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Hayen sacked by Burnley after just 14 games

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Burnley has dismissed head coach Nicky Hayen after only 14 matches, following a series of poor performances that left the team in 22nd place in the Championship table. Hayen's tenure ended with a 4-1 loss to Lincoln City on Saturday, making it their sixth defeat of the season and marking the club’s worst defensive record so far this year with 25 goals conceded. The Belgian coach was appointed by owner Alan Pace in July after Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League earlier that month, tasked with leading a promotion bid despite initial promise during his early games.

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Head coach Nicky Hayen was sacked by Burnley after just 14 games following a poor start to the season. The latest defeat came on Saturday with a 4-1 loss to Lincoln City, leaving Burnley in 22nd place in the Championship. Hayen, who won the Belgian title with Club Brugge in 2024, was appointed by owner Alan Pace in July to lead a promotion bid. Despite an initial draw against West Ham, the team's form deteriorated sharply, and they have not won at home since beating Leeds United over a year ago. Burnley announced Hayen’s dismissal shortly after the loss with a brief statement, while Hayen himself remained noncommittal about his future during post-match interviews.

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Belgian Burnley Championship Clarets the Premier League

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Clarets ORG · 4× Hayen PERSON · 4× Championship ORG · 3× Belgian NORP · 2× Burnley ORG · 2× the Premier League ORG · 2× Club Brugge ORG · 1× Lincoln City ORG · 1× Nicky Hayen PERSON · 1× Scott Parker PERSON · 1×

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Hayen won the Belgian title with Club Brugge in 2024 and was brought in by owner Alan Pace to oversee a promotion bid, with the Clarets having gone up in their last two Championship campaigns in 2023 and 2025. But after a promising draw with West Ham on the opening weekend, their season has nosedived and the club are without a win at home in the league since beating Leeds United at Turf Moor in the Premier League over a year ago. The Clarets earned a first win of the season in style earlier this month as they returned from the extended international break to beat struggling Watford 4-0 but then drew against Charlton and lost to Wolves, scoring first in both matches.

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2026-10-24 · BBC News

Hayen sacked by Burnley after just 14 games · assertive framing

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- Published Head coach Nicky Hayen has been sacked after just 14 games in charge at Burnley following a poor start to the season. asserted

Hayen → publish → season

Hayen's final game in charge was Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Lincoln City, as the hosts came back from 1-0 down to emphatically condemn the Clarets to a sixth defeat of the campaign and leave them 22nd in the Championship. asserted

hosts → come → Championship

Belgian Hayen was only appointed on 10 July to succeed Scott Parker, who left at the end of April days after the Clarets' relegation from the Premier League was confirmed. asserted

relegation → appoint → League

Burnley announced the news with a short two-sentence statement within two hours of their defeat at the ProAmpac Stadium. asserted

Burnley → announce → Stadium

Speaking in his post-match press conference, Hayen had said: "I'm not going to lose my energy because this is something out of my hands" with reference to his future. asserted

this → speak → future

they → win → matches

Saturday's defeat to the Imps also means they have won just one of the past 24 league games and have conceded 25 goals from their opening 12 Championship games - the worst record in the division. asserted

they → mean → division