FC Bayern women have found a successor to Alexander Straus: the Spaniard José Barcala will take over the incumbent champions from the coming season and receive a contract until 2027.
FC Bayern women have a new trainer: José Barcala will take over the team from the coming season. The 43-year-old Spaniard receives a contract in Munich until 2027. “I am proud and feel honored to become part of FC Bayern Munich. The club stands for top performance and large ambitions, which makes the task even more exciting. I am very much looking forward to this new chapter and can’t wait to get started,” Barcala is quoted on the club’s homepage.
Hardly any experience as head coach: Barcala follows Straus
Most recently, Barcala worked in Switzerland. At Servette FC Chenois Feminin in Geneva, he actually had a valid contract until 2026. Servette FC had completed the main round in the Swiss league as third, in the play-offs the surprising end followed against Grasshopper Club Zurich.
Barcala is now replacing success coach Alexander Straus, under which two championships in a row – and In this season, for the first time in club history, the double. Straus leaves FC Bayern towards Los Angeles. Barcala, who was the head coach of a team for the first time in Servette, has to fill big footsteps.
Barcala’s profile: “Straus very similar”
Francisco de Sá Fardilha, technical director of FCB women, said Barcala should continue the path of Straus. “José will bring in a modern training methodology that is very similar to the work of his predecessor Alexander Straus. He is a good communicator who has a lot of experience with the development of top players and a passion for working with young talents,” said de Sà Fardilha.
Director Bianca Rech gave Barcala equally big goals – not only the championship should be won, but also the Champions League, in which FC Bayern had failed in the quarter -finals at Olympique Lyon this season: “We are very confident that we have found a trainer with José Barcala who suits both humanly and in terms of sport. that is able to win titles on national and international stage. “
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