{"id":188831,"date":"2016-02-11T05:52:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T05:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=188831"},"modified":"2016-02-11T05:52:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T05:52:04","slug":"badou-zaki-leaves-post-as-morocco-coach-by-mutual-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/badou-zaki-leaves-post-as-morocco-coach-by-mutual-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Badou Zaki leaves post as Morocco coach by mutual consent"},"content":{"rendered":"
Badou Zaki has left his job as coach of the Morocco national team by mutual consent, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A federation statement explained that “After 20 months of instability and inconsistent results” it agreed with Zaki to end his contract.<\/p>\n
The federation also announced that a new coach would be appointed in the coming days.<\/p>\n
Former Ivory Coast boss Herve Renard is being tipped to take over.<\/p>\n
Renard, who lead the Elephants to the Africa Cup of Nations title in Equatorial Guinea last year, was sacked by French club Lille earlier this season.<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old also lead Zambia to the Nations Cup title in 2012.<\/p>\n
Former international goalkeeper Zaki, 56, took over as Morocco manager for the second time in May 2014.<\/p>\n
Zaki first managed the side for three years from 2002, losing the Africa Cup of Nations final to Tunisia in 2004.<\/p>\n
Morocco’s next competitive games are crucial home and away 2017 Nations Cup qualifiers against Cape Verde at the end of March.<\/p>\n
The two sides are currently top of Group F having won both their matches so far, Libya and Sao Tome are the other teams in the pool.<\/p>\n
The Atlas Lions have also progressed to the final round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.
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\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Badou Zaki has left his job as coach of the Morocco national team by mutual consent, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced Wednesday. A federation statement explained that “After 20 months of instability and inconsistent results” it agreed with Zaki to end his contract. The federation also announced that a new coach would be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n