New sports director Rouven Schröder: Borussia Mönchengladbach on the rise?

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Rouven Schröder becomes Borussia Mönchengladbach's sports director. He should lead the team out of the Bundesliga crisis.

Rouven Schröder wird Sportchef von Borussia Mönchengladbach. Er soll das Team aus der Bundesliga-Krise führen.
Rouven Schröder becomes Borussia Mönchengladbach's sports director. He should lead the team out of the Bundesliga crisis.

New sports director Rouven Schröder: Borussia Mönchengladbach on the rise?

A new wind is blowing at Borussia Mönchengladbach: Rouven Schröder has been officially introduced as the club's new sports director after Roland Virkus resigned. The native German, who previously worked as sports director at RB Salzburg, emphasized in his inaugural press conference that it was something very special for him to take on this challenge. “It’s important to me to work here,” he said.

Schröder is immediately challenged: Borussia Mönchengladbach is in second-to-last place in the Bundesliga and has not yet won a game this season. The pressure on the new leadership duo is enormous because the team's defense has proven to be vulnerable while the offense is weak. In a clear statement, Schröder made it clear that players who do not want to be in the team have the opportunity to change. “The team has to work and everyone has to pull together,” said the new sports director.

The new trainer and the challenge

A central part of Schröder's plan is Eugen Polanski, whom he has confirmed as the new coach. Schröder expressed himself positively about Polanski and sees him as an important partner in bringing stability into the game. “We now have to quickly gain distance from the relegation places,” he made clear as his primary goal.

Managing Director Dr. Stefan Stegemann has already signaled his support for Schröder and highlighted his communicative skills and experience. Schröder has already had numerous positions in his career, including as director of professional football and scouting at Werder Bremen and as sports director at 1. FSV Mainz 05 and later at FC Schalke 04, where he led the club back to the Bundesliga

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A look at the coaching changes in the Bundesliga

The situation at Borussia Mönchengladbach sheds light on the coaching changes in the Bundesliga. Statistics show that the number of coaching changes in the league from 1990 to 2025 reveals that many clubs have fallen on turbulent times. The exploding number of changes often makes it difficult for clubs to achieve the stability they need for positive development. On transfermarkt.com There are clear statistics that list the clubs with the most coaching changes in their league history.

In Mönchengladbach, a new network of relationships could be established in order to get out of the current crisis. Schröder has made it his mission to pursue a realistic but also ambitious strategy that should get the club on track. The coming weeks will show whether this plan bears fruit.