{"id":50353,"date":"2026-11-09T09:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=50353"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:20:26","slug":"egypt-part-ways-with-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/egypt-part-ways-with-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt part ways with Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has officially parted ways with national team head coach Hossam Hassan and his technical staff, appointing Ceramica Cleopatra manager Ali Maher to lead the Pharaohs into their upcoming continental qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hassan, a former national team star and Egypt\u2019s all-time leading goalscorer, took charge of the team in February 2024. During his tenure, he guided the side to a fourth-place finish at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) before reaching the round of 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maher assumes immediate control as Egypt prepares for back-to-back AFCON qualifying fixtures against Malawi on November 13 and 17. The Pharaohs currently top Group B with four points, following an opening victory over South Sudan and a draw against Angola.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":50355,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-50353","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Egypt part ways with Head Coach Hossam Hassan","published_date":"2026-11-09 09:20:17","news_description":"Egypt part ways with Head Coach Hossam Hassan","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50353","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50358,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/50353\/revisions\/50358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=50353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}