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Gladbach Fires Eugen Polanski as Coach After Starting Bundesliga with 3 Defeats

Jan-Moritz Lichte takes over on an interim basis after Gladbach opened the league with three straight defeats, the club said.

  • On Sunday, Borussia Mönchengladbach fired coach Eugen Polanski after the team started the Bundesliga with three defeats, including a 5-0 loss at Freiburg on Saturday that proved his final match in charge.
  • Saturday's defeat followed a 4-3 home loss to promoted Elversberg and an opening 3-0 defeat at Leipzig, leaving Gladbach anchored in last place with only one win—a 5-0 rout of fifth-tier Schott Mainz in the German Cup.
  • Sporting director Rouven Schroeder stated, "Our recent performances ultimately led us to the conclusion that a change was needed," citing the team's inability to translate pre-season promise into Bundesliga results.
  • The club dismissed assistant coach Tobias Trulsen and named Jan-Moritz Lichte, former Mainz coach, as interim head coach on Sunday to lead the squad through the transition.
  • Polanski is the first Bundesliga head coach dismissed this season; he previously replaced Gerardo Seoane last year and ultimately guided the team to 12th place after his interim status became permanent in November.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach releases head coach Eugen Polanski. Werder Bremen's ex-trainer Ole Werner and Horst Steffen are the successors.

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MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach fired coach Eugen Polanski on Sunday after starting the Bundesliga with three losses.

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[OSEN=Seo Jung-hwan] Naturalized player Jens Castrop (23, Mönchengladbach), who chose Korean citizenship, has faced a series of trials. On the 13th (Korean time), Mönchengladbach officially announced the dismissal of head coach Eugene Polanski via their club website. Having failed to win a single match in the first three games of the season and conceding a staggering 12 goals, Mönchengladbach made the abrupt decision to change coaches early in t…

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Gladbach fires Eugen Polanski as coach after starting Bundesliga with 3 defeats

MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach fired coach Eugen Polanski on Sunday after starting the Bundesliga with three defeats.

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The worst start of the season in club history was only a few hours old, because Borussia Mönchengladbach created facts. After only three days of playing, the club announces a change of coach - as in the previous year.

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sport.de broke the news on Saturday, September 12, 2026.
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