{"id":580140,"date":"2026-05-12T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/580140\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:52:11","slug":"daniel-stendel-barnsley-reappoint-german-as-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/580140\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Stendel: Barnsley reappoint German as head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Daniel’s return is about results on the pitch and identity,” chairman Neerav Parekh told the club website., external<\/a> <\/p>\n

“During his first spell, the club stood for high-intensity football, belief in young players and a team that supporters could fully connect with.<\/p>\n

“That season produced outstanding performances, an unbeaten home league campaign and a group of young players who grew together and went on to reach the highest levels of the game.<\/p>\n

“We want to re-establish that same connection between the fans, the town and the football club – a Barnsley side that plays with energy, bravery and pride.”<\/p>\n

Stendel’s contract at Oakwell contains an option for a third year.<\/p>\n

“This is a place that means a great deal to me and I’m really looking forward to reconnecting with old friends, while also getting to know new faces around the club and in the town,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I can’t wait to get back to work and start this next chapter together.”<\/p>\n

Barnsley were relegated from the Championship in 2022 and reached the League One play-offs in each of the following two seasons, losing the 2023 final at Wembley to Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Former captain Hourihane took over as manager in March 2025 but never had them in contention to compete for a top-six spot in 2025-26 and the club confirmed he would be leaving at the end of the season when there were four games to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Daniel’s return is about results on the pitch and identity,” chairman Neerav Parekh told the club website., external…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-580140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}