BSP-21 Basel unveil Koller after Champions League exit

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Basel unveil Koller after Champions League exit

GENEVA, Aug 2, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Basel reacted to their shock elimination
from Champions League qualifying by naming ex-Austria coach Marcel Koller as
their new manager on Thursday.

The 57-year-old Swiss national, who will be assisted by Thomas Janeschitz
and Carlos Bernegger, takes the reins just a day after Basel suffered a 3-0
home defeat by PAOK to go out 5-1 on aggregate in the second qualifying round
of the Champions League.

Koller was Austria’s head coach from November 2011 to October 2017,
leading them from 72nd in the FIFA standings into the top 10 and Euro 2016 in
France. But the team failed to qualify for this year’s World Cup in Russia.

He has also led Saint-Gallen (1999/2000) and Grasshopper (2002/3) in the
Swiss league, as well as FC Cologne and VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga.

BSS/AFP/RY/1855 hrs