Martina Voss-Tecklenburg will no longer return as national coach of the German women’s national soccer team. The German Football Association announced that the contract with the 55-year-old, who was recently on hiatus, has been terminated.
The German Football Association (DFB) and national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg will end their collaboration with immediate effect. This decision was already made at a meeting on Friday, according to the DFB. At a meeting today, the DFB’s shareholders’ meeting and supervisory board approved the decision.
During the joint conversation with Voss-Tecklenburg on Friday, there was agreement that “the team needs a new beginning in terms of sporting leadership.” Voss-Tecklenburg last looked after the German national players during the embarrassing World Cup preliminary round exit in the summer, after which she called in sick and was recently on vacation.
Meeting in “more trustworthy The atmosphere”
“On behalf of the DFB and also personally, I would like to thank Martina Voss-Tecklenburg for her cooperation over the past few years,” said DFB President Bernd Neuendorf. “During this time, important impulses were given in the area of women’s football.”
The meeting on Friday took place in a “trusting atmosphere,” said the DFB. According to information from the dpa news agency, Voss-Tecklenburg is said to have made financial concessions to the association when it came to severance pay for her contract – thus clearing the way for a quick agreement.
After Voss-Tecklenburg’s withdrawal due to illness after the World Cup, assistant coach Britta Carlson initially took over the head position before the association re-installed Horst Hrubesch as interim coach at the beginning of October – he should also ensure the desired qualification for the 2024 Olympics.
Criticism after the preliminary round of the World Cup
Voss-Tecklenburg took over the selection of the German Football Association in 2018 as Hrubesch’s successor. At the 2019 World Cup in France, she and the German team failed in the quarter-finals against Sweden and therefore missed out on taking part in the Olympics. At the European Championships last year, Voss-Tecklenburg led the DFB players into the final. There they lost 1-2 to hosts England, but the successful tournament caused euphoria at home.
The first preliminary round exit at a World Cup in the history of the women’s national team was all the more surprising. What caused irritation was that Voss-Tecklenburg gave public lectures outside of football during her vacation instead of pushing forward with World Cup analysis. Immediately after the early tournament exit in Australia and New Zealand, Sieg left her personal future open.
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