Borussia Moenchengladbach fired coach Gerardo Seoane on Monday after a winless and goalless start to the Bundesliga season, just three games in.
The Swiss coach could not improve the team’s poor form from last season. His final match in charge was a 4-0 defeat to Werder Bremen on Sunday, leaving Gladbach with one point and no goals from its opening three games.
Sporting director Roland Virkus said the club “lost faith that a turnaround with Gerardo can succeed,” as Gladbach extended a winless run to 10 Bundesliga matches dating back to April. Seoane’s only victory in that period came against a fifth-tier team in the German Cup in August.
The decision means another new coach for U.S. midfielder Gio Reyna, who joined Gladbach from Borussia Dortmund last month. Seoane, at the club since June 2023, is the second Bundesliga coach sacked less than a month into the season after Erik ten Hag’s brief stint at Bayer Leverkusen.
Seoane has a history of early-season dismissals; he was also fired by Leverkusen in October 2022, replaced by Xabi Alonso, who led the team to Bundesliga and German Cup success the following season.
Gladbach, once a Champions League team in 2020-21, has struggled in recent years and finished 10th last season under Seoane. The club said Under-23 coach Eugen Polanski will take charge “until further notice” ahead of Sunday’s match at Leverkusen.