PORTUGAL – PORTUGAL CLUB PRAGA COACH MANUEL MACHADO RESIGNED AFTER A STRING OF POOR RESULTS.

SPAIN – SALVADOR GONZALEZ HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW HEAD COACH OF SPAIN CLUB VALENCIA FC.

SPAIN – SPAIN CLUB VALENCIA HAVE SACKED DUTCHMAN RONALD KOEMAN FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH.

UAE – UNITED ARAB EMIRATE CLUB AL DHAFARAH HAVE EXTENDED CONTRACT HIS COACH AYMAN AL RAMADI FOR ONE YEAR.

SOUTH AFRICA – SOUTH AFRICA FA HAVE APPOINTED JOEL SANTANA AS NEW HEAD COACH OF 2010 WORLD CUP HOSTS SOUTH AFRICA.

SOUTH AFRICA – CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA HAVE RESIGNED AS HEAD COACH OF 2010 WORLD CUP HOSTS SOUTH AFRICA.

HOLLAND – LOUIS VAN GAAL WILL STAY ON AS COACH OF ALKMAAR NEXT SEASON AFTER REVERSING AN INITIAL DECISION TO STEP DOWN IN THE SUMMER.

ARGENTINA – ARGENTINA CLUB INDEPENDIENTE HAVE APPOINTED CLAUDIO BORGI AS COACH OF THE TEAM.

ARGENTINA – ROBERTO SAPORITI COACH OF ARGENTINE CLUB OLIMPO HAVE RESIGNED DUE TO HIS BAD RESULTS.

MALAWI – STEPEN CONSTANTINE HAVE RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS MALAWI NATIONAL TEAM HEAD COACH.

ITALY – ITALY TORINO FC HAVE SACKED COACH WALTER NOVELLINO DESPITE A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND HAVE REPLACED HIM WITH LEVANTE UD BOSS GIOVANNI DE BIASI.

IVORY COAST – FORMER GERMAN INTERNATIONAL ULRICH STIELIKE WILL NOT HAVE HIS CONTRACT RENEWED AS IVORY COAST COACH.

SAUDI – SAUDI CLUB EL ITTIHAD HAVE APPOINTED GABRIEL HUMBERTO CALDERON IN THE POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

COLOMBIA – COLOMBIA CLUB MILLONARIOS HAVE SACKED MARIO ALBERTO VANEMERAK FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

SAUDI – SAUDI CLUB EL ITTIHAD HAVE SACKED ESTEVAM EDUARDO LEMOS SOARES FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

SYRIA – SYRIA FA HAVE APPOINTED MOHAMED KWID TO TAKE THE POSITION OF NATIONAL TEAM COACH. 

BRAZIL – BRAZILIAN OUTFIT IPATINGA HAVE APPOINTED GIBA ANTONIO GILBERTO MANIAES AS THEIR NEW HEAD COACH.  

GERMANY – GERMANY CLUB SCHALKE 04 HAVE DISMISSED COACH MIRKO SLOMKA AFTER A UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE EXIT. 

ROMANIA – GABRIEL STAN HEAD COACH OF ROMANIAN CLUB UTA ARAD HAVE RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION. 

IRAN – AFSHIN QOTBI WILL REMAIN AT IRAN CLUB PERSEPOLIS AND CONTINUE COACHING THE TEAM FOR NEXT SEASON.

NIGERIA – NIGERIA FA HAVE APPOINTED SHAIBU AMODU AS NEW HEAD COACH OF NATIONAL TEAM. 

NEPAL – NEPAL FA HAVE APPOINTED GERMANY THOMAS FLATH AS NEW HEAD COACH OF NATIONAL TEAM. 

YAMAN – YAMAN CLUB AL AHLI HAVE SACKED SABAH JOMA'AH FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

RWANDA – DUTCH COACH RENE FELLER HAS JOINED RWANDA CHAMPIONS APR ON A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT. 

TUNISIA – TUNISIA CLUB AS MARSA HAVE APPOINTED MORAD MAHJOUB AS NEW HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM. 

HOLLAND – GERTIJAN VERBEEK WILL REPLACE BERT VAN MARWIJK AS HEAD COACH OF HOLLAND CLUB FEYENOORD THIS SUMMER.

QATAR – QATAR CLUB UMM SALAL EXTENDED HIS HEAD COACH LAURENT BANDIDE FOR ONE-YEAR CONTRACT.

OMAN – CROATIAN COACH MIJAC ZELJIKO HAVE RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF OMAN CLUB NASSER.

SAUDI – SAUDI CLUB AL AHLI HAVE SACKED VUCKOVIC NEBOJSA FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

TURKEY – TURKEY CLUB GALATASARY COACH KARL-HEINZ FELDKAMP LEAVE’S THE POST OF HEAD COACH.

EGYPT – EGYPT CLUB AL AHLI EXTENDED THE CONTRACT FOR PORTUGAL COACH MANUEL JOSE DA SILVA FOR ONE-YEAR. 

SCOTLAND – FORMER CAPTAIN NEIL LENNON HAS REJOINED CELTIC FC AS PART OF BOSS GORDON STRACHAN’S COACHING STAFF. 

PORTUGAL – FC PORTO HAVE AWARDED JESUALDO FERREIRA A NEW ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE CLUB ON THE BRINK OF RETAINING THE PORTUGUESE LIGA TITLE. 

VIETNAM – VIETNAM NATIONAL TEAM HAS APPOINTED HENRIQUE CALISTO AS HEAD COACH FOR THE SECOND TIME. 

ROMANIA – MIRCEA REDNIC WILL BE AGAIN COACH OF DINAMO BUCHAREST TEAM IN JULY, ASSISTANT WILL BE IOAN VLADOIU.

GEORGIA – KLAUS TOPPMOLLER HAS RESIGNED AS GEORGIA COACH FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FF PRESIDENT. 

CONGO – SERBIAN COACH IVICA TODOROV HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CONGO NATIONAL TEAM. 

MALI – NIGERIAN STEPHEN KESHI HAS SIGNED A TWO-YEAR DEAL TO TAKE THE POSITION AS MALI NATIONAL TEAM COACH. 

BENIN – BENIN FOOTBALL FEDERATION HAS NAMED BELGIAN PATRICK AUSSEMS TO HELP RESTRUCTURE THE GAME IN THE COUNTRY. 

CAMEROON – A COMMISSION SET UP BY THE CAMEROON FF HAS CALLED FOR THE SACKING OF OTTO PFISTER AS THE COACH OF NATIONAL TEAM. 

ITALY – ITALY CLUB CATANIA HAVE APPOINTED FORMER INTER MILAN AND ITALY GOALKEEPER WALTER ZENGA AS THEIR NEW COACH. 

ROMANIA – ROMANIAN CLUB FC VASLUI HAVE APPOINTED EMIL SANDOI AS NEW HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM. 

ARGENTINA – RACING HEAD COACH MIGUEL MICO RESIGNED IN A NEW TWIST TO THE CRISIS AT ONE OF ARGENTINA’S CLUB.

ITALY – ITALY CLUB EMPOLI HAVE REAPPOINTED LUIGI CAGNI AS COACH AFTER SACKING ALBERTO MALESANI.

MEXICO – HUGO SANCHEZ WAS FIRED AS HEAD COACH OF MEXICO NATIONAL TEAM, TWO WEEKS AFTER EL TRI’S UNDER-23 TEAM WAS ELIMINATED FROM OLYMPIC QUALIFYING.  

SOUTH AFRICA – FORMER NIGERIA COACH AUSTIN EGUAVOEN HAS QUIT STRUGGLING SOUTH AFRICAN SIDE BLACK LEOPARDS.  

AZERBAIJAN – GERMANY BERTI VOGTS WAS APPOINTED AS THE NEW AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL TEAM HEAD COACH.  

GREECE – OTTO REHAAGEL WILL BE IN CHARGE OF GREECE FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS AFTER AGREEING A NEW CONTRACT UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 2010. 

HOLLAND – DUTCH CLUB ALKMAAR COACH LOUIS VAN GAAL WILL STEP DOWN AT THE END OF SEASON. 

CHILE – CLAUDIO BORGHI CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS QUITTING AS HEAD COACH OF CHILE CLUB COLO COLO. 

ARGENTINA – ARGENTINA CLUB INDEPENDIENTE HAVE APPOINTED MIGUEL ANGEL SANTORO IN THE POSITION OF HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

ARGENTINA – ARGENTINA CLUB INDEPENDIENTE HAVE PARTED COMPANY WITH COACH PEDRO TROGLIO FOLLOWING THEIR 2-0 DEFEAT TO SAN MARTIN SAN JUAN.

HOLLAND – DUTCH CLUB HEERENVEEN HAVE APPOINTED NORWEGIAN TROND SOLLIED AS COACH ON A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT. 

RUSSIA – GUUS HIDDINK SIGNED A NEW TWO-YEAR CONTRACT TO CONTINUE COACHING RUSSIA UNTIL THE 2010 WORLD CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA . 

ITALY – ITALY CLUB PALERMO HAVE SACKED COACH FRANCESCO GUIDOLIN AND REINSTATED HIS PREDECESSOR STEFANO COLANTUONO. 

ARGENTINA – ARGENTINA CLUB BANFIELD HAVE SACKED JORGE BURRUCHAGA FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

ALGERIA – ALGERIA CLUB MC ALGER HAVE APPOINTED AMER JAMEEL AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

ROMANIA – ROMANIA CLUB RAPID BUCHAREST COACH MIRCEA REDNIC RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AFTER JORDANIAN BUSINESSMAN FAHTI TAHER TAKES THE CLUB. 

EGYPT – EGYPT CLUB ISMAELI HAVE APPOINTED KHALEED KHAMASH IN THE POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM. 

EGYPT – EGYPT CLUB ISMAELI HAVE SACKED IESMAEL HANAFI FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM. 

UAE – UNITED ARAB EMIRATE BANI YAS CLUB HAVE APPOINTED DE DOMIENIK AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

BAHRAIN – BAHRAIN CLUB AL RIFA EXTENDED THE CONTRACT FOR HEAD COACH JURICIC SRECKO FOR ONE YEAR. 

BURKINA FASSO – PAULO DUARTE SACKED BY UNIAO DE LEIRIA IN NOVEMBER 2007 , IS THE NEW COACH OF BURKINA FASSO . 

PORTUGAL – CARLOS BRITO HAS BEEN SACKED AS HEAD COACH OF PORTUGAL STRUGGLING CLUB LEIXES. 

SWISS – SWISS CLUB NEUCHATEL XAMAX HAVE APPOINTED NESTOR ROLANDO CLAUSEN AS NEW HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM. 

ENGLAND – ENGLAND CLUB WEST HAM HAVE CONFIRMED THE APPOINTMENT OF GIANLUCA NANI AS THE NEW TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF TEAM. 

QATAR – QATAR CLUB AL ARABI HAVE APPOINTED ADELSON LUISA FERNANDEZ TO REPLACE JOSE ROMAO AS HEAD COACH OF TEAM. 

QATAR – QATAR CLUB AL ARABI HAVE SACKED JOSE ROMAO FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF TEAM. 

ROMANIA – ROMANIA CLUB UT ARAD HAVE APPOINTED GABI STAN IN THE POSITION OF HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

ROMANIA – ROMANIA CLUB UT ARAD HAVE SACKED MARIN BARBU FROM HIS POSITION AS COACH OF THE TEAM.

UAE – UNITED ARAB EMIRATE CLUB HATA HAVE SACKED DE DOMIENIK FROM HIS POSITION AS COACH OF THE TEAM.

MOROCCO – MOROCCO CLUB AL RACHAD BERNOUSSI HAVE SACKED NOR EL DEEN HARAF FROM HIS POSITION AS COACH OF THE TEAM.

JAPAN – JAPAN CLUB URAWA REDS DITCHED GERMAN COACH HOLGER OSIECK JUST TWO GAMES INTO THE NEW J-LEAGUE SEASON .

TUNISIA – TUNISIA CLUB SFAXIEN HAVE APPOINTED KHALIED BIN YAHYA IN THE POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

TUNISIA – TUNISIA CLUB SFAXIEN HAVE SACKED SWISS MICHEL DECASTEL FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH.

AUSTRIA – CO ADRIAANSE WILL REPLACE GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI AS AUSTRIA CLUB SALZBURG HEAD COACH .

UAE – UNITED ARAB EMIRATE CLUB EL SHABAB EXTENDED THE CONTRACT OF BRAZILIAN COACH TONINHO CEREZO FOR TWO YEARS.

MALI – JEAN FRANCOIS JODAR IS NO LONGER MALI NATIONAL TEAM MANAGER, AS THE FRENCHMAN WAS SACKED.

PORTUGAL – FERNANDO CHALANA WILL REPLACE JOSE ANTONIO CAMACHO AS PORTUGAL CLUB BENFICA HEAD COACH.

ITALY – ARGENTINE HECTOR CUPER WILL BE THE NEW COACH OF ITALY CLUB PARMA TO REPLACE DOMENICO DI CARLO .

COLOMBIA – ATLETICO JUNIOR BOTTOM OF THE COLOMBIAN CHAMPIONSHIP FIRED COACH SANTIAGO ESCOBAR.

MOROCCO – MOROCCO CLUB WYDAD CASABLANCA HAVE APPOINTED ARGENTINEAN LUIS OSCAR FULLONI ARCE AS NEW HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

GREECE – GREECE CLUB OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS HAVE APPOINTED JOSE SEGURA AS NEW HEAD COACH OF TEAM.

GREECE – PANAGIOTIS LEMONIS HAVE PARTED COMPANY WITH GREECE CLUB OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS .

MOROCCO – MOROCCO FF HAVE APPOINTED BADOU EZAKI AS NEW HEAD COACH OF NATIONAL TEAM . 

ITALY – DOMENICO DI CARLO HAS BEEN SACKED AS HEAD COACH OF ITALY CLUB PARMA DUE TO BAD RESULT.

MEXICO – COACH JAIME ORDIALES HAD HIS CONTRACT TERMINATED WITH MEXICO CLUB TECOS UAG AFTER NINE GAMES IN CHARGE.

PORTUGAL – SPANIARD JOSE ANTONIO CAMACHO HAS RESIGNED AS PORTUGAL CLUB BENFICA HEAD COACH.

UAE – UNITED ARAB EMIRATE CLUB BANI YAS HAVE SACKED FRANCE ALAN MICHEL FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH.

SPAIN – JAVIER CLEMENTE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW HEAD COACH OD SPAIN CLUB REAL MURCIA.

IVORY COAST – THE IVORY COAST GERMAN COACH ULI STIELIKE WILL RETURN TO HIS POST ON AN IVORY COAST NATIONAL TEAM COACH.

SAUDI – SAUDI FA HAVE APPOINTED BRAZILIAN JOACHIM FELHO AS NATIONAL TEAM UNDER 16 COACH.

ROMANIA – ROMANIA CLUB PANDURII HAVE APPOINTED EUGEN NEAGOE AS NEW HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

ROMANIA – ROMANIA CLUB DACIA MIOVENI HAVE APPOINTED SORIN CARTU AS NEW HEAD COACH OF THE TEAM.

ROMANIA – ROMANIA CLUB DINAMO BUCHAREST HAVE APPOINTED GHEORGHE MULTESCU AS HEAD COACH OF TEAM.

SAUDI – SAUDI CLUB AL SHABAB HAVE APPOINTED SLOVENIAN SANDI SEJDINOVSKI AS HEAD COACH OF YOUTH DEPARTMENT.

MOROCCO – MOROCCO CLUB MCO MOULOUDIA OUJDA HAVE APPOINTED AZZEDINE AIT DJOUDI TO REPLACE ZORAN VUJOVIC AS HEAD COACH.

MOROCCO – MOROCCO CLUB MCO MOULOUDIA OUJDA HAVE SACKED ZORAN VUJOVIC FROM HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH.

GREECE – BULGARIAN GEORGI VASILEV RESIGNED AS HEAD COACH OF GREEK CLUB LEVADIAKOS TEAM.

TURKEY – TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE CLUB ANKARASPOR HAVE APPOINTED SAFET SUSIC TE REPLACE HIKMET KARAMAN AS COACH OF THE TEAM.

ROMANIA – PORTUGAL JOAQUIM ARMINDO TEIXEIRA DA CUNHA HAS BEEN SACKED FROM HIS POSITION AS COACH OF ROMANIAN CLUB PANDURII.

ROMANIA – SORIN CARTU HAS RESIGNED AS HEAD COACH OF ROMANIAN CLUB DACIO AFTER TEAM LOST 1-2 FROM DINAMO BUCHAREST.

HOLLAND – BERT VAN MARWIJK WAS NAMED AS MARCO VAN BASTEN'S AS HOLLAND COACH BY THE KNVB.

ITALY – NEVIO ORLANDI HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE HELM OF ITALY CLUB REGGINA CALCIO AFTER RENZO ULIVIERI LEFT.

TURKEY – TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE CLUB ANKARASPOR HAVE SACKED COACH HIKMET KARAMAN AS COACH OF THE TEAM.

LAST NEWS 24-04-2008

GERMANY – FRED RUTTEN WILL LEAD GERMANY CLUB SCHALKE 04 NEXT SEASON AND HANDED A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT.

NEXT RANKING ( 13 MAY 08 )

WORLD COACH – RAFAEL BENITEZ STILL IN THE TOP  OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF WORLD COACH FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2008 , AND PORTUGAL MANUEL JESUALDO FERREIRA SUCCEEDED IN ACHIEVING THE STATUS OF DEVELOPED WHEN JUMPED TO 047 ( 92  POINT ) ( 23 APRIL 2008 ) see ranking

HOLLAND – FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING HOLLAND COACH ALBERT STUIVENBERG ( FILE 3152 ) HAS LED HIS TEAM TO THE UEFA EUROPEAN UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP ( 22 -04 )

AUSTRIA – PETER PACULT ( FILE 0406 ) HAS LAD HIS TEAM RAPID WIEN TO WIN THE AUSTRIAN CHAMPIONSHIP ( 21 -04 )

BELGIUM – MICHEL PREUD HOMME ( FILE 0439 ) HAS LAD HIS TEAM STANDARD DE LIEGE TO WIN THE BELGIUM CHAMPIONSHIP ( 21 -04 )

HOLLAND – HUUB STEVENS ( FILE 0362 ) LEAD HIS TEAM PSV EINDHOVEN TO WIN  THE DUTCH CHAMPIONS ( 20 -04 )

GREECE – SPANISH JOSE SEGURA ( FILE 3107 ) LEAD HIS TEAM OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS TO WIN  THE GREEK CHAMPIONS ( 20 -04 )

GERMANY – OTTMAR HITZFELD ( FILE 0158 ) LEAD HIS TEAM BAYERN MUNCHEN TO WIN  THE COUNTRY CUP ( 19 -04 )

OMAN – EL EDREESI EL ROBATI ( FILE 2761 ) LEAD HIS TEAM OROUBA TO WIN  THE COUNTRY LEAGUE ( 19 -04 )

EGYPT – MANUEL JOSE DE SILVA ( FILE 0929 ) LEAD HIS TEAM AL AHLI TO WIN  THE COUNTRY LEAGUE ( 18 -04 )

SPAIN – RONALD KOEMAN ( FILE 0138 ) LEAD HIS TEAM VALENCIA TO WIN  KING'S CUP WINNERS ( 17 -04 )

QATAR – AL SAAD CLUB HEAD COACH HASSAN HARMATALLAH ( FILE 1638 ) LEAD HIS TEAM TO WIN COUNTRY CUP ( 17 -04 )

PORTUGAL – BENFICA WANT GORDON STRACHAN ( FILE 0324 ) TO BE THEIR NEXT MANAGER AND ARE PLANNING A SHOCK RAID ON SCOTLAND CELTIC TO PULL OFF THE COUP ( 16 -04 )

UAE – AL AHLI CLUB HEAD COACH IVAN HASEK ( FILE 0850 ) LEAD HIS TEAM TO WIN COUNTRY CUP ( 14 -04 )

SAUDI – AL HILAL CLUB HEAD COACH AURELIAN COSMIN OLAROIU ( FILE 2207 ) LEAD HIS TEAM TO WIN COUNTRY CHAMPIONS ( 13 -04 )

WELSH – PETER NICHOLAS ( FILE 3144 ) COACH OF WELSH CLUB LLANELLI LEAD HIS TEAM TO WIN COUNTRY CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR 112-YEAR HISTORY ( 12 -04 )

BRAZIL – CELSO ROTH ( FILE 2280 ) COULD LEAVE HIS POSITION AS HEAD COACH OF GREMIO ( 11 -04 )

JORDAN – EL WEHDAT HEAD COACH MOHAMMED OMAR ( FILE 1951 ) LEAD HIS TEAM TO WIN THE COUNTRY LEAGE  ( 10 -04 )

SWISS – CHRISTIAN GROSS ( FILE 1160 ) LEAD FC BASEL 1893 TO WIN THE SWISS CUP FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON ( 06 -04 )

PORTUGAL – MANUEL JESUALDO FERREIRA ( FILE 1210 ) LEAD HIS PORTUGAL CLUB PORTO TO CLAIM A THIRD SUCCESSIVE KIGA TITLE ( 05 -04 )