Editing Fatih Terim (section)

=== Early years ===
After retiring from professional football, his first training appointment came from [[Jupp Derwall]] while they were both at Galatasaray. Terim's coaching career began when he was appointed the coach of [[MKE Ankaragücü|Ankaragücü]]. He coached the club for 18 months before moving on to coach [[Göztepe S.K.|Göztepe]] in [[İzmir]] for a year. He had no significant success with either team. He was appointed as assistant to Turkey's national coach, [[Sepp Piontek]], in 1990. He also coached the [[Turkey national under-21 football team|Turkey under-21 team]]. After serving as assistant coach for three years, he was appointed coach in 1993. Under his management, Turkey qualified for the final tournament of [[UEFA Euro 1996|European Football Championship]] in 1996, for the first time in its history. Although they did not perform well in the tournament, losing all their matches and not scoring any goals, qualification was still considered a great achievement for [[Turkish football]].

==== Galatasaray (first term) ====
After Euro 1996, Terim signed a contract with Galatasaray. The club had invested in strong (international) players such as [[Gheorghe Hagi|Gica Hagi]], [[Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1967)|Gica Popescu]], [[Cláudio Taffarel|Taffarel]] and [[Adrian Ilie|Ilie]] as well as high-potential (academy) players such as [[Emre Belözoğlu|Emre]]. Under his management Galatasaray won the Turkish league championship for four consecutive years and the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] in [[2000 UEFA Cup Final|2000]], making Terim the most successful [[List of Galatasaray S.K. managers|Galatasaray manager]] in its history. His departure allowed [[Mircea Lucescu]] to clinch the [[UEFA Super Cup]] in [[2000 UEFA Super Cup|2000]] for Galatasaray.