Two days after Benfica knocked Fenerbahce out of the Champions League playoffs, the Turkish champions fired Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, according to a statement released on Friday.
Mourinho was fired shortly after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, a different manager from Manchester United, was fired by Portuguese outfit Benfica, whose side were knocked out on Wednesday.
Besiktas lost to Lausanne on Thursday, and the third-tier UEFA Conference League league stage was also missed.
Fenerbahce announced Mourinho’s departure in a quick statement.
“We have parted ways with Jose Mourinho, who has been our professional A team’s head coach since the 2024-2025 season. We applaud him for his contributions to our team and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.
The former Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, and Roma coach, who joined the club in June 2024, led Istanbul’s Yellow Canaries to second place in the league last year, behind Galatasaray.
The self-declared “Special One” received a rockstar’s welcome from fans dressed in Fenerbahce’s yellow and black when the 62-year-old arrived in Istanbul 14 months ago.
No commitments,” The main goal, however, is to win the Turkish Super Lig, according to the two-time Champions League champion coach when he arrived.
However, he was unable to fulfill his goal of reversing the club’s ongoing title drought that had been a problem since 2014.
Mourinho also faced a number of setbacks while he was in Istanbul, despite his recent success as a coach at Spurs, Roma, and now Fenerbahce.
After losing to Galatasaray 2-1 in the Turkish Cup quarter-finals, he tweaked his nose and grabbed Okan Buruk’s face in April.
He was fined for remarks made following another enthralling derby game against Galatasaray, in which he also criticized Turkish referees and accused the fourth referee of bias.
His statements were deemed to be “contrary to sporting ethics.”
Source: Channels TV
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