VfL Wolfsburg became the first Bundesliga club to change coach this season. Mark van Bommel had to take his hat after the Lower Saxony slackened just as much as a result of a strong start. In his place, Florian Kohfeldt coached the wolves for the first time on Saturday.
The away game at Bayer Leverkusen is a difficult task for VfL’s debut at Kohfeldt. For the 39-year-old Wolfsburg is the second coaching station in the Bundesliga. The Siegener had previously instructed Werder Bremen from October 2017 to May 2021. He made his debut at the Hanseatic League at the beginning of November 2017, with a 2-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt. Should this fate overtake him on Saturday, Kohfeldt would be right on trend: eight of the 17 other Bundesliga coaches have lost their debut for their current employers, only five started with a win.
Only five coaches made their club debut
1. Marco Rose, Borussia Dortmund: 5-2 against Eintracht Frankfurt, August 2021
2. Steffen Baumgart, 1st FC Cologne: 3-1 against Hertha BSC, August 2021
3. Pal Dardai, Hertha BSC: 2-0 against FSV Mainz 05, February 2015
4. Sebastian Hoeneß, TSG Hoffenheim: 3-2 against 1.FC Cologne, September 2020
5. Christian Streich, SC Freiburg: 1-0 against FC Augsburg, January 2012
Four coaches got a point
6. Adi Hütter, Borussia Mönchengladbach: 1: 1 against FC Bayern, August 2021
= 6. Julian Nagelsmann, FC Bayern: 1: 1 against Borussia Mönchengladbach, August 2021
= 6. Gerardo Seoane, Bayer Leverkusen: 1: 1 against Union Berlin, August 2021
9. Frank Kramer, Arminia Bielefeld: 0-0 against Union Berlin, March 2021
Eight coaches lost at the beginning
10. Jesse Marsch, RB Leipzig: 0: 1 against FSV Mainz 05, August 2021
= 10. Thomas Reis, VfL Bochum: 0: 1 against VfL Wolfsburg, August 2021
12. Pellegrino Matarazzo, VfB Stuttgart: 2-3 against SC Freiburg, September 2020
13. Bo Svensson, FSV Mainz 05: 0: 2 against Eintracht Frankfurt, January 2021
= 13. Markus Weinzierl, FC Augsburg: 0-2 against Fortuna Düsseldorf, August 2012
15.Oliver Glasner, Eintracht Frankfurt: 2: 5 against Borussia Dortmund, August 2021
16. Stefan Leitl, SpVgg Greuther Fürth: 1: 5 against VfB Stuttgart, August 2021
17.Urs Fischer, Union Berlin: 0: 4 against RB Leipzig, August 2019
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