PAOK Salonika have fired coach Igor Tudor and replaced him with youth-team coach Vladimir Ivic.
Tudor, a former Croatia international, arrived at PAOK last summer, signing a three-year deal with the club.
However, the Greek side confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that the 37-year-old has been dismissed due to "unsuccessful results" -- which have seen them slip to fourth in the Greek Super League, 29 points off the top.
Τέλος ο #Tudor - https://t.co/j8rI01wIPP #coach #PAOK pic.twitter.com/Cfp2ilWDgW
- PAOK FC / Π.Α.Ο.Κ. (@PAOK_FC) March 9, 2016
The statement also said that another reason for Tudor's removal was that he had made "derogatory comments regarding the team's quality."
In a recent news conference, the ex-Juventus defender unfavourably compared key PAOK players with their opposite numbers at Olympiakos -- the Greek Super League leaders.
Ivic, a former PAOK player, has been placed in charge of the senior team until the end of the season.