The seven-time league winners are in severe danger of being relegated for the first time in over three decades after failing to secure a single win in their opening 13 games.
After the sackings of David Wagner and Manuel Baum this season, Gross, who won the 2018/19 CAF Confederation Cup with the White Knights has been tasked to lead the renaissance of the fallen German giants.
1. Mido - 36 games (21 January 2014 - 24 July 2014)
2. Hossam Hassan - 19 games (30 July 2014 - 2 October 2014)
3. Jaime Pacheco - 15 games (10 October 2014 - 1 January 2015)
4. Jesualdo Ferreira - 41 games (8 February 2015 - 21 November 2015)
5. Marcos Paquetá - 5 games (December 2015 - 3 January 2016)
6. Mido 2nd stint - seven games (3 January 2016 - 9 February 2016)
7. Alex McCleish - seven games (27 February 2016 - 2 May 2016)
8. Mohammed Helmy - 15 games (2 May 2016 - 27 July 2016)
8. Moamen Soliman - 10 games (30 July 2016 - 19 November 2016)
10. Mohammed Helmy 2nd stint - 23 games (28 November 2016 - 1 April 2017)
11. Augusto Inácio - 23 games (2 April 2017 - 27 July 2017)
12. Nebojša Jovovic - 18 games (16 August 2017 - 3 January 2018)
13. Ehab Galal - 17 games (3 January 2018 -13 April 2018)
14. Christian Gross - 48 games (3 July 2018 - 1 July 2019)
15. Khaled Galal - 3 games (1 July 2019 - 29 July 2019)
16. Milutin Sredojevic - 12 games (19 August 2019 - 2nd December 2019)
17. Patrice Carteron - 31 games (3 December 2019 - 15 September 2020)
18. Jaime Pacheco - 26 games (28 September 2020-11 March 2021)
"We have to be goal-oriented and work towards results. I want to feel the players' enthusiasm at all times," he said at his unveiling.
"We need to have a good atmosphere in and around the team to be successful again. I will give everything so that we can accomplish our goals together."
The decorated Swiss coach will begin his tenure against Hertha Berlin on Saturday 2 January as he looks to return the club back to winning ways.
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