Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke, left, and sporting manager Michael Zorc, right, present Austrian coach Peter Stoeger, center, as the new head coach of the Bundesliga soccer club. | AP 
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Borussia Dortmund sack Peter Bosz, Stoeger takes over as head coach

Borussia Dortmund sacked Peter Bosz as head coach on Sunday and replaced him with Austrian Peter Stoeger, who was only fired by Bundesliga bottom side Cologne last weekend.

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BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund sacked Peter Bosz as head coach on Sunday and replaced him with Austrian Peter Stoeger, who was only fired by Bundesliga bottom side Cologne last weekend.

Dutchman Bosz, 54, was fired after just 167 days in charge as Dortmund's 2-1 defeat at home to Werder Bremen on Saturday left them winless in their last eight league games.

Dortmund have given Stoeger, 51, a contract at  until the end of the season a week after being released by Cologne.

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