Struggling Wolfsburg sack Magath

BERLIN – Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath has been dismissed by the Bundesliga club, Germany’s Bild newspaper said on Thursday.

Thursday, October 25, 2012
Felix Magath.

BERLIN – Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath has been dismissed by the Bundesliga club, Germany’s Bild newspaper said on Thursday.There was no immediate confirmation from the club. A regular news conference was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.According to Bild, Magath has been dismissed from his positions as coach, manager and chief executive.Reserve team coach Lorenz-Guenther Koestner has been put in charge ahead of the visit Saturday to Fortuna Dusseldorf. Wolfsburg are bottom of the league on five points.