Schalke 04 represents new coach Miron Muslic: a fresh start with co-trainers!

Schalke 04 represents new coach Miron Muslic: a fresh start with co-trainers!

Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland - Miron Muslic was officially presented as the new head coach of Schalke 04. The Austrian native was most recently coach of Plymouth Argyle, where he started the challenge in 2025 to save the club that was in the last place. Muslic managed to remain undefeated in 12 out of 21 games and only missed the relegation by three points. He also provided a surprise coup by threw FC Liverpool out of the competition in the FA Cup.

With the commitment of Muslic, FC Schalke 04 takes a strategic step to get out of the current sporting and financial imbalance. Schalke is aware of the challenges associated with the transfer for Muslic and the severance payment for the former coach Kees van Wonderen. It is reported that the coaching costs are classified as very high, which puts the sporting management under pressure to achieve success.

team structure and assistant trainer

Muslic has recognized how important a stable team structure is for the success of a club. So he decided to bring his own assistant coach. His wish is to work with Eddie Lattimore and Adin Osmanbasic from Plymouth. However, Tim Hoogland, Sidney Sam and Stephan Loboue are also under contract as assistant coach at Schalke. It is believed that Hoogland is expected to remain part of the coaching team.

Frank Baumann, who is Sport at Schalke 04 from June 1st, emphasizes the specialist and mediation competence and the leadership quality of Muslics. Youri Mulder, director of professional football, sees Muslic as an important contact in the club's performance center.

successes and qualifications

Miron Muslic is the owner of the UEFA-Pro license and showed considerable achievements at the Belgian Association of Cercle Bruges. In the 20222/2023 season, he led the team from the penultimate place to eighth place in the league and ensured that Cercle Bruges entered the UEFA Conference League group phase in 2023. The following year he even finished the regular season in fifth place.

his previous career began Muslic as an active player in Austria at SV Ried and SV Wörgl. These experiences shape his view of training and dealing with players to this day. Muslic thanks Plymouth Argyle for the opportunity to have talks with Schalke 04 and has already developed concrete plans for the collaboration.

In view of the overall high coaching change quota in the German Bundesliga-which has recorded a total of around 300 coaches since the 1963/1964 season, Muslic will have to take the challenge of leading Schalke 04 back into the upper table regions and thus offering a positive perspective for club supporters. Football, especially in the league, is a game with high operations and the pressure to provide immediate results will be noticeable. Further information on trainer changes can be found on the Statista.

It remains to be seen how Miron Muslic and his newly formed coaching team will deal with the situation around Schalke 04. The coming months will be decisive for whether the traditional club from Gelsenkirchen can strengthen its brand in German football again.

For more information about Muslics obligation and the current developments at FC Schalke 04, the reports from Laola1 and Schalke04.de . In addition, Statista Valuable data on coaching changes in the league.