Sheffield Wednesday have appointed German coach Danny Rohl as their new manager, with the 34-year-old becoming the youngest boss in the EFL.
The Championship club, who were promoted last season, sacked Xisco Munoz last week after he failed to win any of his 10 league games in charge.
Rohl has taken his first managerial role having worked as an assistant at RB Leipzig, Southampton, Bayern Munich and with the German national team.
Sheffield Wednesday are bottom of the Championship with three points from 11 games. U21s boss Neil Thompson took charge of last Saturday’s 0-0 home draw against Huddersfield.
Rohl becomes the youngest manager in the EFL, being seven months younger than Bradford City caretaker Kevin McDonald, and Wednesday’s 11th permanent boss in the last 12 years.
The German moved into coaching at RB Leipzig after his lower-league playing career was plagued by injury. He eventually moved into the first-team set-up under Ralph Hasenhuttl and then followed him to Southampton.
Rohl departed in 2019 for Bayern Munich where he worked under Hansi Flick and then Niko Kovac before joining Flick with the German national team.
Rohl (left) worked as an assistant manager for the German national team at the 2022 World Cup under Hansi Flick (right)
Flick was sacked in September following a 4-1 thrashing against Japan and Rohl was also dismissed.
Wednesday saw manager Darren Moore leave the club in the summer following their promotion to the Championship.
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Sheffield Wednesday fixtures
October 21: Watford vs Sheffield Wednesday – kick-off 3pm
October 25: Plymouth Argyle vs Sheffield Wednesday, live on Sky Sports Football Red Button – kick-off 7.45pm
October 29: Sheffield Wednesday vs Rotherham United – kick-off 1pm
November 4: Bristol City vs Sheffield Wednesday – kick-off 3pm
November 11: Sheffield Wednesday vs Millwall – kick-off 3pm
November 25: Birmingham City vs Sheffield Wednesday – kick-off 3pm
