Juventus have dismissed head coach Igor Tudor following an eight-match winless run across all competitions, the club confirmed on Monday.
“Juventus FC announces that it has today relieved Igor Tudor of his duties as coach of the men’s first team, along with his staff,” read a statement. Massimo Brambilla, the reserve team’s coach, will take interim charge ahead of Wednesday’s clash with Udinese.
Tudor, who replaced Thiago Motta in March, was Juventus’s first foreign manager since Didier Deschamps in 2006–07. A former Juve defender, he spent nearly a decade at the club, winning two Serie A titles and reaching a Champions League final.
Despite guiding the team to a fourth-place finish last season and securing Champions League qualification, results collapsed after a bright start to the new campaign. Juventus drew five consecutive matches before suffering three straight defeats to Como, Real Madrid, and Lazio.
After Sunday’s 1-0 loss in Rome, Tudor admitted his side were struggling but urged calm: “We prepared for the match in the right way, but we’re still missing something … we’re all responsible for this difficult period.”
The dismissal marks Juventus’s earliest managerial change since 1969, as the club sits eighth in Serie A — six points adrift of leaders Napoli and without a goal in their last four matches.
