Overview
- The club announced on Instagram that head coach Kevin Rodewald was relieved of his duties with immediate effect despite a March 10 plan for a season-end split.
- President Uwe Stark issued the statement thanking Rodewald for his work and confirming the swift change on the bench.
- Karsten Oswald, 50, formerly of VFC Plauen and a past player for Dynamo Dresden and Chemnitzer FC, is slated to take charge immediately according to local reporting.
- Eilenburg has nine league matches remaining and sits eight points from the safety line in the Regionalliga standings.
- Oswald is expected to debut on Sunday away at last-place Hertha Zehlendorf at Berlin’s Stadion Lichterfelde, and BILD reports the entire staff and manager Stephan Hofmann also departed.