Borussia Dortmund have parted ways with head coach Nuri Sahin in the wake of Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League defeat at Bologna – the team’s fourth in as many games in 2025.
Dortmund A lead squandered 2-1 loss In Italy, that means they have now won just one of their last nine competitive matches stretching back to November. It’s a form that has prompted the club to change.
“We really admire Nuri and his work, have wanted to work together for a long time and until recently hoped we could turn things around,” managing director Lars Ricken said in a statement from the club on Wednesday morning. “However, we have now lost faith in being able to achieve our sporting goals with the current setup. This decision hurts me personally, but it was now inevitable after the game in Bologna.”
the hawk Took charge of Borussia last June, successful Edin TerzicUnder which the former midfielder joined as assistant in January 2024. Former BVB, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Werder Bremen And the Antalyaspor player has overseen 27 competitive games in charge of the first team, winning 12, losing 11 and drawing four.
The 36-year-old left this Signal Iduna Park The team dropped to 10th place in the Bundesliga Bayer lost to Leverkusen, Holstein Kiel And Eintracht Frankfurt Their total of 25 points in 18 games this year – Seven outside the top four – At this stage their lowest Jurgen KloppIts last season, when they sat bottom with just 16 points but still qualified for Europe.
The Bologna loss saw BVB drop to 13th in the Champions League league table, although still in a good position to qualify for the knockout play-offs ahead of next week’s final at home to Shakhtar Donetsk.
But there was Dortmund Knocked out of the DFB Cup in the second round by Wolfsburg Back in October.
Sahin also said of his departure: “Unfortunately, we could not fulfill the sporting ambitions of Borussia Dortmund this season. I wish this special club all the best.”
A decision on his successor will be made soon. Their next game is at home to Bremen on Saturday, with U19s boss Mike Tullberg in charge, followed by a European encounter with Shakhtar in a week on Wednesday.
