In the midst of a four-game losing streak, Borussia Dortmund sacked Nuri Şahin on Wednesday, but the club's problems go much deeper than the manager.

Nuri Şahin's time as Borussia Dortmund manager is up. The Bundesliga club sacked the first-year boss on Wednesday, one day after a Champions League defeat at Bologna made it four losses in a row. Şahin had plenty of success as a player with Dortmund over two spells,

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Nuri Şahin’s record as manager was atrocious. His BVB team picked up an average of 1.48, which is, according to Stefan Bienkowski, the worst record for a Dortmund coach in 17 years. While the issues at the club are certainly not all down to the manager, it is clear that Şahin was a big problem.

Borussia Dortmund has sacked Nuri Şahin, as reported by Patrick Berger. The decision comes following four straight defeats to kick start 2025, most recently a 2-1 defeat in the Champions League to Italian side Bologna.

Borussia Dortmund has fired coach Nuri Sahin. The decision came a day after its 2-1 loss to Bologna in the Champions League.

A four-game losing run across all competitions saw the club part ways with manager Nuri Sahin on Wednesday, a day after their 2-1 defeat at Bologna in the Champions League

On Friday evening, Borussia Dortmund continued their losing start to 2025 with a 2-0 defeat away to Eintracht Frankfurt. With pressure firmly placed upon Die Schwarzgelben —and more notably on head coach Nuri Şahin—prior to kick-off, there was a sense that should Die Adler come out victorious, then it could spell the end of the road for Şahin.

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Eintracht won 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday thanks to goals from Hugo Ekitike and Oscar Hojlund, piling more pressure on the Dortmund head coach

Bologna had never won a game in the Champions League before. Borussia Dortmund’s 2-1 loss to the Italian team on Tuesday could be the last for coach Nuri Sahin who has now overseen four straight defeats this year.

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich moved six points clear after defending champions Bayer Leverkusen slipped up at RB Leipzig, while Borussia Dortmund began life after Nuri Şahin with a 2-2 draw ...