1. FC Saarbrücken welcomes Rot-Weiss Essen on Saturday. There are no plans for a new coach to be on the sidelines for FCS at that time. More likely from January 1, 2026. So now it’s official: 1. FC Saarbrücken parted ways with head coach Alois Schwartz on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. The Saarland club is lagging behind its expectations of promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. Saarbrücken has 20 points to its name. League leaders FC Energie Cottbus have 29 points. On Saturday, November 29, at 2 p.m., Rot-Weiss Essen (26 points) will visit Ludwigspark.
The eighth game in a row without a win was apparently one too many for 1. FC Saarbrücken. Schwartz, like assistant coach Dimitrios Moutas, has to pack his bags. Sports director Jürgen Luginger will take over, supported by NLZ director Karsten Specht, until the winter break. A new coach could then arrive in January. Forecasting reported.
According to Forecasting information, FCS boss Hartmut Ostermann (74) has been considering Sascha Hildmann for some time. Hildmann recently turned down league rivals Alemannia Aachen. It is quite possible that Hildmann is hoping for a second division club. After all, he has done a great job as coach of SC Preußen Münster in recent years, leading the Eagles from the regional league to the 2nd Bundesliga.
Hope for 1. FC Saarbrücken: The 53-year-old also took over as coach at Preußen Münster in January 2020, when the club was in a relegation spot in the 3. Liga. After failing to prevent relegation to the fourth division, he took responsibility and helped realign the club in the Regionalliga. Under his leadership, the club returned to the third-highest German league in the summer of 2023 and finally made its way into the 2nd Bundesliga. The Palatinate native stood on the sidelines in 219 competitive games, achieving an average of 1.85 points per game, and is the record coach of the Eagles with more than five years in office. On April 27, 2025, he was relieved of his duties at Hammer Straße in Münster. He may then join 1. FC Saarbrücken in January 2026.
