Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 10:33 / Updated Wednesday, September 3, 2025 10:40
After giving Jose Mourinho, Fenerbahce is looking for a new coach. FCSB's future opponent in the Europa League group could reach the National Arena, at the last stage of over five months, with Luciano Spaletti. The Italian technician won the title with Naples in 2022-2023 and last worked as a coach of Squadrei Azzurra.
Turkey's vice-champion was left without a coach after the Champions League play-off, after which he missed the qualification for the second consecutive season.
Luciano Spalletti to Fenerbahce, instead of Mourinho
From the proletarian trainers of the Naples era, Luciano Spalletti has put four needles in Paris, where Italy also dressed a gala / photo: Imago
Jose Mourinho was dismissed, although he had a contract until 2026, and left for 15 million euros as damages for early termination.
Fenerbahce has thus relegated to the Europa League, where he will face FCSB, the Romanian champion to host the Turks on January 29, 2025, in the final round of the group.
The Istanbul group has already formed a list of candidates for the succession of the Portuguese technician and among the names conveyed in the Turkish press, as New Entry, Luciano Spalletti.
1.122of matches as a coach has Luciano Spalletti in the 32 years of career in Empoli, Sampdoria, Udinese, Venezia, Ancona, AS Roma, Zenit, Inter, Naples and the national of Italy
The 66-year-old Italian coach was fired from the national team due to the weak start of CM 2026 preliminaries (cost hard failure in Norway, score 0-3), so that For almost three months he has been free of contract.
Sebastian Hoeness, the nephew of the honorary president of Bayern, ULI, is from April 2023 coach at VFB Stuttgart and has a contract until 2028 / Photo: IMAGO
Hoeness, ̇smail Kartal, Roger Schmidt and Edin Terzic on the list
Spalletti has 8 trophies in the career of a technician, including Logdetto with Naples (2022-2023) and two titles in Russia with Zenit St. Petersburg (2009-2010 and 2011-2012).
According to journalist Sercan Hamzaoğlu from the Digital 343 publication, VFB Stuttgart's coach is among the candidates. “The sports director becomes Özek would have recommended to Fenerbahce's president on Sebastian Hoeness as a candidate for the coach vacancy.”
In addition to Hoeness, ̇smail Kartal, Roger Schmidt and Edin Terzic, The last given also on the list of possible replacements of Erik Ten Hag at Bayer Leverkusen, would also be considered to be appointed to the Istanbul team.
