Dortmund officially announced that Nuri Sahin will be the new coach of the club after Edin Terzic left.
The announcement from Dortmund said: “Nuri Sahin will be the new head coach of Dortmund. This decision was approved after a meeting between sports directors Lars Ricken and Sebastian Kehl today.
The Turkish strategist has signed a contract lasting 3 seasons, until the end of June 2027 and will take on the role of head coach left by Mr. Edin Terzic.
As for coach Nuri Sahin, the former Dortmund midfielder said: “It is an honor for me to become Dortmund coach. I want to thank the team management for trusting me.
I’m very excited to start a new role at Dortmund. I and the whole team will try our best to achieve the best results possible.”
During his playing career, Turkish international Sahin played for Dortmund in two different periods. In total, Sahin made 274 appearances for the German team, scoring 26 goals. At the same time, Sahin is currently an assistant coach at Dortmund.
Previously, Dortmund announced that coach Edin Terzic had said goodbye to the team after reaching an agreement to terminate his contract. Accordingly, coach Terzic has resigned from his position as captain and wants Dortmund to create the fastest possible conditions.
After discussion, the Ruhr club agreed to the request of the strategist born in 1982. Coach Terzic took Dortmund to the 2023/24 Champions League final, but lost to Real Madrid with a score of 0- 2. In the 2022/23 season, he also helped the team win runner-up in the Bundesliga.
During his time leading Dortmund, Coach Terzic won one title, the German National Cup in 2021. Terzic left the team he had been with for a long time, from the role of youth team assistant, technical director, interim coach. to the official coach. The 41-year-old strategist once went to England to work as assistant to coach Slaven Bilic at West Ham in the period 2015-2017.
