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Ulm Fires CEO and Coach After Players’ Letter as Schalke Touts €8m Fan Co-op and Cancels Winter Camp

A leaked appeal from Ulm’s captains describing a poisoned atmosphere preceded the dismissals.

Overview

  • SSV Ulm 1846 removed CEO Markus Thiele and head coach Moritz Glasbrenner with immediate effect; assistant Max Kohlenberg also departed.
  • Club leaders confirmed the captains’ letter that called the team environment “poisoned” with trust “destroyed,” following five straight defeats and a 0–5 loss to Hansa Rostock.
  • Ulm sits 18th in the 3. Liga after 14 matches and will announce successors for the executive and coaching roles in the coming days.
  • At Schalke, the new cooperative auf Schalke eG has raised about €8 million from 8,171 members, with management targeting a double‑digit million total next year.
  • Schalke said it will forgo a winter training camp for scheduling reasons, while a spate of injuries and international call‑ups left only about a dozen senior players training as youth prospects filled out the session.