Energie Cottbus boss Petrik Sander has become the first Bundesliga managerial casualty of the season.
Bottom team's poor start leads to manager's sack
Energie Cottbus boss Petrik Sander has become the first Bundesliga managerial casualty of the season.
He received the sack after Saturday's 2-1 loss at home to Vfl Wolfsburg meant his team were winless after six matches and lying bottom of the Bundesliga.
The 46-year-old's tenure at the club last almost three years and he helped them gain some success - leading them to the second division title in 2006 before finishing 13th in the Bundesliga last season.
But the poor start this season - with only two points from a possible 18 - led to his marching orders.
Negative
Explaining Sander's sacking, Cottbus' general manager Steffen Heidrich told a press conference on Sunday: "The sporting situation is very negative."
Possible replacements to succeed Sander in the Cottbus hot-seat are Klaus Augenthaler and Jurgen Kohler.
The club founded by coal miners from the former east Germany back in the 1960s.
