The number of coaches dismissed in the last 10 years of the ADNOC Professional League increased to 93 coaches, following the dismissal of Al-Bataeh Al-Rummani coach Daniel Isaella, the day before yesterday, bringing the number of dismissals in the current season 2024-2025 to three coaches, as he was preceded by Dibba Al-Hisn coach, the Brazilian Caio. Zanardi, and Al Ain’s Argentine coach Hernan Crespo.
Romanian Daniel Isaella became the sixth coach to be dismissed from the Khorfakkan coaching staff, since the club’s career began in the ADNOC Professional League in the 2019-2020 season. He was preceded in dismissal by Brazilian Paulo Camelli, Spaniard Raul Caneda, Brazilian Caio Zanardi, national coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari, and Spaniard Gerard. Zaragoza.
Al Ain’s coach, Argentine Hernan Crespo, became the fifth coach to leave Al-Zaeem mid-season in the last 10 years of the ADNOC Professional League.
Crespo departed from coaching “Al-Zaeem” due to the poor results that befell the team, the most recent of which was the harsh loss suffered by Al-Ain against Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 5-1 in the fourth round of the AFC Champions League for the Elite, to be replaced by Portuguese Leonardo Jardim, who was officially contracted yesterday.
Argentine coach Crespo led the Al Ain team in five of the seven matches that took place so far in the ADNOC Professional League, during which he won two matches, tied two, and lost one match. At the elite AFC Champions League level, it lost three matches and tied one match.
Last season, Al Ain dismissed Dutchman Alfred Schroeder after the end of the seventh round, replacing him with Hernan Crespo.
The 2019-2020 season witnessed the dismissal of Croatian coach Ivan Leko from his position as coach of Al Ain, following the defeat by Al Dhafra in the tenth round of the league, and the assignment of Iraqi Ghazi Fahd, coach of the reserve team, to take over the task temporarily.
During the 2018-2019 season, Al Ain Club agreed with its Croatian coach, Zoran Mamic, to end their relationship by mutual consent after the 12th round, and to assign his compatriot, Zeljko Subic, to take over the task temporarily.
In the same way, Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic left coaching Al Ain in the 2016-2017 season, specifically after the postponed Al Jazira match from the eighth round. He announced his decision to leave the club in the press conference that followed the match, and his compatriot Zoran Mamic took over the job after him.
Last season was considered the most dismissal of coaches, as it witnessed the departure of 14 coaches from the technical seats of the ADNOC Professional League clubs, while the 2017-2018 and 2021-2022 seasons witnessed the dismissal of only seven coaches, the lowest percentage of coach departures during the last 10 seasons.
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