Steffi Jones: Germany sack women's head coach after SheBelieves Cup disappointment

Germany's 3-0 defeat to France at the SheBelieves Cup was also their heaviest in almost eight years

Germany have sacked their women's national team head coach Steffi Jones and appointed ex-international striker Horst Hrubesch as interim coach.

Jones, 45, departs after her side finished last in the recent SheBelieves Cup without winning a match.

Germany also did not make it past the quarter-finals at last year's Women's European Championships, a tournament they have won eight times.

"The team needed a new direction," said German FA president Reinhard Grindel.

Hrubesch a European champion in 1980 and World Cup runner-up in 1982 as a player with Germany, led the men's Under-21 team to a European title in 2009, while they won the silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

The 66-year-old will take charge for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Slovenia in April.

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"I have been following women's football for years and was at last year's Euro as well," Hrubesch said in a statement. "I am very happy to help out at this stage."

Jones, a dual German-United States citizen who played 111 times for Germany as a defender, replaced Silvia Neid in 2016, after Neid had won the Women's World Cup in 2007 and two European Championships in 2009 and 2013.