FC Red Bull Salzburg are parting ways with Pepijn Lijnders, as he has been released by the club today. Assistant coach Vitor Matos is also leaving our Red Bulls.

During the six months under Pepijn Lijnders, our qualification for the UEFA Champions League was a plus. After the successful start to the season, there have been many unsatisfactory performances, however, which have led to FC Red Bull Salzburg being ten points off the top of the ADMIRAL Bundesliga.

Stephan Reiter, CEO and Rouven Schröder, Managing Director of Sport, said in a joint statement:

We began recently to analyse, as planned, what has unfortunately not been a satisfactory season so far. It was clear to see that in many of our matches we have been far short of our own requirements and aims. We have therefore become convinced that our team needs a new impulse under new management, even if we continued to hope for a turnaround until the end. We would like to thank Pep for his work. He put a lot of effort and passion into it and has provided important momentum for our further development.

We are now very intensively looking for a new coach and will communicate as soon as a decision is made. We clearly want to start training again on 3 January 2025 with our new coach in place.

FC Red Bull Salzburg and Pepijn Lijnders part ways