Shake-Up in Ugandan Football: FUFA Fires National Teams Coaches, Micho Spared from the Axe.
The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has recently announced a major shake-up in the technical benches of all the national football teams, except for the Cranes.
In a move aimed at rejuvenating the national teams, FUFA has sacked all the coaches and staff members, signaling a new era for Ugandan football.
All positions of the ten football national teams are vacant with the exception of the Uganda Cranes positions. FUFA president Moses Magogo announced on Thursday.
The affected national teams include the U-20 also known as the Hippos which was being coached by Jackson Mayanja, U-23(Kobs), U-17(the Cubs) and the U-15 also known as the Rhinos in the men’s category.
The axes has also not spared the technical teams in the women’s category including the Crested Cranes, the Queen Cranes(U-20), Teen Cranes(U-17) but also the beach soccer national team, the Sand Cranes and the Futsal team, the Nile Cranes.
Magogo said the positions of the goalkeeping coaches and fitness trainers across all the national teams are as well vacant.
“We call upon all competent Ugandans to apply for these jobs when the process opens up,”Magogo said.
He however noted that the move was sanctioned by the 28th FUFA Executive Committee meeting.However, the FUFA president there is still trust in the Serbian tactician to make good and his senior national team assistants who were also left intact.
According to Magogo , Micho needs to be supported and given more time and that assessing his performance will be done after the AFCON qualification campaign.
“What has made us stand the test of time is that we are not emotional when taking these decisions, if we took them emotionally, so many things could have gone wrong. We sit down, reflect before acting accordingly. Let’s give him more time to conclude this campaign.” He noted.
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