Highlights: CAN 2024: Gasset, Belmadi, Hughton… These coaches who did not survive the first round. Six of them out of the 24 teams in the competition were dismissed or resigned after the first. Tom Saintfiet, Chris Hughton, Djamel BelmADe and Jean-Louis GASSet are among the six coaches to have left their functions during this CAN 2024 in Ivory Coast. Adel Amrouche is undoubtedly the most incredible. Although eliminated, the Algerian technician was not sacked for the poor results of his team Tanzania but for controversial remarks.

The CAN is ruthless with the coaches who do not bring the expected results. Six of them out of the 24 teams in the competition were dismissed or resigned after the first…

CAN 2024: Gasset, Belmadi, Hughton… These coaches who did not survive the first round

The CAN is ruthless with the coaches who do not bring the expected results. Six of them out of the 24 teams in the competition were dismissed or resigned after the first round. Overview of the coaches who have already left the door.

Tom Saintfiet, Chris Hughton, Djamel Belmadi and Jean-Louis Gasset are among the six coaches to have left their functions during this CAN 2024 in Ivory Coast. © AP/Photo montage

By: Pierre Fesnien Follow

From our special correspondent in Abidjan,

It's no secret being a national team coach is a difficult job. The six coaches of African teams who paid the price for their poor results at the end of the group stage can attest to this. Of the eight teams eliminated, five have already separated from their selection. The sixth, Côte d'Ivoire, also parted ways with its coach even though it is qualified for the round of 16.

This is undoubtedly the most notable resignation of this competition. Ivory Coast coach

Jean-Louis Gasset left his position

while the Elephants were not yet officially eliminated. Miraculously drafted as the best third thanks to Morocco's victory, Ivory Coast is finally qualified and will therefore have to continue with a new coach in the person of Emerse Faé, former Ivorian international and assistant to Jean-Louis Gasset.

The CAN too many for Belmadi

After a second consecutive elimination in the first round

of a CAN,

Djamel Belmadi also presented his resignation

to his federation. The Fennecs coach announced his departure after Algeria's defeat against Mauritania, synonymous with last place in group D. Winner of the trophy in 2019, Belmadi and his team did not manage to repeat the feat, the fault certainly to an aging group at the end of their cycle.

Already in the hot seat for several matches,

Ghana coach Chris Hughton

has also paid for his team's poor results. The Ghanaian Federation dismissed him from his post after the incredible disaster of his team during the last match of Group B. While the Black Stars led 2-0 against Mozambique, a result allowing them to qualify, the Ghanaians completely scuttled by conceding two goals at the very end of the match to end in a draw synonymous with elimination.

At the same time, other smaller selections have also ended their adventure with their coaches. Belgian Tom Saintfiet announced that he was leaving his post after the elimination of Gambia after six years at the helm of the Scorpions. The Belgian had achieved the feat of taking the Gambian selection to the quarter-final of CAN 2022 in Cameroon for the first participation in the country's history.

The incredible Amrouche affair

On the Tunisian side,

Jalel Kadri

has not made any spark in two years at the head of the Carthage Eagles. Appointed after the elimination in the quarter-finals of the CAN in Cameroon, the Tunisian technician has never managed to restore the foundation of play to a team lacking inspiration which only scored one goal in the competition. After leaving Tunisia through the back door, Kadri also submitted his resignation.

The last coach on this list not to have survived the first round of this CAN, the story of Adel Amrouche is undoubtedly the most incredible. Although eliminated, the Algerian technician was not sacked for the poor results of his team Tanzania but for controversial remarks made against Moroccan football, affirming that “

it is Morocco which currently manages football African

”. Statements which earned him an eight-match suspension by the African Football Confederation and which pushed the Tanzanian Federation to dismiss him while his team still had two matches to play in this CAN.

CAN 2024: Gasset, Belmadi, Hughton… These coaches who did not survive the first round

CAN 2024: Gasset, Belmadi, Hughton… These coaches who did not survive the first round

The CAN too many for Belmadi

The incredible Amrouche affair

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