AUDIO: Daniel Bauer remains coach of VfL Wolfsburg for the time being (1 min)
Football Bundesliga
As of: March 2nd, 2026 7:08 p.m
Coach Daniel Bauer is allowed to continue with Bundesliga soccer team VfL Wolfsburg despite seven games without a win in a row. The club confirmed corresponding media reports on Monday evening. The 43-year-old will also be on the sidelines for the important game against newly promoted HSV on Saturday.
That was the result of discussions on Monday, one day after the desolate performance in the 4-0 defeat in Stuttgart, explained sports director Peter Christiansen. “We discussed and analyzed the overall situation intensively. We came to the conclusion that, together with Daniel Bauer and his coaching team, we would draw the right conclusions in order to be successful against HSV.”
They have “complete confidence” in the team and are “convinced that they have the experience and quality to achieve the necessary results as quickly as possible. The sporting situation is serious, but not hopeless,” Christiansen continued.
Wolfsburg in 17th place – “final” against HSV?
The Danish sports director himself is heavily criticized. Because with one of the most expensive squads in the league, the club has fallen to 17th place in the Bundesliga table. Coach Bauer criticized the development in Wolfsburg in clear terms when he said after the Stuttgart game: “The fact is that we have to change a lot of structures. The atmosphere and culture within the club are currently not suitable for the Bundesliga.”
Nevertheless, the 43-year-old has the chance to look after the team at least in the northern duel with newly promoted Hamburger SV on Saturday (3:30 p.m., in the NDR Livecenter). The game was declared a “final” for him by several media outlets.
Bauer has only been VfL head coach since December
This Monday, Bauer led the training. Before and after there were long discussions with sports director Peter Christiansen, who was also under a lot of pressure, with sports director Pirmin Schwegler and with supervisory board boss Sebastian Rudolph.
The long-time U19 coach Bauer initially took over as interim successor to the hapless Dutchman Paul Simonis at VfL in November and was promoted to head coach shortly before Christmas. VfL has now been without a win for seven games. After the Stuttgart game, the first coaching candidates who could replace Bauer were already traded. This also included Dieter Hecking, who won the DFB Cup with Wolfsburg in 2015 and most recently had to leave VfL Bochum early.
