Hoffenheim's fortunes after replacing the sacked
Markus Gisdol.
Hoffenheim have sacked coach Markus Gisdol following a
dismal start to the Bundesliga season, appointing former
Stuttgart boss Huub Stevens as his replacement until the end of
the campaign.
Under Gisdol, Hoffenheim won just one of their opening 10
Bundesliga fixtures, with the 46-year-old leaving the club
second bottom after two years in charge.
Gisdol, who signed a new three-year contract in April, was
appointed as Marco Kurz's replacement in 2013 and kept the
club up with a play-off victory against Kaiserslautern before
securing a ninth-place finish in his first full season at the helm.
Hoffenheim, who finished eighth last term, will entrust Stevens
with leading them away from the drop zone, the Dutchman
having saved Stuttgart from the drop during two separate spells
in the past two seasons.
Former Schalke boss Stevens replaced Thomas Schneider at the
Mercedes-Benz Arena in March 2014. He left at the end of the
2013-14 campaign in May but then returned to take over from
Armin Veh in November that year, keeping a struggling Stuttgart
side in the top flight on both occasions.
"We were immediately impressed by our initial discussions and
are convinced that Huub Stevens is the right solution,"
Hoffenheim's director of professional football Alexander Rosen
said in a statement.
"The fact that the team has the necessary quality is something
in which we are all firmly convinced."
The 61-year-old's first task as coach will be a trip to Cologne in
the Bundesliga on Saturday.
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