{"id":39264,"date":"2026-07-10T11:39:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39264"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:39:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:39:32","slug":"sa-coach-broos-confirms-hes-not-staying-as-bafana-coach","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-coach-broos-confirms-hes-not-staying-as-bafana-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"SA coach Broos confirms he\u2019s not staying as Bafana coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa (SA) coach Hugo Broos has confirmed his departure after a fortnight of uncertainty over whether the 74-year-old would stay \u200bon after the country reached the World Cup knockout stages \u200cfor the first time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Broos asserted before the finals that he would be retiring, but when SA lost to co-hosts Canada in the last 32 on June 28, \u200bhe was not sure and said he might be tempted \u200bto stay.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But in an interview in his native Belgium, Broos \u2060said he would not be staying in the post but could \u200bhelp as a consultant for the team.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWill I continue as a coach \u200bafter all? No, it is irreversible! If they need me for something else, perhaps in scouting, that is something else. But football is no longer going to \u200bbe a part of my life 24 hours a day,\u201d Broos \u200btold\u00a0<i>voetbalnieuws.be.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI have already had a conversation with the chairman of the South African \u200cFootball \u2060Association. He would like to keep me, but in a different role, as an advisor or something like that. I will return at the end of July to say a final farewell. I am curious \u200bto see what \u200bhe will \u2060propose to me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Broos had been in the job for five years, becoming the country\u2019s longest-serving coach and qualifying \u200bSA for their first World Cup in 16 \u200byears.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cMy wife \u2060is happy that I\u2019m quitting, but she\u2019s already warned me: \u2018Just make sure you don\u2019t get in my way!\u2019<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSuppose I have to be in SA \u200bfor a few weeks every two months: \u200bwhy not? Better that than being a nuisance at home because I have nothing to \u200bdo,\u201d Broos added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21484,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,20],"class_list":["post-39264","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Broos has confirmed his departure","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39265,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39264\/revisions\/39265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}