Which World Cup Managers Are Still In Their Job?

July 14th, 2006 | by: Daryl | View Comments

The end of the World Cup usually signals a mangerial reshuffle. Some men have kept their jobs, some have resigned, some have already been replaced. Only Croatia’s Zlatko Kranjcar has been fired.

If you fancy a go at international management, then the current job vacancies are: Australia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ghana, Iran, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, Montenegro, Mexico, Serbia and USA.


Here’s a handy colour coded guide to what’s happening with each World Cup 2006 manager:

Angola: Luis Oliviera Goncalves – contracted until the end of 2006.
Argentina: Jose Pekerman – Argentinian FA yet to accept his resignation.
Australia: Guus Hiddink – contract ran out after World Cup. Now coach of Russia.
Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira – still in job (but probably not for long).
Costa Rica: Alexandre Guimares – resigned.
Croatia: Zlatko Kranjcar – fired.
Czech Republic: Karel Bruckner – signed extension covering Euro 2008.
Ecuador: Luis Fernando Suarez – still there.
England: Sven Goran Eriksson – left by mutual consent (plus the whole fake sheik thing). Replaced by Steve McLaren
France: Raymond Domenech – still there.
Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann – resigned. Replaced by Joachim Löw.
Ghana: Ratomir Dujkovic – resigned.
Iran: Branko Ivankovic – resigned.
Italy: Marcelo Lippi – resigned. Replaced by Roberto Donadoni.
Ivory Coast: Henri Michel – resigned.
Japan: Zico – resigned.
Korea: Dick Advocaat – resigned.
Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe – resigned.
Netherlands: Marco van Basten – contracted through Euro 2008.
Paraguay: Anibal Ruiz – will be replaced by Gerardo “Tata” Martino in January 2007.
Poland: Pawel Janas – resigned. Replaced by Leo Beenhakker.
Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari – recently rejected an offer from Brazil, and extended his contract to 2008.
Saudi Arabia: Marcos Paqueta – still there.
Serbia & Montenegro: Ilija Petkovic – resigned.
Spain: Luis Aragones – contracted through Euro 2008.
Sweden: Lars Lagerback – will resign after Euro 2008.
Switzerland: Koebi Kuhn – still going.
Togo: Otto Pfister – still there (though his stylist should be fired).
Trinidad & Tobago: – Leo Beenhakker – now Poland manager.
Tunisia: – Roger Lemerre – still boss.
Ukraine: Oleg Blokhin – still in charge.
USA: Bruce Arena – contract runs out end of 2006 and won’t be renewed.

We’ll try and keep this updated, so if you spot anything that’s wrong or hear any news, please leave a comment.