The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) has ended its collaboration with Portuguese coach Fernando Santos. For the termination of the contract with the coach, who led the Azerbaijani national football team, he received approximately 4 million manats (about 2 million euros).
The contract with the 71-year-old Santos was signed until the end of 2027. Under his leadership, the national team suffered nine defeats and two draws. It is also important to note that today there will be a match between the national teams of Ukraine and Azerbaijan at the 'Krakovia' stadium in Krakow.
Ukraine's squad for the match against Azerbaijan
- Georgiy Bushchan
- Yukhym Konoplia
- Bogdan Mykhailichenko
- Oleksandr Svatok
- Valerii Bondar
- Volodymyr Brazhko
- Vladyslav Vanat
- Ruslan Malinovskyi
- Oleksii Hutsuliak