Six Top Coaches Set for First AFCON 2027 Qualifying Tests

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AFCON 2027 qualifying begins this week with 48 teams in the group stage and 21 newly appointed head coaches taking charge. Patrick Vieira starts his first international coaching role with Senegal, while Aliou Cissé begins a new chapter with Angola. Hervé Renard returns to Ivory Coast, where he previously won the tournament in 2015. Tunisia’s Moïn Chaabani, Gabon’s Sébastien Migné and veteran French coach Claude Le Roy, back with Congo, also face early tests as they attempt to guide their new sides toward qualification.

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