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India’s soccer coach Igor Stimac. File
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The All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) on June 17 sacked Igor Stimac as the pinnacle coach of the nation’s senior’s males’s group following a disappointing marketing campaign within the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
Stimac, who was appointed as the pinnacle coach in 2019, was given an extension final yr by the game’s apex physique.
India couldn’t make the third spherical of the World Cup qualifier following a 1-2 defeat towards Qatar of their remaining second spherical match.
Noting the disappointing end result of the Senior Males’s Nationwide Workforce’s FIFA World Cup 2026 qualification marketing campaign, the members unanimously agreed {that a} new Head Coach could be finest positioned to take the group ahead,” the AIFF stated in a press release.
A discover of termination has been issued to Mr. Stimac by the AIFF Secretariat, and he stands relieved of his obligations with rapid impact.”
The 56-year-old Stimac, who was a part of the Croatia group that made the semifinals of the 1998 World Cup, had taken cost of the Blue Tigers in 2019, after the departure of Stephen Constantine.
Underneath Stimac, India gained 4 main trophies, together with two SAFF Championships, one Intercontinental Cup and a Tri-Nations Sequence.
