BERLIN (Reuters) - VfL Wolfsburg parted company with coach Andries Jonker on Monday, less than four months after he helped save the Bundesliga club from relegation, and named Martin Schmidt as his replacement. Jonker, appointed at the end of February, took charge of 19 competitive games including the two-legged relegation playoff against Eintracht Braunschweig in May which Wolfsburg won 2-0 on aggregate to secure their top-flight status. The club said in a statement that the two parties had gone "separate ways" and that Jonker was "no longer head coach." "The decision to change coach so early in the season was not taken lightly," said general manager Tim Schumacher. The 50-year-old Swiss left his post in May after Mainz escaped the relegation playoff on goal difference.

Source: The Star September 18, 2017 10:07 UTC