Bochum, bottom of the Bundesliga, have turned to experienced coach Dieter Hecking to save their season.

Bochum have just one point from their first nine games and lost 7-2 against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Hecking arrived on Monday with a contract through to the end of the season. He immediately faces a tough task, against champion Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.

The 60-year-old Hecking won the German Cup with Wolfsburg in 2015 but hasn't coached in the Bundesliga since leaving Borussia Moenchengladbach in 2019, though he had stints with two second-tier teams.

Bochum started the season with Peter Zeidler in charge but fired him last month. Interim coaches Markus Feldhoff and Murat Ural jointly oversaw subsequent losses to Bayern Munich and Frankfurt.