Cameroon again without a coach. A little less than three months after the departure of Rigobert Song, it is already the end of the adventure for Marc Brys, appointed on April 9. The Belgian coach has been sacked, announced the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) chaired by Samuel Eto’o.
The former Inter Milan and FC Barcelona striker, president of Fecafoot since December 2021, went against his government which had imposed this choice on him. In Cameroon, the Football Federation has the habit of proposing several names to the Ministry of Sports, which then appoints the new coach from among them. But Marc Brys was not part of Samuel Eto’o’s proposals.
In the process, the former player decided to appoint a technical staff, going against that decided by the government. This Tuesday, the conciliation and arbitration chamber of the Cameroonian national Olympic committee (CNOSC), contacted by amateur clubs of Cameroon (ACFAC) and the Cameroon Professional Football League (LFPC), decided to suspend these appointments made by Samuel Eto’o who responded immediately, announcing the coach’s departure.
“The immediate consequence of these decisions taken in violation of all legal and regulatory provisions is the suspension with immediate effect of the staff of the Indomitable Lions, headed by Mr. Marc Brys, coach-selector,” announces the Federation in a press release shared on social networks.
“The Fecafoot Emergency Committee will meet without delay to give appropriate follow-up to these actions,” concludes the press release, as vagueness sets in over the composition of a potential staff.
The Belgian coach, aged 62, who notably worked for Saudi Arabia in the 2010s, will therefore never have had the opportunity to supervise this team during a match. Next meeting for Cameroon: the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup organized in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The Indomitable Lions will face Cape Verde on June 8, then Angola on June 11.
