Borussia Dortmund announces former Ajax coach Peter Bosz as team's new boss

June 9, 2017

On Tuesday, German football club Borussia Dortmund (BVB) announced Peter Bosz as their new head coach. Bosz, who spent one season with the Dutch runners-up Ajax, was to sign a two-year deal with the DFB Pokal winners BVB which runs through June 2019. Ajax's assistant coach Hendrie Krüzen also was to leave the Dutch side for Dortmund.

The 53-year-old Dutch manager led the the Dutch capital club to a second place finish in the Dutch league Eredivisie, finishing just one point below and won a silver medal in the UEFA Europa League, losing 2–0 against Manchester United.

Bosz's predecessor led Dortmund to the DFB Pokal victory, third place finish in Bundesliga the last season and a qualification to next season's Champions League group stage. Two years ago, Tuchel succeded Jürgen Klopp and his side remained unbeaten in the home games. On May 30, days after winning his first trophy with Borussia Dortmund, the club announced Tuchel was sacked with immediate effect via their official website. "'Unfortunately we couldn't see a basis for continued work together built on trust with a successful outlook in the current personnel constellation.", the CEO said.

Edwin van der Sar, Ajax's General Manager said,

Under former coach Thomas Tuchel, Borussia Dortmund's key players, and Dortmund then-captain Mats Hummels left  last season, but signed , ,  and.

This season, Dortmund signed Ömer Toprak, Mahmoud Dahoud, Dan-Axel Zagadou and Maximilian Philipp.