Soccer-Dortmund name Tuchel as Klopp's successor

BERLIN, April 19 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund have named Thomas Tuchel to succeed Juergen Klopp as their manager on a three-year-deal, the Bundesliga club said on Sunday. Tuchel, who managed Mainz for five seasons between 2009 and 2014, will take up the post from July 1 after Klopp announced on Wednesday that he would be ending his seven-year tenure at the club. "Eight-times German champions Borussia Dortmund have appointed Thomas Tuchel as their new head coach from 1 July 2015, with the 41-year-old putting pen to paper on a three-year contract," Dortmund said on their website (www.bvb.de). Bundesliga champions in 2011 and 2012 Dortmund, who also finished runners-up in the 2013 Champions League, have struggled this season and sit eighth in the standings after a brief spell at the bottom. (Reporting by Tom Hayward, editing by Ed Osmond)