Preußen Münster relies on Thomas Wörle for rebuilding

Preußen Münster is setting a new sporting course after relegation to the 3rd division and is relying on a coach who has already practically managed promotions: Thomas Wörle takes over as head coach, succeeding Alois Schwartz. The club links this personnel decision with a clear but phased plan – not as an immediate assignment, but as a rebuild with a defined sequence.

Objectives for the coming years

The club states the goal openly: Within the next three years, the return to the 2nd Bundesliga should be achieved. At the same time, sporting director Ole Kittner makes it clear in club communications that the first step is crucial: “In the first year after relegation and with a new coach, the priority is to stabilize, implement the coach’s ideas, and become a good team.” The coming year is thus explicitly designed as a transitional year – with the aim of consolidating structures and performance before promotion becomes a measurable expectation.

Experience and profile of Thomas Wörle

Wörle’s profile fits this logic. Most recently, the 44-year-old worked at SSV Ulm, whom he led to the 3rd division in 2023 and a year later to the 2nd division. This step-by-step development is the obvious sporting reference point for Münster: less short-term impulse, more process competence – squad work, clear procedures, stability beyond a single season. Previously, Wörle worked for many years at the top level of women’s football and coached the FC Bayern women from 2010 to 2019.

The first step in the transitional year

In Münster, Wörle does not take over a squad riding a wave of promotion, but a relegated team in a league where consistency and everyday suitability often count more than big names. That’s exactly why the emphasis on the “first step” is more than just a phrase: A transitional year in professional football usually means rebuilding automatisms, adapting the team to the demands of the league, and developing a resilient core – without every short-term fluctuation immediately calling the strategic direction into question.

Medium-term club development

The club also links the sporting plan with the medium-term further development of the club: In the official statement on the coaching decision, the perspective of returning is explicitly mentioned “in parallel with the further development of the club” – including the LVM-Preußenstadion project. This underlines that Münster does not see the restart merely as a coaching issue, but as an overall task in which sporting stabilization, infrastructure, and performance structure are considered together.

Outlook and strategy

In summary, this sends a clear message: Preußen Münster defines promotion as a target image, but links it to a solid build-up. Thomas Wörle is to moderate exactly this path – first stability, then the targeted push for the 2nd division.