Ligue 1: Coach Laurey leaves Strasbourg after five years in charge

STRASBOURG (France): Strasbourg announced on Monday that coach

Thierry Laurey

will leave a day after he kept the club in Ligue 1. Laurey, 57, was appointed in 2016 and took the club from

Alsace

into the top-flight as well as to a

French League Cup

triumph two years ago.


Strasbourg drew at home with one of the teams immediately below them, Lorient, to ensure they did not slip into the relegation play-off spot.

"A cycle has come to an end. With Thierry we lived a beautiful experience, with powerful moments and more difficult periods," Strasbourg president

Marc Keller

said in a statement.

"We wish him all possible success for the new challenges that await him," he added.

Five other Ligue 1 coaches also left their jobs at the end of the campaign: Stephane Moulin at Angers, Rudi Garcia at Lyon, Michel Der Zakarian at Montpellier, Adrian Ursea at Nice and David Guion at Reims.

According to reports Lyon and Nice are interested in

Christophe Galtier

who led Lille to the league title.