Jordan parts ways with national coach Sellami after World Cup exit

Personnel decision

The decision to dismiss him was communicated by JFA President Prince Ali bin Al Hussein on Sunday. The results at the tournament in North America had apparently exhausted the association leadership's patience with the coach. Beyond the sporting record, the early elimination is regarded as a sporting setback for the Jordanian association.

No successor for the national coach position was initially named. The Jordanian Football Association says it will now move swiftly to search for a new team boss in order to prepare for the upcoming tasks in World Cup qualifying and in international friendlies.

Sellami had been the one to lead Jordan to its very first World Cup participation in the association's history. Reaching the tournament had been regarded in advance as a great success, but was overshadowed by the performance in the group stage, in which not a single point could be secured.

Outlook on the succession

In Group J, Jordan faced Austria, among others, a match that ended 3:1 in Austria's favor. The other group fixtures and the results of other opponents are indeed mentioned in international media reports, but for the association the decisive factor for the assessment remains the overall outcome: zero points, group-stage exit.

The association responded to a sporting disappointment of the kind that frequently occurs at major tournaments. Personnel consequences are usually drawn after a premature elimination, particularly when the tournament ends without any points gained.

With this move, an approximately two-year tenure as Jordan's national coach comes to an end for Sellami. Nothing was initially known about his further sporting future or possible engagements with other associations.