Leipzig hires former Dortmund, Gladbach coach Marco Rose

September 8, 2022

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LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig employed former Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose to take cost on Thursday, a day after firing Domenico Tedesco.

The Bundesliga membership stated the 45-year-old Rose has a two-year contract to June 2024. Additionally it is appointing a brand new teaching group.

Tedesco was fired on Wednesday following a 4-1 house loss to Shakhtar Donetsk within the Champions League. It was simply the most recent disappointing consequence this season, together with a 4-0 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

Expectations had been excessive after Tedesco led Leipzig to the German Cup title final season – the younger membership’s first main title because it was based by power drink firm Crimson Bull in 2009.

Rose, who was born in Leipzig, is acquainted with the corporate’s sporting mannequin after having fun with success with Leipzig’s sister membership, Crimson Bull Salzburg, in Austria. As a defender, he performed for Hannover and Mainz.

Rose started his teaching profession as an assistant coach within the youth setup at Mainz earlier than taking up as coach of fourth-tier membership Lokomotive Leipzig in 2012. He joined Salzburg in 2013 when he labored with youth groups. He took over as coach of the senior group in 2017 and received back-to-back Austrian league titles.

He helped Borussia Mönchengladbach qualify for the Champions League and after two seasons switched to league rival Dortmund in 2021. He didn’t stay as much as expectations at Dortmund and was launched on the finish of final season.

Rose’s first sport in control of Leipzig will likely be in opposition to former membership Dortmund on Saturday adopted by a go to to defending champion Actual Madrid within the Champions League on Wednesday.

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File – Dortmund’s head coach Marco Rose smiles to the media prior the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund in Leverkusen, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. RB Leipzig employed former Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose to take cost of the group on Thursday, a day after firing Domenico Tedesco. The Bundesliga membership stated the 45-year-old Rose was getting a two-year contract to June 2024.