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Coach Markus Gisdol replaces Labbadia at strugglers Hamburg

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(FILES) This file photo taken on August 15, 2015 shows then Hoffenheim's head coach Markus Gisdol during the German first division Bundesliga football match Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Leverkusen, western Germany, on August 15, 2015. Markus Gisdol is new head coach at the German first division Bundesliga football club Hamburg SV after Bruno Labbadia was fired on September 25, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / SASCHA SCHUERMANN

Struggling Hamburg SV have appointed Markus Gisdol as their new coach, hours after sacking Bruno Labbadia in the wake of a fourth straight Bundesliga defeat.

Gisdol, who formerly coached Hoffenheim and was briefly an assistant at Schalke 04, signed a contract until the end of the season.

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