Feldhoff and Ural to coach lowly Bochum 'for the time being'

Bundesliga bottom club Bochum on Monday announced Markus Feldhoff and Murat Ural as coaches "for the time being" after Peter Zeidler had to go.

Feldhoff and Ural are assistant coaches at the club and will start on Tuesday, Bochum said.

They are tasked with leading the team through a difficult schedule over the coming weeks.

Bochum play leaders Bayern Munich on Sunday, and then Eintracht Frankfurt and champions Bayer Leverkusen before the next international break in November.

Bochum did not explicitly name them caretakers but the could buy the club time to find a permanent solution, or they could possibly impress themselves for a longer engagement.

Former Schalke coach Andre Breitenreiter, last in charge at England's Huddersfield, has been mentioned as a possible permanent coach.

Zeidler, 62, arrived in summer but did not manage a victory in his eight games. Bochum lost six of their seven Bundesliga matches and drew the other, and went out in the German Cup.

"There is a lack of conviction that VfL can achieve the goal of staying in the league with the current set-up," a club statement on Sunday said.

"Despite many discussions and endeavours in recent weeks, we have not succeeded in achieving significant improvements in sporting terms or in the league table."