Newly appointed coach Tomislav Stipic of Grasshopper Club Zurich soccer club addresses a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
ZURICH (Reuters) - Grasshoppers, winners of a record 27 Swiss league titles and ever-present in the top flight since 1951, named little-known Tomislav Stipic as coach on Wednesday in a bid to avoid relegation.
Stipic, born in the former Yugoslavia and raised in Germany, replaced Thorsten Fink who was sacked the previous day by Grasshoppers who are bottom of the table.
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