As the countdown begins for the 2024-2025 Süper Lig season, 14 out of 19 groups are sticking with their head coaches from final season.
This season, 5 groups are welcoming new managers, whereas the remainder are retaining their earlier leaders.
The reigning champions, Galatasaray, will proceed with Okan Buruk, who led the staff to back-to-back titles.
Hatayspor, Alanyaspor, Rizespor, Eyüpspor, Gaziantep, Göztepe, Kasımpaşa, Konyaspor, Kayserispor, Başakşehir, Bodrum, Sivasspor and Trabzonspor may also retain their present coaches for the brand new season.
In distinction, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş, Adana Demirspor, Antalyaspor and Samsunspor are making contemporary begins with new head coaches.
At the beginning of the 2023-2024 season, 16 out of 20 groups opted to proceed with their earlier managers.
This 12 months, Turkish coaches are as soon as once more dominating the managerial ranks, with 13 out of 19 groups underneath Turkish management, whereas six groups have chosen international coaches.
New faces on the touchlines embody:
- Fenerbahçe’s Jose Mourinho (Portugal)
- Beşiktaş’s Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Netherlands)
- Adana Demirspor’s Michael Valkanis (Australia)
- Antalyaspor’s Alex de Souza (Brazil)
- Göztepe’s Stanimir Stoilov (Bulgaria)
- Samsunspor’s Thomas Reis (Germany)
Notably, Galatasaray’s Okan Buruk and Trabzonspor’s Abdullah Avcı are among the many two managers with championship expertise.
Buruk, who led Galatasaray to 2 titles, beforehand received with Başakşehir.
Avcı received the league with Trabzonspor within the 2021-2022 season.
The youngest coach this season is 37-year-old Arda Turan of Eyüpspor, whereas the oldest are Jose Mourinho and Abdullah Avcı, each 61.
Nine managers this season have performed for Türkiye’s “Big Four” golf equipment: Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor. These embody Burak Yılmaz, Okan Buruk, Arda Turan, Çağdaş Atan, Bülent Uygun, Fatih Tekke, Selçuk İnan, Alex de Souza and Stanimir Stoilov.
Fatih Terim holds the file for probably the most Süper Lig titles with eight, all with Galatasaray.
He received titles within the 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 seasons. The subsequent highest is Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı with 4 titles, all with Trabzonspor.
Gordon Milne of Beşiktaş holds the file for the longest uninterrupted tenure in Turkish top-flight historical past, managing for six.5 years from 1987 to 1988. Rıza Çalımbay, with 637 matches, is the most-capped coach in Süper Lig historical past.
Newcomers to the Süper Lig managerial scene this season embody Jose Mourinho at Fenerbahçe, Giovanni van Bronckhorst at Beşiktaş, and Michael Valkanis at Adana Demirspor.
Since the 2006-2007 season, Turkish coaches have dominated the championship scene, with the final international supervisor to win being Arthur Zico of Fenerbahçe.
2024-2025 Süper Lig Coaches:
| Team | Coach | Country | Previous Coach |
| Adana Demirspor | Michael Valkanis | Australia | Hikmet Karaman |
| Antalyaspor | Alex de Souza | Brazil | Sergen Yalçın |
| Hatayspor | Özhan Pulat | Türkiye | Özhan Pulat |
| Beşiktaş | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | The Netherlands | Serdar Topraktepe |
| Alanyaspor | Fatih Tekke | Türkiye | Fatih Tekke |
| Rizespor | İlhan Palut | Türkiye | İlhan Palut |
| Sivasspor | Bülent Uygun | Türkiye | Bülent Uygun |
| Fenerbahçe | Jose Mourinho | Portugal | İsmail Kartal |
| Galatasaray | Okan Buruk | Türkiye | Okan Buruk |
| Gaziantep | Selçuk İnan | Türkiye | Selçuk İnan |
| Eyüpspor | Arda Turan | Türkiye | Arda Turan |
| Kasımpaşa | Sami Uğurlu | Türkiye | Sami Uğurlu |
| Kayserispor | Burak Yılmaz | Türkiye | Burak Yılmaz |
| Bodrum | İsmet Taşdemir | Türkiye | İsmet Taşdemir |
| Göztepe | Stanimir Stoilov | Bulgaria | Stanimir Stoilov |
| Başakşehir | Çağdaş Atan | Türkiye | Çağdaş Atan |
| Trabzonspor | Abdullah Avcı | Türkiye | Abdullah Avcı |
| Konyaspor | Ali Çamdalı | Türkiye | Ali Çamdalı |
| Samsunspor | Thomas Reis | Germany | Markus Gisdol |
Source: www.dailysabah.com