New Delhi, March 9 -- Dieter Hecking is returning to Wolfsburg as the Volkswagen-backed club's third coach of the season to try to save it from Bundesliga relegation.

The 61-year-old Hecking's return on Sunday - after 10 years away - comes after Wolfsburg fired Daniel Bauer as coach, as well as Peter Christiansen, its managing director for sport. Their dismissals came after Wolfsburg's 2-1 defeat at home to Hamburger SV on Saturday stretched the team's winless run to eight games and prompted an on-field melee and angry reactions from fans.

Wolfsburg is second-last in the 18-team division in an automatic relegation spot, four points from safety with nine rounds of the league remaining.

"Dieter Hecking brings exactly the experience we ne...