Overview
- Zimbabwe’s football association announced Nees’s dismissal following a World Cup qualifying campaign that ended without a victory and with the team bottom of their group.
- Nees spent about 14 months in charge, during which he secured qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
- Since taking over, the 58-year-old German won only two matches for Zimbabwe, reflecting a broader struggle for results.
- Zimbabwe begin their AFCON Group B campaign against Egypt in Agadir on December 22, with tournament preparations now under a compressed timeline.
- ZIFA said details on the transition and any interim coaching arrangements will be communicated in the coming days, while Nees’s past roles included Seychelles, Rwanda, and technical director posts in Israel and Kosovo.