Overview

• Fenerbahçe issued a brief statement confirming Mourinho’s departure, days after the club’s play-off loss to Benfica.
• The Turkish side fell 1-0 on aggregate to Benfica in Champions League qualifying and will compete in the Europa League this season.
• Mourinho’s tenure comprised 62 matches with 37 wins, 14 draws and 11 defeats, and a Super Lig runners-up finish last season behind Galatasaray.
• Turkish media reported friction over transfer policy and Mourinho’s public comments as contributing factors in the board’s decision.
• His spell included multiple disciplinary sanctions—among them bans for referee criticism and a three-match suspension for grabbing Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk’s nose—with this league campaign starting on four points from two games.