Turkey coach Fatih Terim said he will resign after his side, which failed to qualify for the World Cup finals after a 2-0 defeat to Belgium on Saturday, play their final qualifier against Armenia.
“The match we play against Armenia will be my farewell match,” said Terim on the Turkish federation’s official website Sunday.
Turkey play Armenia in Bursa, northern Turkey on Wednesday but a win against the Group 5 basement side will not be sufficient.
With only three wins so far Turkey are third in the group, seven points behind play-off bound Bosnia-Herzegovina and 15 behind automatic qualifiers Spain.
Terim led Turkey to the semi-finals of the 2008 European championships, won by Spain, but in the World Cup qualifiers his side went from bad to worse having at one point led the group.
“We started well but we failed to maintain any kind of consistency,” said Terim, a 56-year-old who led Turkish side Galatasaray to UEFA Cup triumph in 2000.
Terim also coached Italian sides Fiorentina and AC Milan before taking over the national side in 2005.
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