1. FC Kaiserslautern parts ways with coach Dimitrios Grammozis

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This article first appeared on Transfermarkt at 7:41 a.m. and was updated after official confirmation.

Second division team 1. FC Kaiserslautern has parted ways with coach Dimitrios Grammozis. The second division team confirmed previous media reports on Wednesday morning. The reason for the expulsion is the disappointing results of the table 16th. in the league. Under Grammozis, who only took office at the beginning of December as Dirk Schuster’s successor, the Lauterers lost five of six league games and slipped from 13th place to the relegation place.

Even reaching the semi-finals of the DFB Cup did not save the coach from a quick exit at Betzenberg. With only 21 points, the FCK is level on points with the penultimate FC Hansa Rostock and has to fear falling into the 3rd league. After the recent 2-1 home defeat against SC Paderborn, fans had already called for Grammozis to be separated. Managing director Thomas Hengen avoided making a confession about the coach immediately after the game: “The coach is the poorest pig, he had little standing here right from the start, for whatever reason. But you have to deliver results, I know that, the coach and the team.”

In addition to Grammozis, assistant coach Sven Piepenbrock also has to go. A successor has already been found and is scheduled to lead the first training session on Wednesday afternoon. Who it is has not yet been leaked. According to the club-related portal “Der Betze brennt”, contact with possible candidates was already made on Sunday. Names like Friedhelm Funkel, Felix Magath, Stefan Kuntz and Uwe Neuhaus are being traded. Michael Schiele is said to have applied.

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