FILE: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Former Dutch national coach Bert van Marwijk to take charge of Bundesliga club Hamburg SV

Record ID: 862171

  • Title: FILE: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Former Dutch national coach Bert van Marwijk to take charge of Bundesliga club Hamburg SV
  • Date: 23rd September 2013
  • Summary: KHARKIV, UKRAINE (JUNE 8, 2012) (REUTERS) FORMER NETHERLANDS COACH BERT VAN MARWIJK (LEFT) TALKING TO PLAYER KRAKOW, POLAND (JUNE 6, 2012) (REUTERS) VAN MARWIJK GIVING A TEAM TALK HOENDERLOO, NETHERLANDS (MAY 31, 2012) (REUTERS) VAN MARWIJK WATCHING ON DURING TRAINING LONDON, UK (FEBRUARY 2012) (REUTERS) VAN MARWIJK WALKING DURING A TRAINING SESSION / HOLDING TRAINING CONES
  • Embargoed: 8th October 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom
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  • Country: Netherlands Ukraine United Kingdom
  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: Former Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk has taken over at struggling Hamburg SV with a deal until 2015, the Bundesliga club said on Monday (September 23) as the former European champions seek to lift themselves out of trouble.

    "We are delighted that we won over Bert van Marwijk, a coach with vast experience who has proven his skills many times," Hamburg sports director Oliver Kreuzer said on the club website (www.hsv.de).
    The 61-year-old Van Marwijk, who led the Dutch national team to the 2010 World Cup final where they lost to Spain, succeeds Thorsten Fink, who was sacked last week.
    Van Marwijk, who won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord and also coached Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, takes over with Hamburg in 16th place on four points from six matches.
    Hamburg are the only club in Germany to have played top-flight football every season since the creation of the Bundesliga in 1963 but have struggled in the past three seasons.
    The Dutchman, who will bring in Roel Coumans as his assistant, will take charge of his first training session on Wednesday (September 25) when he will also be officially presented to the media, the club said.
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