Ghana Sacks Chris Hughton after Abysmal Performance in the AFCON.

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Ghana’s coach Chris Hughton was fired following the Black Stars’ early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations. Hughton’s team only managed two points and finished third in Group B after losing all three of their group stage games in Cote D’Ivoire.

The Ghana Football Federation said in a statement on Tuesday that the executive council made the decision to fire the Englishman.

“The senior national team’s head coach, Chris Hughton, has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announces. The Black Stars’ technical team will be dissolved, as decided by the executive council”, the statement said.

“The Ghana Football Association will in the coming days provide a roadmap on the future direction of the Black Stars,” according to the statement. As one of the top third-placed teams, Ghana still had a chance to advance beyond Mozambique, despite the dismal stalemate on Monday.

But on Tuesday, Cameroon made sure that never happened by defeating The Gambia 3-2 to officially eliminate the Black Stars from the competition.

The Sixty-five-year-old former Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion manager Hughton took over as national team boss in February 2023, having served as the federation’s technical advisor for the previous year.

He occupied in this role during the 2022 World Cup, as Ghana were eliminated in the group stage, supporting head coach Otto Addo before replacing him soon after the tournament in Qatar.

In the last three years in three major competitions; AFCON 2021,Cameroon, FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar and AFCON 2023, Cote D’Ivoire the Black Stars featured in, they exits the competitions in the group stages of all three competitions under three different coaches.

Comments

Joseph Koomson said…
The very day Chris Hughton was announced to take over from Otto Addo, I said to my friends this man cannot manage the Black Stars with all respect to him, I feel only club football suits him and not national team football. In less than a year Chris Hughton never proved me wrong. His statistics with Ghana has been very disappointing.🫣💔🤧
January 24, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Liz�� said…
I will be glad if the president dissolves the entire GFA like what happened to kumawood. 😏
Ghana nothing works for us. 😩
January 24, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Ian Addo said…
Now that GFA have sacked Chris Hughton, Kurt Okraku and his administration should also resign from their position as the executive counsel of Ghana football. Shameless people😡🤧
January 24, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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