Overview
- Argirios Giannikis takes charge with immediate effect, becoming Saarbrücken’s third coach of the season after Alois Schwartz and the suspended Jürgen Luginger.
- His first match is scheduled for Saturday at home to VfB Stuttgart II, with 15 league fixtures remaining to secure survival.
- Jürgen Luginger, in post since late November, earned four points in eight games and has been placed on leave pending further talks, according to supervisory board chair Daniel Hager.
- Markus Thiele is introduced as full-time sporting director as part of a January-approved plan to install three executive board members, with finance/strategy and marketing/sales to follow.
- The team is 16th with 24 points from 23 matches and winless in 16 league games, as Giannikis targets safety and Thiele emphasizes clearer structures and decisive squad planning.