MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany — Borussia Mönchengladbach sports director Roland Virkus has resigned after the team’s poor start to the Bundesliga season.

Gladbach, last in the division after five rounds, said Tuesday that its presidential and supervisory boards released Virkus from his duties at his own request.

He follows the coach, Gerardo Seoane, who was fired earlier this month after just three league games because the team’s winless streak in the Bundesliga had extended to 10 games going back to April.

The record is now 12 league games without a victory after a promising 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen under interim coach Eugen Polanski was followed by last weekend’s 6-4 loss at home to Eintracht Frankfurt, when the team conceded six goals before responding.

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