AIFF Parts Ways With Head Coach Marquez

The senior men's national football team will have a new coach - their third since June 2024 - after Manolo Marquez and All India Football Federation (AIFF) mutually agreed to part ways.

- Dhiman Sarkar

KOLKATA: Marquez's request to be relieved of national team duties was ratified by the AIFF executive committee at a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Over the next few days, an advertisement for the position of the head coach will be issued and, hopefully, by the middle of this month, AIFF will be able to prepare a shortlist, said Satyanarayana Muthyalu, the federation's deputy secretary-general. The shortlist will be given to the technical committee which will forward its recommendations to the executive committee, he said.

The next window for international matches is in September and India do not play in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifier till October 9 when they meet Singapore away.