Dortmund fire Favre after humiliating loss

Borussia Dortmund sacked manager Lucien Favre following a run of poor results, the Bundesliga club announced Sunday.

The decision to sack the 63-year-old was confirmed a day after Dortmund was thrashed 5-1 at home against VfB Stuttgart.

“We are all grateful for Lucien Favre and his excellent work over the past two and a half years, where he and his team finished as runner-up twice,” Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said.

“Beyond any doubt, Lucien Favre is a great professional and person.”

Assistant coach Edin Terzic will take charge on an interim basis until the end of the season.

Terzic previously worked as an assistant under Slaven Bilic at West Ham United before joining Favre’s coaching staff when Dortmund appointed the Swiss manager in 2018.

Favre’s first season in charge saw Dortmund go on a 15-match unbeaten run to open the 2018-19 campaign. Despite their 21-point improvement compared to the season prior, Dortmund failed to end Bayern Munich’s reign as Bundesliga champions.

After finishing just two points behind Bayern, Dortmund regressed the following season and trailed 13 points off the pace as Bayern captured their eighth-consecutive league title.

Dortmund sit fifth in the Bundesliga with 19 points after 11 matches.