THREE IRANIAN COACHES NOT ALLOWED IN AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

[EZLN]

Paatoop.com- Three of the four coaches of the Iranian clubs that will compete in the 2017 AFC Champions League (including play-offs and preliminary rounds) will not be allowed to lead their teams.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that coaches who do not have professional licenses will not be allowed to accompany their clubs in the 2017 edition of the AFC Champions League.

Esteghlal Khuzestan with coach Sirous Pourmousavi, Zob Ahan with coach Mojtaba Hosseini, Esteghlal with coach Alireza Mansourian, and Persepolis with coach Branko Ivankovic, are the four Iranian clubs in the upcoming AFC Champions League.

Among these four coaches, only Branko Ivankovic has a professional coaching license, and the three Iranian coaches only have Class-A Asian certificates.

Since Pourmousavi, Hosseini, and Mansourian will not have enough time to attain their required licenses, their clubs will likely be forced to replace them.

An anonymous official of the Iranian Football Federation had the following to say, “We hope that FIFA will allow these coaches to remain with their clubs, if they register for the required professional coaching classes.”

[jahandoost]

And why would AFC mention this now?

[St_Mark]

All they need to do is to register for a Pro class and they have done it.
Registration to Pro class is sufficient requirement.

[ehsan singapore]

this just show how low iranian coaches are, cant even get a pro licence, i remmber vahid hashemian getting his german pro license took like 2 years. We need coaches in iran to take the pro license on this case Afc did a good job

[eerooni]

It's about time someone forces our coaches to become pro! It's sad how in today's Iran anyone in high position doesn't feel compelled to have the right credentials !!

[sedee91]

I bet they'll find their way around it if they were to take the examinations in Iran. Just like how a friend of mine told me that some institutions offered help during TOEFL & IELTS examinations just to boost their chances.

[_Navid_]

Good. Sad to see in our country all the proper things are done when there is force from outside institutions. Ariamehr stadium wouldn't probably get seats until the next 100 years if it wasn't by force.

[naderb94]

In this case, good job AFC. I don't care if all of our Iranian coaches lose their jobs to foreign coaches in order to get pro licenses but it has to be done...

[ehsan singapore]

we are top of asia yet we dont have proper pro coaches, is just sad really sad

[persianallstars]

embarrassing...