Borussia Dortmund appoint Peter Bosz as new coach
This file photo taken on May 10, 2017 shows Ajax's Dutch head coach Peter Bosz walks on the pitch during a training session at Parc Olympique Lyonnais Stadium in Decines-Charpieu, on the eve of the Europa League football match between Olympique Lyonnais and AFC Ajax Amsterdam.
Peter Bosz was on June 6, 2017 named new coach of Borussia Dortmund. PHOTO | PHILIPPE DESMAZES |
What you need to know:
- Bosz, 53, arrives from Ajax after leading the Dutch side to the final of the Europa League, where they lost 2-0 to Manchester United last month.
BERLIN
Dutchman Peter Bosz has been named as the new coach of Borussia Dortmund, the German giants announced on Tuesday.
"Peter Bosz is the new BVB Head Coach. Contract will last until 2019. Further info in a press conference this afternoon," Dortmund said on their English-language Twitter account.
Bosz, 53, arrives from Ajax after leading the Dutch side to the final of the Europa League, where they lost 2-0 to Manchester United last month.
Briefly a player in Germany with Hansa Rostock in the 1990s, he replaces Thomas Tuchel, who was sacked despite Dortmund winning the German Cup — their first major silverware in five years — and finishing third in the Bundesliga in the season just finished.
Switzerland's Lucien Favre, formerly in charge at Borussia Moenchengladbach, had been linked with a return to the German game with Dortmund but his current side Nice refused to let him go.
