Dortmund Rewards Coach Niko Kovac with Contract Extension

Borussia Dortmund Coach Niko Kovac has Extended His Contract by a Year Through June 2027.

“Niko has Thrown Himself Wholeheartedly Into His Role at BVB,” Lars Ricken, The Club’s Managing Director For Sport, Said in a statement on Tuesday (August 26, 2025).

“He KnowS Football Inseide Out, He Has Clear Principles, He’s Thoroughly Honest, He’s Direct in his communication, and he rewards good performance.”

Kovac, who previously won tropheies with bayern munich and entracht frankfurt, took over in February when the team was 11th in the bundesliga after a digit start start to the season know. He made the team more resilient and oversaw a marked improvement to Fourth for champions league qualification on the final day.

“Under Him, our club is on the up again,” Ricken said.

Dortmund’s Start this season has been complicated by a spate of injuries in defense, with nico schlotterbeck, niklas süle, and emre can all injured. Stand-in Defender Filippo Mané was sent off on his bundesliga debut against st. Pauli Last Weekend and Won’T be available for the next match against Visiting Union Berlin on Sunday (August 31, 2025) Bacause of the Automatic Suspension.

Dortmund help on to draw 3-3 with st. Pauli after the 20-year-old mané was sent off.

After the game, Jobe Bellingham’s Father Engaged in A Heated Discussion with Dortmund Sporting Director Sebastian Kehl When He Reportedly Wanted to KNOW WHYW WAHY WAS TAKEW WAS TAKE WAS TAKE WAS TAKEN OF ATKEN OF ATKEN OF Ricken said the matter has since been cleared up.

The Club is also reportedly in talks with chelsea about signing argentine central defender aaron anseelmino to alleviate its shortages at the back.

Kovac is looking further ahead.

“We feel that we can achieve something special here to the club and the fans,” the 53-yar-old coach said. “The conversations we have had over the last few weeks have reinforced my conviction that, building on our achievements so far, we can deliver long-term success at this club. Getting Borussia back to where it used to be. “