Bundesliga - Klopp replaces Doll at Dortmund

Eurosport - Fri, 23 May 11:24:00 2008

Borussia Dortmund have installed Juergen Klopp as coach following Thomas Doll's resignation at the end of the season.

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Klopp spent 18 years as a player and coach at second division Mainz but left the post at the end of the last campaign after the club failed to win promotion to the Bundesliga.

The 40-year-old will take charge of the 1997 Champions League winners until June 2010.

Dortmund, the only Bundesliga club listed on the stock exchange, finished 13th in the league last season but qualified for the UEFA Cup by reaching the German Cup final.

Although they were beaten by Bayern Munich, the Bavarian Bundesliga winners had already qualified for the Champions League allowing Dortmund to take a UEFA Cup berth.

Reuters