Yesterday, the Football Association announced that it signed a contract with the Serbian coach, Ivan Jovanovic, to take over the leadership of the first national team during the next stage, succeeding Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk.

A press release, issued by the Football Association, said, "The Football Association and Technical Affairs Committee ended the procedures of contracting with Ivan Jovanovic within a week, as directed by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi, Chairman of the Transitional Committee."

The national team is preparing to complete the joint qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in March, when it faces Malaysia in the country on March 26, and the Indonesian team away from home on the 31st of the same month, while facing Thailand and Vietnam at home on the fourth and ninth From next June.

Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Transitional Committee of the Emirates Football Association, said: “White is one of the committee’s top priorities, because the goal is to compete for one of the cards that qualify for the decisive stage of the qualifiers, and to reach the World Cup 2022,” confirming his confidence in the ability of the players to rise again And back to the path of victories.

Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi said that «the coach’s choice came after a series of continuous meetings of the National Teams and Technical Affairs Committee, which studied a number of CVs for coaches, to oversee the tasks of white training, as the choice fell on Ivan Jovanovic given the contents of his biography that fit The criteria set by the National Teams Committee, the most important of which are his ambition to achieve achievements and his full knowledge of the Emirati football. ”

Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi added: «The current stage requires all efforts from sporting organizations, institutions, clubs, media and audiences to provide an appropriate environment for the national team to perform its tasks in the best way, because the stage requires working with the spirit of one team in order to achieve positive results in regional forums Continental and international ».

Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi expressed his optimism for the coming stage, and the many initiatives that you will witness, such as the initiative of the Football Association, which aims to communicate with experts and listen to the opinions of decision-makers, athletes and media people, and the involvement of community members who love the popular game in studying proposals and raising recommendations, to develop The Football Association worked to establish the appropriate foundations that help develop Emirati football.

A distinguished career

Ivan Jovanovic, 57, started his training career in Greece in 2001, as he led the Nikki Volos team, and worked with the Iraklis and Panachiki squads.

The Serbian coach has a record of achievements in Europe, especially with the team APOEL Nicosia of Cyprus, who was in charge of his training, and resigned from his training after five and a half years full of accomplishments, where he achieved the title of the Cyprus League four times, the Cyprus Cup once, and the title of the Cyprus Super Four In addition to crowning him the title of best coach in the Cyprus League several times, he led the team to qualify for the first time to the Group League in the Champions League in 2010, and in 2012 he left the quarter-finals against Real Madrid.

On June 18, 2013 Ivan Jovanovic signed a victory for two years, succeeding Italian Walter Zinga, and achieved with the dean three tournaments (the President’s Cup, the Arab Gulf Cup, and the Gulf Club Championship), and reached Al-Nasr to the AFC Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in the club’s history .

- The teams committee finished

Contracting procedures

With Jovanovic

Within a week.

White faces Malaysia

On March 26

Next in the Emirates.