Sevilla lastly sack Julen Lopetegui after Dortmund thrashing TERMAN WEBSITE

05/10/2022

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The coach was axed following a 4-1 pasting by the German facet at residence

Sevilla sacked Julen Lopetegui after the staff was battered by Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

The coach was appointed in 2019 and led the staff to the Europa League in 2020.

Lopetegui was given an ovation by Sevilla followers as he left the pitch.

Right here is Sevilla’s assertion in full: 

Sevilla FC have relieved Julen Lopetegui of his duties as first-team coach following our conflict towards Borussia Dortmund.

It brings an finish to a profitable interval with three magnificent campaigns wherein the membership achieved their aims and a fourth season the place sadly the outcomes haven’t gone our approach, with the membership taking 5 factors from a doable 21 in LaLiga.

In whole, Julen took to the Sevilla FC dugout on 170 events: 121 LaLiga matches, 15 within the Copa del Rey, 16 within the Europa League, 17 within the Champions League and one within the UEFA Tremendous Cup.

This makes him the coach with the fifth most official matches in Sevilla’s historical past behind Joaquín Caparrós, Unai Emery, Manolo Cardo and Ramón Encinas.

He has 89 wins, 45 attracts and 35 defeats, which additionally places him in third place by way of wins, behind solely Caparrós and Emery.

Lopetegui will endlessly stay on the high of Sevilla FC historical past for his good achievement of a sixth UEFA Europa League title within the 2019/20 season, his first in cost, which introduced him into the celebrated group of seven coaches who’ve lifted a trophy with the membership.

He has additionally achieved the historic milestone of three consecutive Champions League {qualifications} by way of LaLiga, with a complete of 222 factors from 121 video games.

He additionally helped Sevilla FC to realize their report factors whole so far within the high flight with 77 factors in 2020/21, in addition to the primary Zamora Trophy in our historical past with Yassine Bono final season.

Sevilla FC have provided Julen Lopetegui the choice of a public farewell on the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.

The membership want to underline and thank the Basque coach for his professionalism and arduous work within the greater than three years he spent on the membership, in addition to wishing him the perfect of luck and the perfect of success in his future endeavours.