A good one and a half weeks after the separation from Thomas Reis, VfL Bochum presented a successor. Thomas Letsch should protect the bottom of the Bundesliga from relegation.
Thomas Letsch is the new coach of Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. As the bottom of the Bundesliga table announced, the 54-year-old football teacher signed a contract with the Dutch first division club Vitesse Arnhem until 2024.
“Thomas Letsch is our dream solution for the position of head coach,” commented VfL sporting director Patrick Fabian. He has the necessary experience in professional football and is able to form a team with a clear structure and game idea.”
The Revierclub quickly found what they were looking for in the search for a successor to Thomas Reis, who was released after three years after the historic Bundesliga false start with six defeats in six games and 4:18 goals on September 12th. In the last game against 1. FC Köln (1-1), U19 coach Heiko Butscher took care of the team on an interim basis and still scored the first point.
Goal relegation
Letsch looked after the second division club Erzgebirge Aue in 2017, but was quickly put on leave after three defeats in three games. After that, the native of Esslinger Austria trained in Vienna and since 2020 in Arnhem. In 2021 he reached the Dutch Cup final, which Arnhem lost 2-1 to Ajax Amsterdam. From 2012 to 2017, Letsch held various positions at RB Salzburg and the farm team FC Liefering for five years.
“Our big goal is for VfL Bochum to play in the Bundesliga again next season. We will work very hard to achieve this. The fans have given the team exceptional support and we will continue to need this support. Only with cohesion and together we will be successful”, Letsch described his upcoming task.
Source: Stern
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