Union Berlin part ways with head coach Baumgart & make history by appointing female interim

[p]According to the managing director of men's professional football, Horst Heldt, who was quoted on the club's website, this was the result of an [b]"absolutely disappointing second half of the season."[/b][/p][p]"[b]We urgently need points to secure our place in the league[/b]," Heldt stated as the club's objective. He no longer believes that a "turnaround can be achieved with the current set-up."[/p][embed guid="8eae6049-3021-44b0-8f90-7203cd137b0f" url="https://x.com/fcunion_en/status/2043085009612054978" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Marie Louise Eta makes history [/h2][p]For the time being, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bagehorn-eta-marie-louise/zslGQ9rU/"]Marie Louise Eta[/a] will take charge on the sidelines. She currently coaches the U19s and will lead the women's team starting this summer.[/p][p]"I'm pleased that Marie Louise Eta has agreed to take on this role on an interim basis," said Heldt.[/p][p][b]Eta becomes the first-ever female head coach in a men's top-flight European league, albeit on an interim basis.[/b][/p][embed guid="aab4bd29-9af8-498a-a0c8-eab59ec4d5e5" url="https://x.com/fcunion_en/status/2043087045413749237" social-type="twitter" /][p]Eta herself is confident about staying in the league: "[b]I'm grateful that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. [/b][/p][p][b]"One of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/union-berlin/pzHW4oaE/"]Union[/a]'s strengths has always been to come together and pool all our resources in tough situations. And of course, I firmly believe that we will pick up the crucial points with this team[/b]."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baumgart-steffen/EDRZkDzS/"]Baumgart[/a] returned to Berlin in January 2025 - the former striker played for the Eisernen from 2002 to 2004.[/p][p]After the first half of the season, Union was ninth in the table with 23 points, but since the winter restart, Baumgart's team managed to collect only nine more points.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/germany/bundesliga/"]Follow the Bundesliga with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]