Just one day after the separation from sports director Samir Arabi, Arminia Bielefeld, who had been relegated to the second division of the Bundesliga, also put his coach on leave. Daniel Scherning, who signed for Uli Forte from VfL Osnabrück on August 18, 2022, has been released from office after only 19 games. This was announced by the East Westphalian club on Tuesday. Scherning’s successor is not yet known.
“With 21 points from 23 games, staying up in the league is at risk because we didn’t score enough points in the second half of the season either. Unfortunately, the impressions and the course of the game last Sunday in Braunschweig gave us reason to make a decision.” , it said in the club announcement.
After the 3:3 after a playful 3:0 lead on Sunday at Eintracht Braunschweig, Bielefeld are in relegation place 16. The two teams from Regensburg and Sandhausen behind them only have one point less.
The club had only separated from Arabi, who had worked in Bielefeld for twelve years, on Monday evening. The supervisory board of East Westphalia, which was threatened with relegation, accepted the 44-year-old’s proposal to resign from his post after a crisis meeting. Further talks followed on Tuesday.
Scherning was the fourth coach after Frank Kramer was fired in April 2022. Goalkeeping coach Marco Kostmann initially stepped in, but was unable to prevent relegation from the Bundesliga. At the beginning of the season in the 2nd league, the Italian Forte took over, but had to leave quickly after four defeats in a row at the start of the season. Scherning only managed six wins in 19 games with the East Westphalians and lost eleven times with the team.
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