Dortmund were beaten finalists in the competition last season, but Tuesday’s defeat was the club’s fourth in a row in all competitions.
Dortmund is currently tenth in the Bundesliga, 20 points behind league leaders Bayern Munich.
Sahin was an assistant to former Dortmund coach Edin Terzic during the club’s surprising run to the Champions League final, which they lost to Real Madrid, before being elevated to head coach in the summer.
“We have unfortunately lost faith that we will achieve our sporting goals,” remarked sporting CEO Lars Ricken about the current management.
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Ricken stated that the decision “hurts…but was unavoidable” following the game in Bologna.
“We value Nuri Sahin and his work very much, we hoped for a long collaboration and until the end we had hope that we could achieve a sporting turnaround together.”
Dortmund, who visit Werder Bremen in the league on Saturday, has yet to nominate a successor for the coach.
According to German media, probable replacements include former Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag, who has recently been seen watching Dortmund games, and former Benfica and Bayer Leverkusen manager Roger Schmidt.
Sahin expressed disappointment, stating that he “unfortunately was not able to live up to Dortmund’s sporting ambitions at this time.”
“I wish this special club all the best.”
After Tuesday’s setback, Sahin told reporters “if I am the problem, or if a change of coach solves the issues, then that’s no problem at all.”
Under Sahin this season, Dortmund have found it particularly tough away from their 82,000-capacity Westfalenstadion fortress, having lost nine and won only four of their 15 away matches.
Wolfsburg also eliminated Sahin’s team in the German Cup’s last 32.
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