{"id":33146,"date":"2017-02-07T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33146"},"modified":"2017-02-07T12:53:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:53:32","slug":"u-17-football-team-coach-resigns-less-than-8-months-before-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33146","title":{"rendered":"U-17 football team coach resigns less than 8 months before World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33145\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nicolai-Adam12.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" alt=\"Nicolai Adam12\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nicolai-Adam12.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nicolai-Adam12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nicolai-Adam12-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>New Delhi: The <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2111-all-india-football-federation\">All India Football Federation<\/a><\/strong> (AIFF) on Tuesday confirmed the parting of ways with controversial Under-17 team head coach <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1320-nicolai-adam\">Nicolai Adam<\/a><\/strong> by mutual consent, with less than eight months to go for the U-17 FIFA World Cup in India.<\/p>\n<p>Adam, who had taken charge of the team in April 2015, was mired in controversy lately after as many as 21 players in a signed letter to AIFF had alleged that the German had beaten them up during training sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, reports had also emerged that the AIFF decided to sack Adam because the team, which will represent the country in the U-17 World Cup to be hosted by India in October, finished last in a 16-nation exposure tournament in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das said: &#8220;We are grateful to Nicolai for his services towards the development of the Indian U-17 national team and wish him all the best for his future endeavours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"football-news\/44267-indian-women-s-league-alakhpura-fc-held-to-a-draw-by-jeppiaar-it-fc\">Indian Women&rsquo;s League: Alakhpura FC held to a draw by Jeppiaar IT FC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adam said: &#8220;I am grateful to AIFF for giving me the opportunity to serve as coach of the Indian U-17 National Team. I wish all the bright young talent the very best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Das also revealed that the process of selecting a new coach for the U-17 national team has already been initiated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We shall appoint a replacement very soon and also hope to get the desired results,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33145\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nicolai-Adam12.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" alt=\"Nicolai Adam12\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nicolai-Adam12.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nicolai-Adam12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Nicolai-Adam12-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>New Delhi: The <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2111-all-india-football-federation\">All India Football Federation<\/a><\/strong> (AIFF) on Tuesday confirmed the parting of ways with controversial Under-17 team head coach <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1320-nicolai-adam\">Nicolai Adam<\/a><\/strong> by mutual consent, with less than eight months to go for the U-17 FIFA World Cup in India.<\/p>\n<p>Adam, who had taken charge of the team in April 2015, was mired in controversy lately after as many as 21 players in a signed letter to AIFF had alleged that the German had beaten them up during training sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[973,12975,466,1277,11711,21249],"class_list":["post-33146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-all-india-football-federation","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-kushal-das","tag-nicolai-adam","tag-u-17-fifa-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U-17 football team coach resigns less than 8 months before World Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33146\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U-17 football team coach resigns less than 8 months before World Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Tuesday confirmed the parting of ways with controversial Under-17 team head coach Nicolai Adam by mutual consent, with less than eight months to go for the U-17 FIFA World Cup in India. 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