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Trainer Friedhelm Funkel, here for Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2019
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Friedhelm Funkel is supposed to save 1. FC Köln from relegation from the Bundesliga for the seventh time.
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announced on Monday that Funkel (67) will succeed the coach Markus Gisdol, who was dismissed on Sunday evening.
First of all, Funkel, who is going into his second term in Cologne after 2002/03, will receive a contract until the end of the season.
Currently, three points separate the FC from the relegation place, on Sunday evening Cologne lost 2: 3 (1: 1) in the relegation thriller against FSV Mainz 05.
A few hours later, the club separated from Gisdol, sports director Horst Heldt had declared the Mainz game as the final for the coach.
Funkel last worked for the Cologne rival Fortuna Düsseldorf until January 2020.
After his dismissal, the coach announced the end of his career.
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