to make a fresh start with a different coach.”
The 45-year-old Schubert, who spent his playing days in the lower tiers of German football, had been in charge for 62 games.
Gladbach is 14th in the Bundesliga with 16 points from 16 matches, three above the relegation playoff place, while it finished third in its Champions League group behind Barcelona and Manchester City and was eliminated.
Tuesday’s defeat against similarly out-of-form Wolfsburg was its eighth in the Bundesliga this season.
Dirk Schuster (Augsburg), Norbert Meier (Darmstadt), Viktor Skripnik (Bremen), Bruno Labbadia (Hamburg), Dieter Hecking (Wolfsburg) and Markus Kauczinski (Ingolstadt) are the other coaches to have lost their jobs this season.
Schubert’s replacement — Hecking has been linked to the role — now has the four-week winter break to inject confidence in the team. “We’re looking for a coach who will take us on the right path with young players,” Eberl said.
The main task of the new manager will be to pick up points “so we can reach a comfortable level in a relatively short time”.
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