Club Brugge have fired coach Karl Hofkens regardless of main the Belgian membership to their first place within the final 16 of the Champions League this season.
His sacking was introduced on Wednesday and comes after a run of poor dwelling kind together with an embarrassing 4-1 dwelling defeat by St Truden within the Belgian Cup final week and a 1-1 draw with OH Leuven within the league on Tuesday. left the champions in fourth place, 12 factors behind leaders Racing Genk. Hoefkens, 44, had solely been within the job for six months, taking on from Alfred Schrader, who left for Ajax Amsterdam after profitable the Belgian league final season.
Hoffkens, whose enjoying profession has included spells at Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion, made an impression with Club Brugge within the group stage of the Champions League, the place they received their first three matches and had been early qualifiers for the final 16.
They eradicated Atlético Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen to complete the group in second place behind FC Porto. But the membership stated leads to the Belgian competitors weren’t passable and they’re now searching for the “best possible successor”.
“Karl is a club man by his blood,” stated an announcement from common supervisor Vincent Meinart.
“His contribution and dedication to the youth academy and as an assistant was enormously appreciated. His position on this season’s profitable Champions League marketing campaign can’t be overstated both. But our choice (to make him coach) in the summertime didn’t give the specified degree of play and leads to the Belgian league and cup.
Brugge will subsequent play league leaders Genk on January 8 and face Benfica dwelling and away within the final 16 of the Champions League in February.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
