Bochum (dpa / lnw) - Bundesliga soccer club VfL Bochum has to look for a new sports manager. As the club announced on Thursday, Sebastian Schindzielorz, who is associated with VfL Wolfsburg, will not extend his contract, which expires at the end of the year. Ilja Kaenzig, commercial director and spokesman for the management, has extended his contract. Head coach Thomas Reis should also stay.
"We very much regret that Sebastian Schindzielorz has decided to leave VfL when his contract expires. He is working flat out on the composition of the new team for the coming season. We will coordinate with the responsible committees how the VfL Bochum at the sporting management level in the future," said Hans-Peter Villis, CEO of VfL Bochum.
The 43-year-old Schindzielorz, who played for Bochum in his youth, took over his position at the then second division team from Christian Hochstätter at the beginning of 2018. Despite modest financial resources, the club managed to return to the Bundesliga under him, where it was 13th in the table. the class whereabouts. Schindzielorz, who is associated with Bundesliga competitor Wolfsburg, also emphasized that he wanted to continue working for VfL Bochum until the club found a successor.
"I took my time to think about the decision not to extend my contract with VfL Bochum, agreed it with my family and informed Hans-Peter Villis. In the past few years we've managed to play as a good team again throughout the club and to lead VfL Bochum into the Bundesliga." The ex-professional assured that "I had no contract talks with other clubs and that I was not tied to a new club. A change therefore played no role in the decision."
Meanwhile, successful coach Thomas Reis, who led Bochum to the Bundesliga together with Schindzielorz, is set to extend his contract, which expires in 2023. "Thomas Reis will fulfill his contract. We want to continue working with him and will do everything we can to extend it beyond 2023," said Villis.
