Outgoing DFB-Co coach
Sandro Wagner agreed with Bundesliga club
Updated on May 27, 2025 – 7:55 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After his announced farewell to the DFB, it was clear that Sandro Wagner was probably moving to the Bundesliga. Now he agrees with an association.
Sandro Wagner apparently becomes the new coach of Bundesliga club FC Augsburg. This was confirmed by the club on Tuesday of the German press agency. He receives a contract by 2028. Previously, the “Bild” newspaper had already reported. According to the report, both parties agreed after the expulsion of coach Jess Thorup after numerous discussions at the weekend. The contract is to be signed on Wednesday.
According to the “Bild”, Augsburg Managing Director Michael Ströll is said to have done everything for a Wagner obligation. The previous assistant of national coach Julian Nagelsmann had announced his farewell to the DFB team after the final Four of the Nations League at the end of April and has also been interested in Wolfsburg, Leverkusen, Leipzig, Bremen, Cologne and clubs from England since then. Hoffenheim is said to have canceled Wagner at the beginning of May, since then, according to “Bild”, people have been dealing with the personnel in Augsburg, but initially had to complete the season analysis with Thorup.
Wagner has from Unterhaching, where he lives with his family, not far to Augsburg. Nevertheless, according to the report, he would like to move to the Fuggerstadt in order to be able to perform his new role optimally. The club managers hoped for a more active and offensive play of play as well as the promotion of young talents from the Wagner obligation.
Before this season, Augsburg’s managing director Michael Ströll had expressed the desire to finally take the image of the gray mouse in its 14th Bundesliga season.
But as in the season 2023/24, when five defeats in the final spurt cost an international starting place, FC Augsburg also collapsed now. After four defeats in a row and ended the team around captain Jeffrey Gouweleeuw the season as a twelfth in the table. After the 1-2 against Union Berlin, the Augsburgers had announced the season analysis-with the serious personnel consequence.
Before his commitment to the DFB, Wagner worked as a coach in Unterhaching and led the regional league at the time to the third division. Then he left the club. Since September 2023, he has been with Benjamin Glück assistant coach from Nagelsmann. Previously, he had been the co-coach of the U 20 national team and had already completed an A-international game under the then interim team leader Rudi Völler together with head coach Hannes Wolf.