Fenerbahçe’s president, Ali Koç, made statements about İsmail Kartal at the signing ceremony for the new coach Jorge Jesus. Referring to the German coach Löw, Chairman Koç said, “We shared our goal of a world-renowned teacher, within the framework of our possibilities. I said this clearly when we gave the assignment to İsmail teacher. In one of the choices, our teacher İsmail would also work with us.” used the phrases.
İsmail Kartal took Fenerbahçe in the 5th place in the 21st week of the Super League and moved it to the second place.