Borussia Dortmund appointed former Bayern Munich former manager Niko Kovac as the new head coach.
After the Bundesliga club lost last week in Bologna’s champion league, he fired Nuri Sahin, which was the fourth consecutive failure in all competitions.
Kovac, 53, signed an 18 -month contract and will be responsible for the Bundesliga in the Bundesliga this weekend.
“In the past few days, Lars Ricken, managing director, said:” In the past few days, we had in -depth discussions with Niko Kovac and deliberately spent time understanding each other. Expectation is better “”
“We are in a challenging sports situation and ensure that in Nico, we have found a coach who can master it.”
Kovak said: “All the people responsible for BVB (Dortmund) have brought us a good feeling in the negotiations, so I firmly believe that we can achieve a lot of achievements together in the future.”
Kovak’s appointment was after Dortmund won the playoff seats in the European Champions League.
Thanks to SHAKHTAR DONETSK’s 3-1 victory, the Germans won the tenth place in the initial league stage.
Dortmund will face the Belgian club Brugge or Portuguese champion in the playoffs.
Kovak’s new team ranked 11th in the top of Germany. In the 19th league games this season, there were 7 victories, and backward leader Bayern Munich 22 points.
