The Scottish Rangers FC and trainer Giovanni van Bronkhorst separate immediately. In a statement gives the club from Glasgow the disappointing results of recent times as the reason for the dismissal of the coach, who took up duties at Rangers exactly one year ago.
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Under the management of Van Bronckhorst, Rangers won the Scottish Cup last season and reached the final of the Europa League, losing to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties. This season things went less smoothly. Although Rangers qualified for the first time in twelve years for the group stage of the Champions League at the expense of PSV, they subsequently lost all group matches. In the Scottish league, the club is also nine points behind leader and rival Celtic.
Rangers chairman Douglas Park thanks Van Bronckhorst for his commitment to the team: „Unfortunately the recent results have not met our and Gio’s expectations. That is why we made this difficult decision today.” It is not yet known who will succeed Van Bronckhorst as coach.