Southampton will sack Ivan Juric as their head coach following their relegation from the Premier League.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed to The Athletic that Juric, 49, will depart just a day after the 3-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur confirmed the club’s relegation to the Championship with seven league games remaining.
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Juric replaced Russell Martin in December, signing a contract until June 2026, but won only one of 14 Premier League matches. His tenure lasted just 108 days.
His last game in charge was the defeat by Spurs which left the club bottom of the league table and 22 points behind 17th-place Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Southampton’s relegation after 31 games made them the first team to be relegated from the Premier League with so many matches remaining in a campaign, and they remain at risk of setting a new record low points tally for a Premier League season.
Their 10-point haul remains one point behind the unwanted record of 11 points set by Derby County in the 2007-08 campaign.
Juric’s only league win was the 2-1 away victory against fellow promoted side Ipswich Town on February 1. He also guided the team to a 3-0 FA Cup third-round home win over Championship side Swansea City, before losing in the fourth round 1-0 at home against second-tier outfit Burnley.
0.29 – Southampton have picked up just four points in Ivan Jurić’s 14 Premier League games in charge (W1 D1 L12), giving the Croatian the lowest points-per-game average of any manager to take charge of 10+ games in the competition (0.29). Unsaintly. pic.twitter.com/nEwTfRfwgd
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 7, 2025
Juric previously spent two seasons as Hellas Verona coach before taking charge of Torino for three years, departing last summer. His last role before managing Southampton was a two-month stint in charge of Roma, which he left in December with the capital club 17th in Serie A.
This is the second successive Premier League campaign where Southampton, under the ownership of Sport Republic, have made two head coaching changes during the season. In 2022-23, they sacked Ralph Hasenhuttl in November and then Nathan Jones in February, with caretaker Ruben Selles then unable to prevent their relegation after 11 seasons in the top flight.
Southampton are next in action against Aston Villa on Saturday.
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