Hanover sack Korkut after 13 games without win

Tayfun Korkut was sacked as Hanover 96 coach on Monday after their 4-0 hammering at Bayer Leverkusen left them 13 Bundesliga games without a win and threatened with relegation.

The 41-year-old was fired after 16 months in charge and with his team 15th in the table, but just two points from the relegation places following Saturday`s woeful display at Leverkusen.

Hanover have yet to announce who will replace him on the bench for Saturday`s Bundesliga home clash at mid-table Hoffenheim.

Korkut is the eighth coach to be dismissed in the Bundesliga this season after Mirko Slomko, then Joe Zinnbauer were sacked at Hamburg, Werder Bremen`s Robin Dutt, Jens Keller of Schalke 04, Stuttgart`s Armin Veh, Kasper Hjulmand at Mainz and Jos Luhukay from Hertha Berlin.