NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation has granted a one-year extension to national head coach Igor Stimac.
AIFF’s technical committee which met via video conference Monday, deliberated at length, and reached a consensus that in view of the external factors which has had a huge impact on the footballing world in general, and with the national team all set to begin their campaign in their quest to qualify for the AFC Asian Cup China 2023, Stimac be given an extension of his contract till September 2022. The AFC Asian Cup qualifiers will be played from February 2022 to September 2022.
AIFF’s technical committee chairman Shyam Thapa requested Stimac to come up with a detailed long term plan to take Indian football forward together.
Before the committee deliberated on whether to extend his contract, Stimac made a presentation on the performance graph of the senior men’s national team wherein he highlighted about the change in football philosophy, and emergence of future generation of the Blue Tigers in the national team set-up. Stimac has been on contract as head coach since May 2019.
