Second division
Kaiserslautern releases coach Markus Begin
Bang in the promotion struggle of the second division: 1. FC Kaiserslautern and his trainer Markus Begin go separate paths. Torsten Lieberknecht takes over the position.
Football second division team 1. FC Kaiserslautern separated four game days before the end of the season from coach Markus Begin and relies on Torsten Lieberknecht as a successor. The traditional club from the Palatinate confirmed corresponding media reports from Sky and “Bild” in the evening. Lieberknecht, according to the club, should already lead his first training session at the Fritz-Walter Club this Wednesday.
The 50 -year -old beginning had only taken over the office at the beginning of the season. His contract with the four-time German champion was actually until the summer of 2026. Lieberknecht had trained Lautern’s Liga rival Darmstadt 98 at the beginning of the season.
Sports descent at the 1st FC Kaiserslautern
After three defeats in a row, the red devils fell back to seventh place with 46 points. The gap to a direct ranking is seven points. However, there are only three points to the relegation place.
According to media reports, an alleged interest of league competitor FC Schalke 04 had taken care of additional unrest in the club from the beginning this summer. The current Schalke coach Kees van Wonderen should be in front of the end.
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Markus start has to go shortly before the end of the season
At the beginning it is the third out of a club shortly before the end of the season. Already in April 2019 he had to go three game days before the end at the then leaders 1. FC Köln. In April 2024, Dynamo Dresden came up early.
Other coaching stations in his career were Holstein Kiel, Darmstadt 98 and Werder Bremen, where he resigned in November 2021 for the use of a fake vaccination pass during the Corona pandemic.
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Source: Stern
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