That’s how long the final losers in the NL stayed in office

Only Tangnes defies the runner-up curse

That’s how long the final losers in the NL stayed in office

With Rikard Grönborg, the runner-up coach gets it – the Swede is released at ZSC. The same happened to his predecessors in their first season after the bankruptcy in the final, as statistics show.

Runner-up coaches don’t have it easy in the National League. As statistics show, the coaches of a final loser have been fired after around eleven and a half months on average since 2011 – with the exception of Dan Tangnes (43), who became runner-up in 2019 and is still in office with Zug.

The youngest victim of dismissal is Rikard Grönborg (54), who has to pack his bags at ZSC after three and a half years. Seven months have passed since the final bankruptcy in May against Zug. In the past eleven years, only Patrick Emond (57) had to go as runner-up at Servette.