Marsch leaves role as Leipzig head coach after poor start to season

Assistant coach Achim Beierlorzer will take charge for its home encounter against Manchester City in the Champions League, a competition it has already been eliminated from.

Published : Dec 05, 2021 15:36 IST

Former U.S. international Marsch was the first American to coach a team in the Champions League.
Former U.S. international Marsch was the first American to coach a team in the Champions League.
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Former U.S. international Marsch was the first American to coach a team in the Champions League.

RB Leipzig, last season's Bundesliga runners-up, has mutually agreed to part company with head coach Jesse Marsch after a poor start to the season, the German club said on Sunday.

Leipzig suffered a 2-1 defeat at Union Berlin on Friday for its third consecutive league loss that saw it drop to 11th and piled the pressure on American Marsch who was not at the game due to being in COVID-19 quarantine.

Marsch, who joined this season to replace Julian Nagelsmann, has seen his team win five of their 14 league games this term.

"RB Leipzig and head coach Jesse Marsch have mutually agreed to part ways. The decision is the result of an in-depth analysis and intensive discussions after the Bundesliga match against Union Berlin," the club said in a statement.

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Assistant coach Achim Beierlorzer will take charge for its home encounter against Manchester City in the Champions League, a competition it has already been eliminated from.

"I keep only positive thoughts in my mind and wish for the club, the team, the staff and all the fans that RB Leipzig finds its way back to its old strengths very quickly," Marsch said.

"Given the quality in the team and in the club, I am sure that the club will achieve its goals."

Former U.S. international Marsch, 48, made his name in Europe when he guided Leipzig's sister club RB Salzburg to the Austrian league and Cup titles twice.

He became the first American to coach a team in Europe's elite club competition.

"It was not easy for us to part company ... because I hold Jesse in high regard as a person and as a coach," Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff said.

"Unfortunately, the development we were hoping for and the results needed to achieve our goals for the season have not been achieved."

Leipzig said Marsch's successor would be announced in the near future.

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