Bundesliga strugglers Arminia Bielefeld have parted company with coach Ernst Middendorp.
Strugglers axe coach after thrashing by Dortmund
Bundesliga strugglers Arminia Bielefeld have parted company with coach Ernst Middendorp.
The club confirmed the decision in a press conference on Monday just days after Arminia suffered a 6-1 thrashing at local rivals Borussia Dortmund.
Middendorp, who joined Bielefeld for his third stint as coach in March of this year and saved the club from relegation, was contracted at the Schuco Arena until 2009.
The current season started in impressive fashion, but a series of poor results has led to the Westphalia outfit plummeting to 15th in the Bundesliga.
Getting worse
Arminia managing director Reinhard Saftig told a news conference: "The facts don't lie, we have only five points from the last 11 matches.
"I don't even want to start counting up the goals we've allowed.
"There were matches there that I didn't think it could get any worse, but it did."
Amateur team coach and former midfielder Detlev Dammaier will take over the reins for the club's final league match before the winter break at home to Stuttgart on Saturday.
