It happened 8 years ago! The incident that was referenced in Mourinho's punishment has come to light.

06.04.2025 18:00

The PFDK referred Jose Mourinho, who squeezed Okan Buruk's nose after the Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray derby, for "assault" and imposed a 3-match ban for "unsportsmanlike conduct." The committee took into account the incident in which Şenol Güneş made a similar move towards Simon Kjaer during the Beşiktaş-Fenerbahçe derby in the Ziraat Turkey Cup in 2017 as a precedent for the penalty given to the Portuguese coach.

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The PFDK penalized the yellow-blues after the events that occurred following the Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray derby in the Ziraat Turkey Cup. The board punished Jose Mourinho, who was referred for "attack" for squeezing Okan Buruk's nose, with a 3-match ban for "unsportsmanlike conduct." Furthermore, the PFDK stated that precedent decisions were taken into account in the penalty given to the Portuguese coach.

ŞENOL GÜNEŞ'S ACTION TOWARDS KJAER SET A PRECEDENT

According to Sözcü's news; the decision taken as a precedent for the penalty given to Mourinho was the action Şenol Güneş took against Simon Kjaer during the Beşiktaş-Fenerbahçe derby played in the Turkey Cup in 2017. Şenol Güneş was penalized with a 1-match ban for this action against Kjaer.

Here is the action Şenol Güneş took against Kjaer;

EVENTS IN THE FENERBAHÇE GALATASARAY DERBY

In the quarter-finals of the Ziraat Turkey Cup, the Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray derby played in Kadıköy was won 2-1 by the yellow-reds, securing their place in the semi-finals. After the match, Jose Mourinho confronted Okan Buruk in front of the referees, physically intervened by squeezing Buruk's nose, and Buruk fell to the ground. Irfan Can Kahveci, who was with the Portuguese coach during the incident, tried to help Okan Buruk. The experienced coach became very angry after getting up from the ground and was calmed down with difficulty by those around him. Additionally, the match referee Cihan Aydın issued red cards to a total of 7 individuals, including Mourinho, for various reasons.