Magdeburg is losing trust
Second division team fires coach after test match embarrassment
October 12, 2025, 11:24 p.m
It’s an unusual step: On Tuesday, second division soccer team 1. FC Magdeburg expressed their confidence in their coach Markus Fiedler, but a few days later he was fired. What has changed since then? The bottom of the table embarrassed themselves in a test match.
Just a few days after the vote of confidence, second division soccer team 1. FC Magdeburg separated from coach Markus Fiedler. The 6-0 defeat in the test match against league rivals Eintracht Braunschweig caused the belief in the trainer, who had only been brought in in the summer, to collapse. On Tuesday, sports director Otmar Schork stood by Fiedler even after six league defeats in a row.
“We have come to the decision that the team no longer has any trust in Markus and no hope of a turnaround,” said the sports director in a press release. We are currently “in discussions to find the right trainer for the FCM”. In addition to Fiedler, assistant coaches Andreas Schumacher and Saban Uzun will also be relieved of their duties.
Petrik Sander and Pascal Ibold, coaches of the U23s of 1. FC Magdeburg, are to take over the first team on an interim basis and prepare them for the away game in Darmstadt. Sander has already gained experience in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga as a coach for Energie Cottbus and TuS Koblenz. The FCM, which fought for promotion to the first division with Christian Titz in the previous season, has the weakest defense in the league with 19 goals conceded and has recently remained without a goal in four games in a row.
