Two former BVB coaches in the running for Süper Lig jobs? | OneFootball

The head coach position at Besiktas Istanbul has been a revolving door, at least in recent years. Currently, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who only took over at the club on the Bosphorus in January, has been hit with the axe after failing to qualify for the main round of the Conference League against FC Lausanne-Sports. As successors to the Norwegian, two former Borussia Dortmund coaches are reportedly being considered.

Besiktas’s own expectations are higher than having to bow out against a Swiss club that is more of a second-tier team. The fuse seems to be short, as Besiktas had started the league with a 2-1 victory. The 0-1 defeat at home against FC Lausanne-Sports was too much—or rather, too little—for the club’s management. Solskjaer had to pack his bags, and now they are looking for a new coach.

According to DerWesten, Besiktas has its sights on two coaches who were recently on the sidelines at Borussia Dortmund. In the case of Nuri Sahin, it would even be his first appointment as head coach after his time at BVB. That stint ended in January after a more than disappointing first half of the season and an early exit from the DFB-Pokal.

What speaks in favor of Nuri Sahin, besides his Turkish roots, is that he was already head coach of a Süper Lig club between 2021 and 2023. At that time, he coached Antalyaspor with some notable successes before returning to BVB as assistant coach, where he has a long history as a player.

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Nuri Sahin knows the Süper Lig as a head coach

According to DerWesten, Sahin has already been playing a role in Besiktas’s considerations for some time, even before the separation from Solskjaer, based on statements from a transfer expert with a lot of insider knowledge.

At least “conceivable” is also the option of Edin Terzic as the new person in charge of sports at Besiktas Istanbul. Like Sahin, Terzic has been without a new assignment since leaving BVB. In his case, this departure came in the summer of 2024, when Terzic resigned because he lacked the desired support from club management and parts of the team.

Plus point for Terzic: Between 2013 and 2015, he already worked as assistant coach for Besiktas, so he wouldn’t have to completely reorient himself to the league or the club. At that time, Slaven Bilic was head coach, and Terzic followed him to West Ham United when Bilic decided to move to England. Will Edin Terzic now make a return to Istanbul?

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