{"id":40227,"date":"2024-01-23T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=40227"},"modified":"2024-01-23T23:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T23:30:37","slug":"afcon-2023-chris-hughton-sacked-as-blackstars-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023-chris-hughton-sacked-as-blackstars-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2023 : Chris Hughton sacked as BlackStars coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the senior male national team, BlackStars according to a statement issued by the Ghana Football Association.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Executive Council has dissolved the technical team of the Black Stars.<br \/>\nREAD MORE: <a title=\"Denis Odoi: We conceded stupid goals against Mozambique\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/denis-odoi-we-conceded-stupid-goals-against-mozambique\/\">Denis Odoi: We conceded stupid goals against Mozambique<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Furthermore, the Association will take steps to provide a roadmap for the future direction of the Black Stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 65-year-old was handed the technical reigns of the job almost a year ago, in February 2023 following the resignation of coach Otto Addo after Ghana\u2019s elimination from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he served in a technical advisory role.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During his stint with the BlackStars, he supervised, twelve games, won four lost four, and drew four.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the recent AFCON elimination, the country failed to win a single game, drawing, Egypt and Mozambique and losing the opening game against Cape Verde.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Chris Hughton: \u201cI take responsibility for this performance \u201c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/chris-hughton-i-take-responsibility-for-this-performance\/\">Chris Hughton: \u201cI take responsibility for this performance \u201c<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saharafootball.net understands that Herve Renard and former Gambia coach Tom Saintfietare will likely be considered for the job following Hughton\u2019s dismal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the senior male national team, BlackStars according to a statement issued by the Ghana Football Association. According to the statement, The Executive Council has dissolved the technical team of the Black Stars. READ MORE: Denis Odoi: We conceded stupid goals against Mozambique Furthermore,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":40228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17015,8417],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon-2023","8":"category-featured"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chris-Hughton-BStars.jpg?fit=720%2C880&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-asP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40054,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023-chris-hughton-to-announce-blackstars-squad-on-monday\/","url_meta":{"origin":40227,"position":0},"title":"AFCON 2023 &#8211; Chris Hughton to announce BlackStars squad on Monday","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"December 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Ghana Football Association has announced that BlackStars coach Chris Hughton will make public his squad expected to play in the upcoming AFCON 2023 slated for Ivory Coast on Monday, January 1, 2024. 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