Trabzonspor coach Fatih Tekke announced his resignation after his team were eliminated from the UEFA Europa League with a 4-0 loss to Hungarian side Ferencvaros on Thursday, but the club’s management later rejected his decision.
Ferencvaros overturned Trabzonspor’s advantage in the playoff tie with a dominant performance at Groupama Arena, leaving the Turkish club out of the Europa League despite entering the second leg with hopes of advancing.
Tekke announced his resignation in a post-match television interview, taking full responsibility for the defeat and saying he believed he had to accept the consequences.
“Until the red card, it seemed like it was going to be a match that would go well,” Tekke said. “As a result, we couldn’t qualify for the Europa League.”
The 48-year-old coach said he and his staff had spent the past 18 months working relentlessly to improve the team but acknowledged that the defeat was one he could not accept.
