Schultz confirmed as new FC Köln head coach
Timo Schultz has been confirmed as the new head coach of FC Köln.
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The 46-year-old most recently coached FC Basel in Switzerland and has also held the reins at 2. Bundesliga side St. Pauli in the past.
"A huge task is waiting for us in the coming days, weeks and months, in order to survive in the Bundesliga," said FC Köln managing director Christian Keller.
"We are really happy that Timo Schultz will be the head coach leading us into that challenge. He has personality and the competence to raise the performance potential of our squad. If we take on everything with complete conviction and all our efforts in every area together with Timo Schultz, then we will stay up."
Timo Schultz commented:
"I am looking forward to this exciting challenge with a fantastic traditional club. We will work a lot in the next few weeks and intensively too, in order to secure the necessary results. FC belong in the Bundesliga. We can stay up, I am 100% convinced of that."
FC Köln face a tough challenge heading into the second half of the season, currently 17th in the table and unable to sign new players due to a transfer ban imposed by FIFA.
