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Mainz coach Jan Siewert stands in the stadium before the game.
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Mainz 05 is changing coaches for the second time this season.
The new one may come from within the company again.
Mainz - The football professionals and Jan Siewert were missing from the FSV Mainz 05 car at the Rose Monday parade - the coach of the relegation candidate was released in the middle of the carnival.
The move by the second-to-last in the Bundesliga table did not come as a surprise given the downward trend.
His successor is scheduled to be introduced this Tuesday afternoon.
One candidate is young coach Benjamin Hoffmann - it would be the typical Mainz path.
The 44-year-old replaced Siewert as U23 coach at Rheinhessen last fall and had previously become German champion with the U19 team.
Hoffmann recently caused a stir when the younger generation knocked FC Barcelona's youngsters out of the competition in the European Youth League.
After eleven games without a win, Mainz parted ways with the 41-year-old Siewert on Monday - he was only in office for three months.
“Unfortunately, we now see the change in the coaching position as a necessary step in order to be able to bring about a positive turnaround,” said sports director Christian Heidel before the next game against FC Augsburg on Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky).
Siewert initially followed Bo Svensson as interim coach at the beginning of November.
Shortly before Christmas, he received a contract until June 30, 2026. Apart from his first game (2-0 against RB Leipzig), the former coach of Mainz's second team did not win a game and drew six times.
After the 1:3 at VfB Stuttgart on Sunday, FSV sports director Martin Schmidt avoided making a commitment to Siewert and announced a detailed analysis.
“We will sit down together calmly and see what the next steps are.
We have to change something, that’s clear,” said the Swiss.
“It is clear that we cannot continue playing like this.
We need victories.”
After the next setback, striker Jonathan Burkardt, among others, bluntly expressed his displeasure: “We collapse completely after 1-0.
That is not enough.
We talk about the same shit every week.”
The Mainz team is threatened with their first fall from the upper house since their promotion in 2009. They are already nine points behind the first non-relegation place, which Union Berlin occupies.
There is a four point gap to the relegation place with 1. FC Köln.
The 05ers have had great coaches like Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel in the past.
But even Svensson, who saved Mainz from relegation in 2021 and then finished the season eighth in the table, did not become a permanent solution.
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Even the promoted Siewert couldn't turn things around.
“He took on the task at a difficult time with a lot of passion and meticulousness and gave the team good impetus with his work,” said Heidel.
“Unfortunately, these have not been reflected in a fundamental trend reversal or results.”
Siewert said goodbye in the 05er press release with the words: “Together with my coaching team, I did everything I could to ensure that the club could stay in the league, but unfortunately we also lacked the necessary luck.
I wish the team and club all the best - and above all that they can still hold the league.” dpa