Bayer Leverkusen unveil Kasper Hjulmand as new manager | OneFootball

A week after dismissing the Dutchman Erik ten Hag, Bayer Leverkusen announced this Monday that Kasper Hjulmand is their new coach. The 53-year-old Dane signed with the club until June 2027.

He will face the challenging task of rebuilding Leverkusen after the departure of several players who were part of the team that won the Bundesliga and the German Cup in the 2023/2024 season.

This was the task for which Ten Hag was hired in June, following Xabi Alonso's move to Real Madrid, but his tenure lasted only three games, with a victory in the first round of the German Cup and a draw and a loss in the first two rounds of the Bundesliga.

Hjulmand will debut next Friday against Eintracht Frankfurt, one of the three teams (along with Cologne and Bayern Munich) that have accumulated six points at the start of the championship.

His last job was leading the Danish national team, which he managed from 2020 to 2024, during which his best result was reaching the semifinals of the Euro 2021.

This will be Hjulmand's second experience in German football, after a stint between 2014 and 2015 with Mainz, from which he was dismissed due to poor results after 21 rounds.

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