While the first 10 weeks of the season were left behind in the Super League, Gaziantep FK, Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, RAMS Başakşehir, ikas Eyüpspor, Zecorner Kayserispor, Çözüm.com Antalyaspor and Gençlerbirliği, who could not find what they wanted, changed their coaches.
FIRST CHANGE IS IN GAZİANTEP FK
Gaziantep FK was the club that made the earliest coaching change this season.
The Southeastern Anatolia team, which finished the last season in 14th place with 45 points under the management of Selçuk İnan, entered this season under the management of İsmet Taşdemir. After losing the Galatasaray and TÜMOSAN Konyaspor matches with scores of 3-0 in the first 2 weeks of the league, the experienced coach parted ways.
Burak Yılmaz, who took office instead of İsmet Taşdemir, had 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the 8 matches he played in charge of Gaziantep FK, which came in last place without any points. The red-black team closed the 10th week in 6th place with 17 points.
BEŞİKTAŞ AND FENERBAHÇE SENT THEIR TECHNICIANS WITHIN ONE DAY OF EACH OTHER
Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe parted ways with their coaches, one day apart.
Beşiktaş, which started the season under the management of Norwegian coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, could not get the results it wanted in the European Cup qualifiers. Fenerbahçe, which entered the new season under the management of Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, fell below expectations in both the Super League and European cup qualifiers.
Beşiktaş, under the management of Solskjaer, who won the only match in the Super League, was first eliminated by the Ukrainian representative Shakhtar Donetsk, coached by Arda Turan, in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, and then by the Swiss team Lausanne in the UEFA Conference League play-off qualifying round. Saying goodbye to Europe, especially against a low-budget team like Lausanne, brought Solskjaer’s end to the black-and-white team, and he parted ways with the experienced coach on August 28.
Fenerbahçe, on the other hand, got a win and a draw in its first 2 matches in the Super League under the management of Jose Mourinho. The yellow-dark blue team eliminated Dutch representative Feyenoord in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and were eliminated by Portuguese team Benfica in the play-offs. It was announced that he parted ways with Mourinho on August 29 due to the negative results as well as the statements he made before and after the Benfica matches.
Solskjaer was replaced by Sergen Yalçın, one of the legendary football players of Turkish football and a previous champion at Beşiktaş. Under the management of Yalçın, the black-whites had 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in 9 matches in the league.
Italian coach Domenico Tedesco became the head coach of Fenerbahçe. Under the leadership of their new coach, the yellow-dark blue team had 4 wins and 3 draws in the league, and 2 wins and 1 defeat in the UEFA Europa League.
BAŞAKŞEHİR ALSO MADE A CHANGE
RAMS Başakşehir made its fourth coach change in the Super League.
The orange-dark blue team, which earned the right to qualify in the UEFA Conference League by finishing the league in 5th place last season, was eliminated by the Romanian team Craiova in the play-offs, despite two rounds.
Saying goodbye to Europe, Başakşehir parted ways with coach Çağdaş Atan by mutual agreement after drawing in both Super League matches.
Atan was replaced by former national football player Nuri Şahin, who last coached Germany’s Borussia Dortmund team. The orange-dark blue team, under the management of Şahin, had 2 wins, a draw and 3 losses in 7 league matches.
SELÇUK ŞAHİN AND MARKUS GISDOL COULD NOT STAY IN THEIR POSITIONS FOR MORE THAN 4 MONTHS
Selçuk Şahin, who was transferred to Eyüpspor at the beginning of the season, and Markus Gisdol, who was the head of Zecorner Kayserispor, could not work in their teams for more than 4 months.
The purple-yellow club, which finished 6th in the Super League under the management of Arda Turan last season, appointed Selçuk Şahin, assistant of National Team Coach Vincenzo Montella, as the head of the team before the new season.
Eyüpspor could collect only 5 points with 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats in the first 8 matches in the league. Şahin’s resignation, who took office on June 15, was accepted on October 5.
After Şahin’s resignation, Orhan Ak was appointed as the coach. Ak has had one win and one loss in the 2 matches he has played for the purple-yellow team so far.
Kayserispor, which finished the last season in 13th place with 45 points under coach Sergej Jakirovic, appointed Markus Gisdol as head of the team with the signing ceremony held on June 22. The yellow-red team collected 5 points with 5 draws and 3 losses in 8 matches in the league under the management of Gisdol. Following the bad results, it was announced that the German coach was dismissed on October 9.
After Gisdol, Montenegrin Radomir Djalovic was appointed as the head of Kayserispor. While Djalovic experienced a draw and a defeat in the two Super League matches he played as the head of the Yellow-Reds, he won the only match he played in the Ziraat Turkish Cup.
EMRE BELÖZOĞLU’S ANTALYASPOR ADVENTURE LAST 267 DAYS
Emre Belözoğlu, who took over Antalyaspor in the half of last season, parted ways after 267 days.
Emre Belözoğlu was appointed as the coach of Antalyaspor on January 14 last season. While the 45-year-old coach lost 2 Turkish Cup matches in charge of the Mediterranean team in the 2024-2025 season, he had 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in 18 league matches. Antalyaspor, which was in 13th place with 21 points in the 19th week of the Super League, finished last season in 15th place with 44 points after Belözoğlu took over the team.
Antalyaspor, which had 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in 8 league matches at the beginning of this season, parted ways with Emre Belözoğlu on October 8 after not getting the desired results.
After Belözoğlu, Erol Bulut was appointed as the head of the team. Bulut was defeated in both league matches he played in charge of Antalyaspor.
THE LAST CHANGE IS FROM GENÇLERBİRLİĞI
Gençlerbirliği experienced the last technical change among the Super League teams.
The capital representative parted ways with coach Hüseyin Eroğlu yesterday.
Gençlerbirliği had 13 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses in 21 matches in the Trendyol 1st League after Hüseyin Eroğlu took over the team in the middle of last season. The red-blacks finished the 2024-2025 season in 2nd place with 68 points and were promoted to the Super League.
Under the management of Hüseyin Eroğlu, the capital team could only collect 8 points in the Super League this season, with 2 wins, a draw and 6 losses in 10 matches. After the bad results, he parted ways with Hüseyin Eroğlu in Gençlerbirliği.
After Eroğlu, Gençlerbirliği appointed Volkan Demirel as the head of the team.