Ajax fire Stekelenburg

Ajax Cape Town have fired coach Maarten Stekelenburg

Posted: 2 October 2012 Time: 11:43 am

Ajax Cape Town have fired coach Maarten Stekelenburg after a string of poor results.

Head of technical affairs Jan Pruijn will be in charge for the League match against AmaZulu on Saturday, assisted by Wilfred Mugeyi.

According to club CEO George Comitis the decision to fire the coach had to be taken sooner rather than later.

"As of today, coach Maarten Stekelenburg will no longer be the head coach of Ajax Cape Town," Comitis said.

“We had to make a change before it was too late. Sometimes you have to shake everything up.

“Irrespective of whether we gave him an ultimatum we believe we need a more experienced coach because he is dealing with more experienced players."

Comitis says Stekelenburg "lost the belief of the board and directors", although he still had the support of his players.

"The players will be sad, they were behind MS all the way and felt it was their duty to make things right," Comitis admits.

Comitis adds that Ajax have made no decisions about a new coach yet, although Foppe de Haan's name has been mentioned.

"We would look at bringing back someone like Foppe, but we have made no inroads to a decision as of yet."

"We will sign someone on an interim basis if that is the case. It's a big decision so we need to make the correct choice.

"We won't be going into the market for new players and we don't want a coach that isn't focused around our youth system!"

De Haan led Ajax to a second-position finish in the League in 2011.

Add New Comment

Comments Login Form

Forgotten your password?

Your comments on this story...

Bakaniya For Life
posted: 11:45 am
it was coming...... Neek skeems you are next.
KC OUR RELIGION
posted: 11:47 am
Round 1 its the start of season
Round 2 Its the marathon
Round 3 We will come back Belly is injured
Round 4 The colonel had tooth ache now he lost his other tooth
Round 5 They are only holding the umbrella
Round 6 they played weak teams so far

Round 26 Kaizer Chiefs are Champs with 4 games to play..
CONGO-BRAZAVILLE
posted: 11:48 am
heared lot of zebras say that chiefs already won the league,the remaining 24 matches are for formality.they have started celebrations in some parts of the country even in naturena you will see every one's face there is glowing even the shy one himself,jessica already approached a printing company for thier T-shirts which read '2012/13 CHAMPIONS'
The_Assassin_of_Orlando_Mamadou_Straighte
posted: 11:49 am
Good riddance! I remmber this guy talking shit about Africa when Sports Five would not give SABC TV rights and I predicted he will be gone soon, Lookey NOW.
silago77
posted: 11:53 am
Anonymousposted: 11:47 am | Report
Round 1 its the start of season
Round 2 Its the marathon
Round 3 We will come back Belly is injured
Round 4 The colonel had tooth ache now he lost his other tooth
Round 5 They are only holding the umbrella
Round 6 they played weak teams so far

Round 26 Kaizer Chiefs are Champs with 4 games to play..
...................................................
i cnt believe some1 is stil asleep at this tym of the day.
wake up nameless from this dream of yrs.
KC OUR RELIGION
posted: 11:54 am
Round 7 Tuks robed us, they used a improperly registerd player Ngoma is a Rat...
ericpayi
posted: 11:54 am
Finally
Sthera da Bucs master
posted: 11:55 am
I mean the writting was on the wall for him,, how can he sell Maluleka and Fanteni... Even at times wen the Ajax is playing you could see the coach was clueless, hoping that the players will perform magic for him.. Good bye Marteen "Clueless" Stekelenberg.... Lmao
tidoo
posted: 11:59 am
Mugeyi will never be even caretaker at Ikamva. He'll end up like Madigage assistant for life.
Guilty
posted: 12:00 pm
nc nc nc the unemployment rate is rising, next Nee skeens, de Sa (batman), Palmgren,

Reclaming the glory...............
Bin Laden
posted: 12:00 pm
Sacked for being useless or sacked for being brainless?????
Bin Laden
posted: 12:01 pm
LOL
meldinho
posted: 12:01 pm
i am sure even himself maarten had expected dis it didnt come as a shock
dollarTheSky
posted: 12:02 pm
Mugeyi will never be even caretaker at Ikamva. He'll end up like Madigage assistant for life
==========================================================================

Kweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Bin Laden
posted: 12:02 pm
Wilfred Mugeyi will do much better..atleast they'll avoid religation at position14th at the end of the season...
KC OUR RELIGION
posted: 12:05 pm
Round 9 Roger this, is unemployed!!
Skhumba
posted: 12:07 pm
Round 10 Parker has reached his season tally (by that time 12 goals)
GinoFeelo Balotelli
posted: 12:07 pm
Another one bites the dust in the PSL

Mnqithi................fired
Uncle Pally.........fired
Stekelenburg......fired
De Sa.................fired three shots in the air
Mpikza
posted: 12:09 pm
another one bust the dust. Cape Town is setting the trend on this firing coaches
Baatile
posted: 12:13 pm
1. Chippa united
2. Orlando Pirates
3. Ajax Cape Town
Which team is next
4. Amazulu
5. Chippa united again
6. Orla Pirates
7. Kaizer Chiefs
Terms of use:

The comments posted do not reflect the views of KickOff.com. Users are reminded that no misuse of this comment facility will be tolerated. Any abusive, racist or inflammatory comments will be deleted and the user banned.

Please report abusive posts to editor@kickoff.com. Logged in users can select "report" next to the offending comment.

S.A's leading price comparison site