SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Faruk Hadžibegić agreed to resign as Bosnia-Herzegovina coach after four games in charge, the national soccer federation said on Friday.
The move followed a loss to Luxembourg which badly dented the team's European Championship qualifying hopes.
The federation said “agreed termination of cooperation with this expert was agreed” at a meeting on Friday morning between Hadžibegić, the federation president and the national team director.
Hadžibegić was hired in January and oversaw a 3-0 win over Iceland in his opening game in March, losses to Slovakia and Portugal, and finally a 2-0 home loss to Luxembourg on Tuesday.
Bosnia-Herzegovina was fourth in its group and only the top two teams qualify for the European Championship in Germany next year.
Hadžibegić spent much of his career coaching in the French leagues. It was his second spell in charge of the Bosnian team, nearly 24 years after he coached it for part of 1999.
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