Union Berlin make Bundesliga history by appointing female assistant coach

Marie-Louise Eta won the Champions League as a player.

HISTORY: Marie-Louise Eta. Pic: Christof Koepsel/Getty Images for DFB

Union Berlin have become the first club in Bundesliga history to appoint a woman as assistant coach, after the sacking of Urs Fischer as manager.

Fischer lost his job after a losing run of nine games that has rooted Union to the bottom of Germany’s top flight – quite a collapse for a side that finished fourth last season and subsequently qualified for the Champions League.