Ricken said: "We've held intensive talks with Niko Kovač over the past few days and have consciously taken the time to get to know each other and our expectations better. Niko's

Borussia Dortmund have appointed Niko Kovac as their new head coach, the Bundesliga club have announced. The 53-year-old succeeds Nuri Sahin after the former Dortmund, Real Madrid and Liverpool midfielder was sacked on Jan.

Nuri Şahin's time as Borussia Dortmund manager is up. The Bundesliga club sacked the first-year boss on Wednesday, one day after a Champions League defeat at Bologna made it four losses in a row. Şahin had plenty of success as a player with Dortmund over two spells,

The manager is taking the brunt of the criticism for a poor season but issues off the pitch are as significant as those on it

Borussia Dortmund has fired coach Nuri Sahin. The decision came a day after its 2-1 loss to Bologna in the Champions League.

In the midst of a four-game losing streak, Borussia Dortmund sacked Nuri Şahin on Wednesday, but the club's problems go much deeper than the manager.

Sahin was a ball boy at Dortmund before becoming the youngest player to play in the Bundesliga when he made his debut aged 16. He was assistant coach to Edin Terzić last season — when Dortmund reached the Champions League final, losing to Real Madrid — then promoted in the offseason to coach after Terzić quit.

The defeat means Dortmund are 13th and must get a result against Shakhtar Donetsk in their final league phase game to have the chance to qualify automatically for the knockouts. For the first time in the competition, the German side have lost multiple games after scoring the opening goal.

Borussia Dortmund suffered their fourth straight defeat of the new year, as Serie A side Bologna comfortably shrugged off Die Schwarzgelben to record a 2-1 victory in the

When Borussia Dortmund fell to an embarrassing 4-2 defeat against Holstein Kiel on matchday 17, Nuri Şahin made it abundantly clear that he is aware of the pressures of being a head coach.With

On Friday evening, Borussia Dortmund continued their losing start to 2025 with a 2-0 defeat away to Eintracht Frankfurt. With pressure firmly placed upon Die Schwarzgelben —and more notably on head coach Nuri Şahin—prior to kick-off, there was a sense that should Die Adler come out victorious, then it could spell the end of the road for Şahin.

Borussia Dortmund have announced that they have appointed Niko Kovac as their new head coach, replacing Nuri Şahin who was sacked last week. Kovac signs a contract at the club until 2026 and will