Germany coach Loew to stay on until 2012

Germany coach Joachim Loew has agreed to stay on until 2012 and guide the team through the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, the German football federation (DFB) said yesterday. Loew, who took over from Juergen Klinsmann after the 2006 World Cup in...

Germany coach Joachim Loew has agreed to stay on until 2012 and guide the team through the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, the German football federation (DFB) said yesterday.

Loew, who took over from Juergen Klinsmann after the 2006 World Cup in Germany, steered his team to the Euro 2008 final where they lost to Spain. Germany also qualified top of their group for next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.

"We are in agreement that we want to continue together with the national team," said DFB president Theo Zwanziger.

"We had a talk on Tuesday and per handshake agreed to extend the contract until after the 2012 European championships."

Zwanziger said the new deal would be signed in January.

Team manager Oliver Bierhoff, assistant Hans-Dieter Elick, goalkeeping coach Andreas Koepke and chief scout Urs Siegenthaler will also stay on.

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