2nd league
1. FC Nürnberg separates from sports director Hecking
1. FC Nürnberg has separated from sports director Dieter Hecking. photo
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Sports director Dieter Hecking has to leave 1. FC Nürnberg with immediate effect. Further changes in the sporting area are “currently not planned” for the second division soccer team.
In its sporting crisis, 1. FC Nürnberg has resigned from its sports directorship with immediate effect Dieter Hecking separated. The supervisory board of the Franconian second division football team has agreed on this.
As the club further announced, Hecking was informed about the dismissal in a personal conversation at the Valznerweiher sports park. No further changes in the sporting area are currently planned; the search for a successor for the 59-year-old is already underway. According to the information, Stefan Heim will temporarily take over the second board position alongside the commercial director Niels Rossow.
“The supervisory board regrets the development, but after a critical and careful analysis and consideration of all the facts, it has come to the decision that an end to the cooperation is unavoidable,” explained supervisory board chairman Peter Meier. The “Nürnberger Nachrichten” and “nn.de” first reported on the separation.
The sporting development is “unsatisfactory”
Hecking has “generated extraordinary player revenue in terms of the budget and has begun the process of integrating young players into the professional team in a special way. Nevertheless, the sporting development is declining this season and, looking back on the past four years, is at an unsatisfactory level constant. That’s why we’ll part ways,” Meier continued.
Hecking was successfully coach of the Franconians from December 2009 to December 2012. Back then, FCN even played first-class. After positions at VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hamburger SV, Hecking took on the role of sports director for the first time in Nuremberg in the summer of 2020. At that time he succeeded the released Robert Palikuca. The FCN is currently only 13th in the table. the 2nd league.