Resignation of Willi Sañol: the reasons for the dismissal of the coach of the Georgian national team
The Georgian Football Federation sacked Willy Sanjola after losing to Northern Ireland in the Nations League. The new head coach was appointed Ramaz Svanadze, who previously worked with the youth team. The contract was signed before the end of 2028. Sañol led the team to Euro 2024, but then the results deteriorated. Svanadze will make his debut on September 28 in the match against Ukraine.
Ramaz Svanadze headed the Georgian national football team after the resignation of Willi Sanyol.
The Georgian Football Federation announced serious personnel changes in the national team. On Saturday, September 26, it was officially announced the dismissal of Willy Sagnola from the post of head coach. The reason for this decision was the home defeat of the team in the Nations League from the national team of Northern Ireland. Ramaz Svanadze was appointed the new mentor of the national team.
The new specialist is well known in the Georgian football system. For the past five years, Svanadze led the youth team of the country under the age of twenty-one. With the new head coach of the first team, a contract has already been signed, the validity of which is calculated until the end of 2028.
Willi Sagnol has been the helmsman of the Georgian team since 2021. It was under him that the team achieved its main historical achievement, for the first time in history qualifying for the European Championship in 2024. At that tournament, Georgian players reached the stage of the 1/8 finals, where they lost only to the future triumphant of the competition of the Spanish national team. Unfortunately, in the subsequent period, the results of the national team significantly deteriorated and did not meet the previously set high bar.
The crisis was especially evident in the qualifying cycle of the World Cup, where Georgia suffered five defeats in six matches of the group stage, having lost chances to reach the final stage of the world Cup. Friday's game in Tbilisi, which ended with a minimal defeat with a score of zero one, was the final in the coaching career of Sanjola at the helm of the national squad. In an official statement, the Football Association expressed sincere gratitude to the French specialist for the work done, noting his invaluable contribution to the development of football in the country and the historical successes that fans managed to experience thanks to his leadership.
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The debut of Ramaz Svanadze as head coach of the first team will take place next Monday, September 28. The team will hold a home match against the national team of Ukraine in the framework of the tournament of the League of Nations in group B2.
