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Bundesliga taillight FC Schalke 04 has parted ways with coach Christian Gross and sports director Jochen Schneider.

According to Sport1 and Sky, the Gelsenkircheners, who are threatened with relegation, reacted on Sunday after the 1: 5 at VfB Stuttgart the day before, which reduced the club's chances of staying in the class to a minimum.

Team manager Sascha Riether and head of athletics and fitness Werner Leuthard also have to leave.

There was initially no confirmation from the association.

Even before the game, media reports had caused unrest, according to which some players at Schneider should have urged the replacement of the Swiss football teacher.

Schneider had initially refused.

Gross ruled out resignation after the bankruptcy in Stuttgart.

The 66-year-old was introduced as the fourth Schalke coach this season shortly after Christmas.

Already after the second game day, the Royal Blues parted ways with David Wagner.

Manuel Baum could not stop the Schalke crash either and was replaced by Huub Stevens' interim solution in December before Gross took over.

Gross took the only win of the season

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This also turned out to be a mistake by Schneider, who had recently been repeatedly criticized for his personnel policy.

It was already clear that Schneider should vacate his post by the end of the season at the latest.

The Gross he brought in was able to prevent the Schalke team from breaking Tasmania Berlin's negative Bundesliga record with 31 games in a row with a 4-0 win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at the beginning of January.

But after that, Gross didn't succeed much with the team either.

At the beginning of February, Schalke was eliminated from the DFB Cup in Wolfsburg.

With only nine points from 23 games, the Royal Blues are already nine points behind the relegation place 16. Eight of the eleven competitive games in Gross' short term in office were lost by Schalke, besides the win against Hoffenheim only two draws.

After the 0: 4 in the Revierderby against Borussia Dortmund a week ago, according to media reports, several players complained about Gross' work and asked Schneider to be expelled.

A club spokesman denied these reports.

After the next low blow in Stuttgart, Schalke probably parted from both.