Fenerbahçe sack Mourinho after Champions League exit | OneFootball

Fenerbahçe announced this Friday the dismissal of Portuguese coach José Mourinho, following the Turkish club’s elimination from the Champions League after Wednesday’s play-off defeat to Benfica.

“We have parted ways with José Mourinho, head coach of our professional A team since the 2024-2025 season,” the Istanbul club said in a statement, two days after the 1-0 defeat in Lisbon (0-0 in the first leg).

The Portuguese coach, hired by Fenerbahçe in June 2024, was unable last season to lead the Istanbul team to the Turkish league title, a competition the club has not won since 2014.

Mourinho, former coach of Porto, Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan and a two-time Champions League winner, suffered several setbacks in Turkey.

In April, he pinched the nose of Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk after Fenerbahçe’s defeat in the Turkish Cup quarterfinals.

Two months earlier, he received a four-match suspension and was fined for comments he made at the end of a Turkish league match against the same team.

The Portuguese, known as the “Special One,” accused the fourth official of the match—and, by extension, all Turkish referees—of favoring Galatasaray, the three-time Turkish champions.

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