Darmstadt Keeps Florian Kohfeldt and Sets Short Window to Reverse Form

Overview

• The club announced on Monday that coach Florian Kohfeldt will remain in charge after a closed presidium meeting and a joint statement from the presidium, sporting director and coach.
• Sporting director Paul Fernie led an open, in-depth review of the team’s poor form and reported his findings to the presidium before the decision to retain Kohfeldt was confirmed.
• Fernie publicly put time- and results-based pressure on the coach, saying the team must deliver the urgently needed points after the international break.
• Darmstadt identified the matches at home to Heidenheim on November 20 and away at Bochum a week later as near-term tests of whether the recovery plan is working.
• The club framed the winter break and possible transfer moves as the next structural step to address squad concerns and determine the long-term coaching outlook.