LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Former Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand has been hired to lead Bayer Leverkusen as a replacement for Erik ten Hag, the German club said Monday.
Hjulmand has been out of work since leaving the Danish national team following the European Championship in 2024, after four years in charge.
It will be Hjulmand’s second stint in the Bundesliga, after less than a year with Mainz in the 2014-15 season.
FILE – Denmark’s then head coach Kasper Hjulmand applauds supporters ahead of a a round of sixteen match between Germany and Denmark at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)
Leverkusen, which won the Bundesliga in the 2023-24 season after going the entire domestic campaign undefeated, needed a new coach after firing Ten Hag, who had just three games in charge after succeeding Xabi Alonso.
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