I-League Coaches Come Under Fire From The AFC

Asian football governing body, the AFC, has come down harsh upon several coaches of the I-League clubs in India and have threatened them with relegation from their roles because they do not have the required licence to coach in the Indian top flight.

24-Jun-2009 11:54:53 AM

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The AFC has refused to give the necessary "Recognition of Competence" to eight coaches of I-League clubs that featured in the Indian top division in the 2008-2009 season.

Air India's Bimal Ghosh, Churchill Brother's Zoran Djordjevic, JCT's Sukhwinder Singh, Mohun Bagan's Karim Bencherifa, Mahindra's David Booth, former Vasco coach Elvis Goes, Mohammedan Sporting's Shabbir Ali and Chirag United's Subrata Bhattacharya all have been found not to have the AFC A coaching certificate or its equivalent, one of the pre-requisites to coach a side in the AFC Champions League.

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AIFF general secretary Albero Colaco has been quoted as saying about this issue, "The AFC maintains that these coaches do not fit into their AFC Champions League criteria. We have to take a decision whether we can allow these coaches to function in the league."

Elvis Goes is no more the coach of Vasco who were relegated along with Mohammedan to the second division of Indian football at the end of 2008-2009. Zoran Djordjevic is also no more the coach of Churchill.

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