Labbadia takes the helm at "Stuttgart" © EuroFootball.com

The club pursued by failures is leaving his duties the dismissed head coach Jens Keller.

Having worked as a strategist for only two months, he was unable to lead the team to victories - the 2007 country champions currently hold the second to last 17th place in the standings.

Replacing the 40-year-old Keller, who took over from Christain Gross in mid-October, is the four-year-older Bruno Labbadia at the helm of Stuttgart.

The new coach has signed a contract that will run until the end of the season. He has been without a job since April, when his services were rejected by Hamburg.