The former Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder was only appointed to the Benteler Arena helm in October 2015.
However, a run of 12 winless matches has seen Paderborn drop to the bottom of Bundesliga 2, which has forced the board to act.
The club are yet to make an official comment, but president Wilfried Finke is expected to address the media at a press conference this afternoon.
Restore Data
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Hannover | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | SC PaderbornSC Paderborn | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Fortuna DusseldorfDusseldorf | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Karlsruher SCKarlsruher | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | Elversberg | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Nuremberg | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | FC Koln | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Magdeburg | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | KaiserslauternKaiserslautern | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Hertha Berlin | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | SV Darmstadt 98Darmstadt | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Schalke 04Schalke | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 12 |
| 15 | Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Preussen Munster | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | SSV UlmUlm | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 10 |
| 18 | Jahn RegensburgJahn | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 32 | -27 | 7 |
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