Pep Lijnders sacked as Red Bull Salzburg boss

FC Red Bull Salzburg have announced that they are parting ways with Pep Lijnders, who has been released by the club today.

Assistant coach Vitor Matos is also leaving the Red Bulls.

Lijnders’ six-month tenure included the notable achievement of securing UEFA Champions League qualification.

However, despite a promising start to the season, a series of unsatisfactory performances has left the team 10 points adrift of the top of the ADMIRAL Bundesliga.

In a joint statement, CEO Stephan Reiter and Managing Director of Sport Rouven Schröder said: “We began recently to analyse, as planned, what has unfortunately not been a satisfactory season so far.

“It was clear to see that in many of our matches we have been far short of our own requirements and aims.

“We have therefore become convinced that our team needs a new impulse under new management, even if we continued to hope for a turnaround until the end.

“We would like to thank Pep for his work. He put a lot of effort and passion into it and has provided important momentum for our further development.

“We are now very intensively looking for a new coach and will communicate as soon as a decision is made.

“We clearly want to start training again on 3 January 2025 with our new coach in place.”

Pep Lijnders and Matos are among several members of the backroom staff who departed Liverpool alongside Jurgen Klopp last season.

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