Soccer - Basel appoint Koller a day after Champions League exit


  • Football
  • Thursday, 02 Aug 2018

Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifications - Europe - Austria vs Serbia - Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria - October 6, 2017 Austria coach Marcel Koller REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss club FC Basel appointed former Austria boss Marcel Koller as their new coach on Thursday, a day after their humiliating exit from the Champions League.

Basel, under interim coach Alexander Frei, were thumped 3-0 at home by PAOK on Wednesday in the second leg of their second round qualifier and lost 5-1 on aggregate.

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