Niko Kovac Sacked By Wolfsburg After 11-Game Winless Run

Wolfsburg have gone 11 Bundesliga games without a win and lost 3-1 to Augsburg on Saturday.

That defeat has left them 14th on the table, just six points above the relegation zone.

Kovac was appointed Wolfsburg manager in the summer of 2022 and led them to eighth position in his first season in charge.

An official statement from the club read: "VfL Wolfsburg has parted company with head coach Niko Kovač with immediate effect. Managing director Marcel Schäfer informed the 52-year-old of the decision in a personal conversation on Saturday evening. Assistant coaches Robert Kovač and Aaron Briggs will also leave the Wolves.

“In our internal review of the defeat against Augsburg and the overall situation, we came to the decision to end our collaboration,” explained Schäfer. “We regret this development but regard it as necessary to give the team a new impulse, in order to stabilise the situation. We’d like to express our thanks to Niko Kovac, his brother Robert as well as Aaron Briggs, and wish them all the best in their personal and professional lives.”

Kovac was previously in charge of Bayern Munich, whom he led to the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and German Super Cup in his only full season but was dismissed midway through the 2019/2020 season.

The 52-year-old has also taken charge of Eintracht Frankfurt in the past, leading them to a DFB-Pokal trophy as well as AS Monaco.