Two days after the 3-0 defeat at Union Berlin, Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart released their coach Bruno Labbadia. His successor will be former Hoffenheim coach Sebastian Hoeneß.
At the end of the analysis came the numbers. VfB Stuttgart lost 3-0 at Union Berlin. On Matchday 26, VfB are bottom of the Bundesliga table with 20 points. Bruno Labbadia had only won one out of eleven league games. Now he has to go – his successor is Sebastian Hoeneß, who will coach TSG Hoffenheim from 2020 to 2022.
Even if Stuttgart was unlucky again in Berlin, could have taken the lead and actually could have won – or as Bruno Labbadia said after the game, “had to win”: The coach has to go, Labbadia was released. The 57-year-old was still on the pitch during training on Sunday. Labbadia only took over VfB on December 5, 2022 from Michael Wimmer, who had taken over as coach after Pellegrino Mattarazzo was on leave.
Two points behind the relegation place
VfB still have eight games left in the Bundesliga to stay up in the league. It is also part of the sporting truth that Stuttgart is only two points behind the relegation place. And the next game is against VfB against 14th in the table. VfL Bochum currently has six more points. It’s easy to calculate how the Swabian situation can change next weekend – in one direction or the other.
VfB Stuttgart has reacted to its earnings crisis and released coach Bruno Labbadia. The hapless 57-year-old will be succeeded by Sebastian Hoeneß, who had to leave TSG Hoffenheim in May 2022.
Remaining program of VfB Stuttgart is “sporty”
The Bundesliga season ends for VfB Stuttgart on May 27, 2023 with the home game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Until then, chronologically, after the duel with Bochum, VfB will play against: Borussia Dortmund (H.), FC Augsburg (A.), Borussia Mönchengladbach (H.), Hertha BSC (A.), Bayer Leverkusen (H.) and Mainz 05 (A).