Roger Schmidt sacked by Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen announce the sacking of head coach Roger Schmidt following a 6-2 defeat to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

By Giuseppe Labellarte, Reporter | 05 March 2017

Bayer Leverkusen have sacked head coach Roger Schmidt following a 6-2 defeat at Borussia Dortmund.

The BayArena side have underachieved this season and sit ninth in the Bundesliga - 13 points away from a Champions League spot - after 23 games.

Saturday's heavy loss - their third consecutive defeat in the league - proving the final straw for the club's board.

"Bayer 04 have parted ways with head coach Roger Schmidt with immediate effect," read a statement on the club's official Twitter account.

The 49-year-old took charge of Leverkusen in 2014 after impressing during his time in charge of Red Bull Salzburg, and led them to fourth place in the table in his first season at the club, before going one place better in 2015-16.

Leverkusen will be looking to get their season back on track without Schmidt on Friday when they host Werder Bremen, before striving to overturn a 4-2 Champions League first-leg defeat against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Bayer Leverkusen B. Leverkusen	31	25	6	0	77	22	55	81
2	Bayern Munich Bayern	31	22	3	6	89	38	51	69
3	Stuttgart	31	20	4	7	70	38	32	64
4	RB Leipzig	31	19	5	7	73	35	38	62
5	Borussia Dortmund Dortmund	31	16	9	6	59	39	20	57
6	Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt	31	11	12	8	47	42	5	45
7	Freiburg	31	11	7	13	43	55	-12	40
8	Augsburg	31	10	9	12	48	52	-4	39
9	Hoffenheim	31	11	6	14	55	63	-8	39
10	Werder Bremen	31	10	7	14	41	50	-9	37
11	Heidenheim	30	8	10	12	43	52	-9	34
12	Wolfsburg	31	9	7	15	37	51	-14	34
13	Borussia Monchengladbach Borussia M'bach	30	7	10	13	53	60	-7	31
14	VfL Bochum VfL Bochum	31	6	12	13	37	62	-25	30
15	Union Berlin Union Berlin	30	8	5	17	26	50	-24	29
16	Mainz 05 Mainz	30	5	12	13	31	48	-17	27
17	FC Koln	30	4	10	16	23	53	-30	22
18	SV Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt	30	3	8	19	30	72	-42	17