Football second division team 1. FC Kaiserslautern separated four game days before the end of the season from coach Markus Begin and relies on Torsten Lieberknecht as a successor. The traditional club from the Palatinate confirmed corresponding media reports from Sky and “Bild” in the evening. Lieberknecht, according to the association, should lead his first training session at the Fritz-Walter Club this Wednesday. The 50-year-old start had only taken over the office at the beginning of the season. His contract with the four-time German champion was actually until the summer of 2026. Lieberknecht had trained Lautern’s league rival Darmstadt 98 at the beginning of the season. After the last three defeats in a row, the red devils fell back to seventh place with 46 points. The gap to a direct ranking is seven points. However, there are only three points to the relegation place. External content Activated for additional unrest in the club, according to media reports, had an alleged interest of league competitor FC Schalke 04 of the start of an obligation this summer. The current Schalke coach Kees van Wonderen should be in front of it. At the beginning it is the third outdoor throwing at a club shortly before the end of the season. Already in April 2019 he had to go three game days before the end at the then leaders 1. FC Köln. In April 2024, Dynamo Dresden came up to be early. Ruide coaching stations in his career were Holstein Kiel, Darmstadt 98 and Werder Bremen, where he resigned in November 2021 for the use of a fake vaccination pass during the Corona pandemic. Lieberknecht once led Eintracht Braunschweig to the Bundesliga and could now create the same with the FCK.
