Urawa Reds have terminated the contract of Serbian manager Mihailo Petrovic following a poor run of results, the J. League first-division club said Sunday.

The announcement comes a day after the 2007 Asian champions slumped to a 2-0 defeat away to lowly Consadole Sapporo, Reds' eighth loss in the last 12 games.

Coach Takafumi Hori, 49, will take over first-team managerial duties from the 59-year-old Petrovic, who was in charge at Sanfrecce Hiroshima from 2006-2011 before becoming Urawa's boss in 2012.