Borussia Dortmund appointed Juergen Klopp as its new coach on Friday.
The former Mainz coach replaces Thomas Doll, who quit on Monday after Dortmund finished its worst Bundesliga campaign in 20 years. Klopp's contract runs until June 30, 2010.
He inherits the job of trying to stop the team's long slide since it won the Champions League in 1997.
"It is of course an honor for me to be the coach, to help the club get properly back on track," Klopp said.
Dortmund finished the season in 13th place and with the league's worst defense, which allowed 62 goals in 34 matches. The club did reach the German Cup final, but lost to Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich.
Klopp, 40, left Mainz at the end of the season after narrowly missing out on promotion to the first division. He had been coach there since 2001.
"He stands for constructive, attacking soccer and has proved in Mainz that he can develop a team and also lead it to success after setbacks," Dortmund sports director Michael Zorc said.
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