Dinamo Zagreb, FCSB's next opponent, has not yet found a coach

Ashley Davis15/11/2025

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Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Friday, November 14, 2025, 10:54 p.m. / Updated Friday, November 14, 2025 10:56 p.m.

Dinamo Zagreb, one of FCSB's future opponents in the single group of the Europa League, is going through a bad period, with 3 defeats suffered in the last 4 official matches. right sportal.rsthe Croatians recently wanted to change the coach and contacted Albert Riera (43), the current coach of Celje.

The Spanish technician, who played as a player for teams such as Liverpool, Manchester City or Galatasaray, refused the proposal from Dinamo Zagreb. The quoted source notes that Riera was also on the list of Red Star Belgrade, another opponent of FCSB, in this edition of the Europa League.

FCSB will play away to Red Star Belgrade on November 27, and the match against Dinamo Zagreb will take place on January 22, also away.

Albert Riera turned down Dinamo Zagreb

Mario Kovacevic, the current coach of Dinamo Zagreb, has his job in danger after registering 3 defeats in his last 4 official matches.

At the end of October, Dinamo Zagreb surprisingly lost away to newly promoted Vukovar 1991, score 0-1. Then followed a narrow victory with Rijeka, score 2-1, but Dinamo Zagreb subsequently recorded two consecutive failures, 0-3 with Celta Vigo in the Europa League and 1-2 in the championship with Istra 1961.

Dinamo Zagreb are 2nd in Croatia's first league with 25 points after the first 13 matches, 4 behind leaders Hajduk Split. In the unique Europa League group, Dinamo Zagreb is in 12th place with 7 points obtained in 4 stages.

Albert Riera started his coaching career at Olimpija Ljubljana and then trained Celje. After a short adventure in Bordeaux, where he was the coach of Alexi Pitu, the Iberian returned to Celje, which this season is the authoritative leader in the first league of Slovenia, with 36 points, 9 ahead of the main pursuer, Maribor.

As a player, Albert Riera played for Mallorca, Bordeaux, Espanyol, Manchester City, Liverpool, Olympiakos, Galatasaray, Watford, Udinese, Zavrc and Koper.