Fernando Santos dismissed: why Azerbaijan paid 2 million euros.
13.10.2025
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Shostal Oleksandr
13.10.2025
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The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) has concluded its collaboration with Portuguese coach Fernando Santos. For the termination of the contract with the coach, who led the Azerbaijani national football team, he received approximately 4 million manats (about 2 million euros).
According to inkorr.com: The contract with 71-year-old Santos was signed until the end of 2027. Under his leadership, the national team suffered nine defeats and two draws. It is also worth noting that today there will be a match between the national teams of Ukraine and Azerbaijan at the 'Krakoviya' stadium in Krakow.
Ukraine's squad for the match against Azerbaijan
- Georgiy Bushchan
- Yukhym Konoplia
- Bohdan Mykhailichenko
- Oleksandr Svatok
- Valerii Bondar
- Vladimir Brezhko
- Vladyslav Vanat
- Ruslan Malinovskyi
- Oleksii Hutsuliak
- Mykola Shaparenko
- Artem Dovbyk
- Anatolii Trubin
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