List of Bursaspor managers
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List of Bursaspor head coaches is a list that includes all the head coaches who have worked at Bursaspor since the club's foundation in 1963. The current manager is Adem Çağlayan.
History
[edit]Bursaspor was founded in 1963. Since its establishment, the club has appointed numerous managers, with a strong preference for domestic (Turkish) coaches. Over the years, many of these managers have left significant marks in the club's history by winning national titles. The most notable among them is Ertuğrul Sağlam, who led Bursaspor to win the 2009–10 Süper Lig championship, making the club only the second outside the traditional "Big Three" to do so.
Throughout its history, Bursaspor managers have won a total of seven major trophies. Tomislav Kaloperović remains the most successful manager in terms of silverware, having won both the 1986 Turkish Cup and the 1967 Prime Minister's Cup. Other title-winning coaches include Sabri Kiraz (TFF First League – 1967), Raşit Çetiner (Turkish Cup – 2006), Yılmaz Vural (Prime Minister's Cup – 1992), and Adem Çağlayan, who guided the team to the 2025 TFF Third League title. These achievements reflect Bursaspor's enduring legacy and its ability to succeed under a variety of coaching styles and leaderships.
Managers
[edit]Below is a list of Bursaspor managers. The statistics include official league matches and major national competitions.
| Name | Term Start | Term End | Matches (M) | Wins (W) | Draws (D) | Losses (L) | Win % | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Muhtar Tucaltan |
September 1963 | May 1966 | 99 | 52 | 27 | 20 | 52.53 | [1] |
| Sabri Kiraz |
August 1966 | 4 October 1967 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 59.38 | |
| Muhtar Tucaltan |
5 October 1967 | 27 May 1968 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 34.29 | |
| Sabri Kiraz |
14 September 1968 | 27 May 1969 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 37.50 | |
| Muhtar Tucaltan |
14 September 1969 | 1 June 1970 | – | – | – | – | – | |
 Tomislav Kaloperović |
15 September 1970 | 14 February 1973 | 77 | 26 | 29 | 22 | 33.77 | |
| Metin Oktay |
16 February 1973 | 30 May 1973 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23.08 | |
| Hasan Bora |
1974 | 1974 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Mustafa Ertan |
1974 | 1974 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Abdullah Gegić |
1 September 1974 | 1 June 1975 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Mustafa Ertan |
1 September 1975 | 1 June 1976 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30.00 | |
| Kemal Ömeragiç |
1 September 1976 | 30 May 1978 | 60 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 31.67 | |
| Hasan Bora |
25 August 1978 | 5 October 1978 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0.00 | |
| Muhtar Tucaltan |
9 October 1978 | 9 June 1979 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Necdat Niş |
20 August 1979 | 15 November 1979 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Enver Katip |
24 November 1979 | 6 December 1979 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Muhtar Tucaltan |
7 December 1979 | 26 May 1980 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Fethi Demircan |
15 August 1980 | 26 May 1981 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 40.00 | |
| Gündüz Tekin Onay |
30 August 1981 | 10 June 1982 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 34.38 | |
| Kemal Ömeragiç |
18 August 1982 | 30 May 1984 | 66 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 28.79 | |
| Hasan Bora |
20 August 1984 | 24 September 1984 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.00 | |
| Đorđe Milić |
28 September 1984 | 4 April 1985 | – | – | – | – | – | |
 Szarvas Laszlo |
30 August 1985 | 7 October 1985 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20.00 | |
| Muhtar Tucaltan |
10 October 1985 | 23 December 1985 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sinan Oral |
24 December 1985 | 14 January 1986 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |
| Tomislav Kaloperović |
20 January 1986 | 3 November 1986 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 27.59 | |
| Sedat Özden |
5 November 1986 | 17 December 1986 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Kemal Ömeragiç |
20 December 1986 | 8 June 1987 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 35.00 | |
| Nevzat Güzelırmak |
1 August 1987 | 29 May 1987 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 44.74 | |
| Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı |
1 August 1988 | 10 October 1988 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ersel Altıparmak |
15 October 1988 | 17 October 1988 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Yılmaz Gökdel |
20 October 1988 | 1 November 1989 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 30.30 | |
| Yılmaz Vural |
7 November 1989 | 20 May 1990 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 44.44 | |
 Ion Nunweiller |
17 June 1990 | 4 January 1991 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Đorđe Milić |
26 January 1991 | 3 November 1991 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Yılmaz Vural |
17 November 1991 | 23 May 1993 | – | – | – | – | – | |
 Sepp Piontek |
15 June 1993 | 22 November 1993 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Nevzat Güzelırmak |
22 November 1993 | 11 September 1994 | – | – | – | – | – | |
 Nejat Biyediç |
18 September 1994 | 14 April 1996 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sinan Bür |
21 April 1996 | 19 May 1996 | – | – | – | – | – | |
 Gordon Milne |
2 August 1996 | 31 May 1997 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 50.00 | |
| Rasim Kara |
29 July 1997 | 12 April 1998 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 47.06 | |
| İsmail Ertekin |
1 January 1998 | 31 May 1998 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23.53 | |
| Nejat Biyediç |
1 June 1998 | 8 December 1998 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 46.67 | |
| Ahmet Akcan |
9 December 1998 | 23 February 1999 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | |
| Sakıp Özberk |
24 February 1999 | 23 May 1999 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 30.77 | |
| Kemal Batmaz |
7 July 1999 | 17 September 1999 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Yılmaz Vural |
16 September 1999 | 22 May 2000 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Jörg Berger |
8 August 2000 | 26 October 2000 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.00 | |
| Nejat Biyediç |
27 October 2000 | 5 May 2002 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erdoğan Arıca |
9 August 2002 | 1 June 2003 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 25.71 | |
| Gheorghe Hagi |
5 August 2003 | 24 November 2003 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15.38 | |
| Ümit Kayhan |
25 November 2003 | 29 February 2004 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16.67 | |
| Nejat Biyediç |
2 March 2004 | 16 May 2004 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 63.64 | |
| Hüseyin Kalpar |
28 August 2004 | 14 March 2005 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 48.00 | |
| Yalçın Gündüz |
17 March 2005 | 23 May 2005 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| Raşit Çetiner |
10 August 2005 | 30 October 2006 | 48 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 52.08 | |
| Engin İpekoğlu |
5 November 2006 | 25 May 2007 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38.46 | |
| Bülent Korkmaz |
27 June 2007 | 20 October 2007 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20.00 | |
| Samet Aybaba |
25 October 2007 | 4 November 2008 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 40.00 | |
| Güvenç Kurtar |
5 November 2008 | 23 December 2008 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25.00 | |
| Ertuğrul Sağlam |
2 January 2009 | 28 January 2013 | 186 | 91 | 45 | 50 | 48.92 | |
| Hikmet Karaman |
7 February 2013 | 9 August 2013 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 47.06 | |
| Christoph Daum |
14 August 2013 | 25 March 2014 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 44.12 | |
| İrfan Buz |
26 March 2014 | 6 June 2014 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 30.00 | |
| Şenol Güneş |
10 June 2014 | 4 June 2015 | 49 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 48.98 | |
| Ertuğrul Sağlam |
15 June 2015 | 30 November 2015 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 35.71 | |
| Ersel Uzgur |
30 November 2015 | 18 December 2015 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 | |
| Hamza Hamzaoğlu |
18 December 2015 | 21 January 2017 | 49 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 48.98 | |
| Mutlu Topçu |
30 January 2017 | 1 May 2017 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 20.00 | |
| Adnan Örnek |
2 May 2017 | 29 May 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | |
 Paul Le Guen |
22 June 2017 | 10 April 2018 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41.18 | |
| Mustafa Erg |
10 April 2018 | 30 June 2018 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40.00 | |
| Samet Aybaba |
1 June 2018 | 7 April 2019 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 17.86 | |
| Mesut Bakkal |
11 April 2019 | 30 June 2019 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28.57 | |
| Yalçın Koşukavak |
2 July 2019 | 17 December 2019 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 55.56 | |
| İbrahim Üzülmez |
20 December 2019 | 21 June 2020 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 42.86 | |
| İrfan Buz |
24 June 2020 | 31 August 2020 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | |
| Mustafa Er |
1 September 2020 | 16 August 2021 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 40.00 | |
| Ali Aközg |
23 August 2021 | 23 August 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Fatih Tekke |
24 August 2021 | 19 September 2021 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25.00 | |
| Özcan Bizati |
24 September 2021 | 12 December 2021 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44% | |
| Ali Aközg |
16 December 2021 | 19 December 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | |
| Tamer Tuna |
23 December 2021 | 7 March 2022 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12.50% | |
| Mustafa Er |
7 March 2022 | 30 June 2022 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 54.55% | |
| Tahsin Tam |
1 July 2022 | 1 November 2022 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 27.27% | |
| İsmail Ertekin |
5 November 2022 | 25 March 2023 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 33.33% | |
| Özer Humacı |
30 March 2023 | 20 May 2023 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 40.00% | |
| Salih Gündüz |
27 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | |
| Nedim Vatansever |
10 September 2023 | 7 October 2023 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20.00% | |
| Murat Sözkesen |
18 October 2023 | 21 January 2024 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15.38% | |
| Ümit Şengül |
27 January 2024 | 13 April 2024 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15.38% | |
| Metin Serbest |
21 April 2024 | 4 May 2024 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% | |
 Pablo Batalla |
1 July 2024 | 18 March 2025 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 65.22% | |
| Adem Çağlayan |
18 March 2025 | (Ongoing) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
Managers Who Have Won Trophies with Bursaspor
[edit]| № | Head Coach | Titles | Süper Lig | Second League | Third League | Turkish Cup | Prime Minister's Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomislav Kaloperović
|
2 | 1986 | 1967 | |||
| 2 | Sabri Kiraz
|
1 | 1967 | ||||
| Yılmaz Vural
|
1 | 1992 | |||||
| Raşit Çetiner
|
1 | 2006 | |||||
| Ertuğrul Sağlam
|
1 | 2010 | |||||
| Adem Çağlayan
|
1 | 2025 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Source
External links
[edit]- Official websites