Senegalese National Team Part Ways With AFCON Winning Manager

After nearly ten years as the head coach of Senegal’s senior men’s national football team, Aliou Cissé’s time has come to an end.

The Senegal Football Federation said on Wednesday that the country’s sports ministry had decided not to renew his contract.

In order for him to oversee the upcoming AFCON-World Cup cycle, the 48-year-old, who led Senegal to their first Africa Cup of Nations victory in Cameroon in 2022, has been notified that his contract, which expired in August, will not be extended.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Senegalese Football Federation confirmed the news.

They stated that they had learnt, via a private correspondence obtained on Monday from Mrs. Khady Diene Gaye, the Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture, that Cissé’s contract extension would not be upheld since he had not fulfilled the goals set forth in it.

Two and a half years ago, Cissé was the African champion; however, one of his contractual goals was not met when Senegal lost the crown in Ivory Coast earlier this year.

They lost to England in the round of 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which prevented them from making it to the quarterfinals.

In order to guarantee the nation’s qualification for the 2025 Nations Cup, the ministry has invited the federation to assemble a technical team.

In the interim, a coaching staff will be in charge of the team’s upcoming AFCON qualifying doubleheader against Malawi on October 11 and 15.

Cissé was supposed to hold a press conference on Friday to reveal his starting lineup for those matches, but that has been postponed.

“The Senegalese Federation [thanks] Mr Cissé for his good collaboration and his gleaming results at the head of various national teams since his arrival in 2011,” the statement read. “We wish him much success for the future.”

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