Coach Hugo Broos joins the long list of coaches who cut short their process after the 2026 World Cup. The Belgian strategist becomes the 17th coach to leave the bench. Go through all the names on the list.
The South African team managed to overcome Group A in the World Cup. Despite falling 2-0 against Mexico on the first day, Hugo Broos and his team rescued a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic and defeated South Korea 1-0 on the last day.
South Africa reached the round of 32. In this round they faced Canada and were beaten 1-0. Despite the good performance of the African team, Hugo Broos leaves the “Bafana Bafana” bench
Selectors fallen after the 2026 World Cup
The first coach relegated from his position was the Franco-Tunisian Sabri Lamouch. Tunisia dismissed this strategist after losing 5-1 against Sweden on the first day of the World Cup.
Four selectors left their processes voluntarily after being eliminated in the group stage. The Czech Miroslav Koubek, the Scot Steve Clarke, the South Korean Hong Myung-bo and the Argentine Marcelo Bielsa (in charge of Uruguay), stepped aside after the early elimination of their teams.
Among those eliminated from the next round there are three selectors who did not continue with their processes. Among them are the Argentine Sebastián Beccacece (Ecuador), the Dutch Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) and the German Julian Nagelsmann (Germany).
In the round of 16 there were three others who fell. The Portuguese Carlos Queiroz (Ghana), the Spanish Roberto Martínez (Portugal) and the Mexican Javier Aguirre. The latter was known that he would not continue in command of the team and that Rafa Márquez would take the baton.
Other selectors who join this list are the Moroccan Jamal Sellami (Jordan), the Croatian Zlatko Dalic (Croatia), the Senegalese Pape Thiaw (Senegal), the Frenchman Didier Deschamps (France) and the Frenchman Rudi García (Belgium).
