{"id":47012,"date":"2026-09-12T04:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/fenerbahce-ismail-kartal-still-head-coach-despite-resigning-after-roma-game\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T04:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:22:42","slug":"fenerbahce-ismail-kartal-still-head-coach-despite-resigning-after-roma-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/fenerbahce-ismail-kartal-still-head-coach-despite-resigning-after-roma-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Fenerbahce: Ismail Kartal still head coach despite resigning after Roma game"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ismail Kartal remains head coach of Fenerbahce, despite saying he had resigned following Thursday’s Champions League tie with Roma.<\/b><\/p>\n

Minutes after the 1-1 home draw, the 65-year-old said he planned never to return to the club<\/a> he previously served as a player and assistant coach.<\/p>\n

But Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim later said in a statement on the Turkish club’s website, external<\/span><\/a> he had not accepted Kartal’s resignation.<\/p>\n

The club, who face Gaziantep FK in a Turkish Super Lig game on Monday, also confirmed he was still in charge in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

The statement read:, external<\/span><\/a> “Our team will continue its preparations for the Gaziantep FK match with the training session to be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:30 under the direction of our technical director Ismail Kartal.”<\/p>\n

Kartal took over for a fourth spell as head coach in June as the club returned to the Champions League for the first time in 18 years.<\/p>\n

Before Monday’s game, his side are ninth in the Super Lig with six points from four games and their next Champions League group-phase tie is at Aston Villa on 14 October.<\/p>\n

Yildirim confirmed in his earlier statement he spoke to Kartal following the news conference, with the coach citing “pressure” of the role and a mid-match incident where he was struck by a bottle thrown from the stands as factors in his decision.<\/p>\n

In a post on social media, the club said a spectator involved in the bottle incident had been identified and banned from the stadium.<\/p>\n

“You can’t show support by throwing punches at him like this,” added Yildirim.<\/p>\n

“Ismail Kartal doesn’t need to say he’ll continue. I am his senior. I said he’ll continue, and that’s it. We’re a family.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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