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Borussia Dortmund have appointed Niko Kovac as their new head coach, the Bundesliga club have announced.
The 53-year-old succeeds Nuri Sahin after the former Dortmund, Real Madrid and Liverpool midfielder was sacked on Jan. 22 with the team struggling in the Bundesliga and out of the German Cup.
Kovac, who had a 19-month spell in charge of Bayern Munich between April 2018 and November 2019, had been out of work since leaving fellow Bundesliga side Wolfsburg in March 2024.
“All those responsible at BVB gave us a very good feeling during the talks, so I am convinced that we can achieve a lot together in the future,” Kovac said in a statement.
“The most vital thing for all of us now is to have absolute determination, a great centre and the will to paint difficult to constitute Borussia Dortmund in the maximum imaginable productive form of the Bundesliga, the Champions League and the Club World Cup in the summer in the summer. .
“We take this challenge with determination and concentration. “
While Dortmund is at the Bundesliga table with seven 19 games, they arrived at the champions channel champions of the Champions League with a 3-1 victory opposed to Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.
Dortmund CEO Lars Ricken told DAZN that Kovac would take over on Sunday after his opposite adjustment to FC Heidenheim on Saturday.
Born in Berlin, Kovac played football for Croatia and led the Croatian national team from 2013 to 2015.