HAMBURG, Germany — Hamburger SV has sacked Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk after the side’s seventh consecutive Bundesliga loss, its eighth overall.
The club announced Van Marwijk’s dismissal and that of his assistant Roel Coumans “with immediate effect” following Saturday’s 4-2 loss at Eintracht Braunschweig. The defeat allowed the league’s bottom side to move within a point of Hamburg with 13 games remaining.
Hamburg also lost 5-0 to Bayern Munich in the German Cup on Wednesday.
The 61-year-old Van Marwijk, a former Netherlands coach, lasted only 143 days in the job since taking over on Sept. 24. His predecessor, Thorsten Fink, was fired after a lacklustre start to the Bundesliga.
Former Hannover coach Mirko Slomka is reported to be Van Marwijk’s chosen successor.
