NO CAS RULING YET ON ASANOVIC CASE

18.10.2023 | Football in my DNA

NO CAS RULING YET ON ASANOVIC CASE

Press Statement

(For Immediate Release)

Football Association of Zambia

Football House, Lusaka

18th October 2023

FAZ PROVIDES UPDATE ON ASANOVIC CASE

The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) wishes to inform its membership and stakeholders that the case involving its former coach, Aljosa Asanovic, is currently before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

FAZ appealed the decision by a single judge of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to award runaway coach Aljosa Asanovic $1.1m for alleged breach of contract.

FAZ General Secretary Reuben Kamanga says there has been no decision yet by CAS.

“We did appeal the ruling by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to CAS and

throughout this process, we have been liaising closely with our legal team to ensure that justice prevails in this matter.” says Kamanga.

Kamanga has advised FAZ members and stakeholders to be patient as the court process takes a long time to be exhausted.

“Matters of a legal nature require some level of prudency. As it stands, the process is taking place, and the case is still being developed from all sides. We are far away from any decisions being made right now, and any suggestion otherwise is fundamentally inaccurate. FAZ will duly update the public as the case progresses,” he says.

FAZ appointed Asanovic on 18 January 2022, but the Croatian announced that he had unilaterally terminated his contract with Zambia on September 22, 2022.

Asanovic abandoned his post in the aftermath of Zambia, losing 1-0 at home to Mozambique to be dumped out of the African Nations Championship campaign.

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For and on behalf of:

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA

Sydney Mungala

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER