Egypt sacks coach Hassan over ex-wife scandal

Sports

By Linda Ikeji
8 November 2026, 12:25 pm

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has dismissed nationwide group coach Hossam Hassan and his teaching workers, citing considerations concerning the group’s picture and stability following controversy over his personal life.

Ali Maher, who coaches Egyptian membership Ceramica Cleopatra, has been appointed as his successor.

In a press release on Saturday, the EFA stated it had reviewed current occasions and their “negative impact on the positive image and stability” of the nationwide group. It added that “maintaining stability of the team is top priority”.

The resolution got here three days after Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation banned Hassan from showing on media platforms over a case involving his former spouse, Dina Mostafa, publicly generally known as Dan Adam. Local media reported that Hassan’s legal professionals had filed a grievance accusing her of forging official paperwork and committing bigamy. Her representatives denied the allegations.

Hassan had additionally confronted scrutiny over his selections on the pitch. In September, he substituted Mohamed Salah within the sixtieth minute of a goalless dwelling draw with Angola in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Salah subsequently left the nationwide group camp. The EFA stated the Trabzonspor ahead would miss the qualifier towards South Sudan as a result of he avoids enjoying on synthetic pitches. Egypt received that match 5–0.

Former Egypt ahead Mido stated in September that the state of affairs had “gone out of control” and urged officers to intervene.

Hassan, a former Egypt striker, took cost in March 2024. He led the group to the final 16 of the 2026 World Cup, the nation’s finest efficiency on the event, and to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, the place Egypt in the end completed fourth.

FIFA handed Hassan a three-match ban after he criticised the referee following Egypt’s World Cup knockout defeat by Argentina. He leaves the nationwide group with 21 wins, 10 attracts and 7 defeats in 38 matches. Maher, 52, takes over forward of Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers towards Malawi on November 13 and 17.