Turkey nominated new coach after Senol Gunes dismissal

Turkey's representative with the new coach. Following the dismissal of veteran Senol Gunes for poor results, which culminated in the deep 6-1 defeat of the Netherlands, the Turkish federation has named for the task Stefan Kuntz, the 58-year-old German man who in the past five years has led Germany's hopes, reaching three times in the European finals, the trophy that it has won in two cases, in 2017 and 2021.

Kuntz's target will be Turkey's return to track at the World Eliminators “Catar 2022<18x1>, as after a impressive two-win battle start, 4-2 over the Netherlands and 0-3 in front of Norway, has slipped to third place in Group G as a result of the unexpected draw at home with Montenegro and Latvia.

Turkey's representative General Director Hamit Altıntop explained that Kuntz had been the main candidate since the beginning, while former Germany coach Jurgen Klinkmann, and Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko were also cited as potential candidates.

Turkey has not qualified for the World Finals since that impressive (third) performance in South Korea and Japan in 2002.

Kuntz's first match at Turkey's helm will be against Norway on October 8th, while three days later the transfers with Latvia await it.

Germany's former striker, the Euro 1996 winner, is in Turkey's Superliga with Besiktas in the 1995-1996 season.