Kartal returns to Fenerbahce as head coach

Kartal returns to Fenerbahce as head coach
Veteran coach Ismail Kartal has returned to Fenerbahce ​for a fourth managerial spell, the Turkish Super Lig side said on Thursday. (X/@erhanalverogluu)
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Updated 18 June 2026 19:19
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Kartal returns to Fenerbahce as head coach

Kartal returns to Fenerbahce as head coach
  • Kartal was an assistant manager ‌at Fenerbahce the last two times the ⁠club ⁠won the Super Lig

GDANSK: Veteran coach Ismail Kartal has returned to Fenerbahce ​for a fourth managerial spell, the Turkish Super Lig side said on Thursday.
Fenerbahce said in a statement to Turkiye’s ‌Public Disclosure ‌Platform (KAP) that ​they ‌had ⁠appointed ​65-year-old Kartal ⁠on a one-year contract.
Kartal, who spent a decade at Fenerbahce during his playing career, previously coached ⁠the club in ‌2014-15, ‌then on an ​interim basis ‌in 2021-22 before ‌returning for a full campaign in 2023-24.
He was an assistant manager ‌at Fenerbahce the last two times the ⁠club ⁠won the Super Lig.
Fenerbahce have finished second in the Turkish top-flight in the last five seasons straight, with their Istanbul rivals Galatasaray winning the title four ​times in ​a row.