Gaziantep FK collected 4 points in 8 matches under Orhan Ak

Gaziantep FK parted ways with Romanian coach Mirel Radoi after collecting 4 points in the first 3 weeks of the Trendyol Süper Lig season. The club then reached an agreement with Orhan Ak, who had signed a contract until the end of the season on September 4, and the two parted by mutual consent on November 7.

Ak started his spell with a 4-2 away win over Göztepe. He then drew 0-0 at home against Fenerbahçe. In the matches that followed, the team lost 2-0 to Kocaelispor, 3-0 to Arca Çorum FK, 2-1 to İstanbul Başakşehir, 3-1 to Erzurumspor FK and 2-0 to Trabzonspor. In Week 11 of the league, they also lost 2-0 at home to Kasımpaşa, their sixth consecutive defeat.

The 47-year-old coach took only 4 points from his 8 league matches under his management, averaging 0.50 points per game. The attack also fell short of expectations: after scoring 4 goals against Göztepe, the team managed just 2 goals in the next 7 league matches. In total, Gaziantep scored 6 goals under Ak across 8 matches and went 5 games without scoring. In the same period, they conceded 16 goals and kept a clean sheet in only one of these matches.