Moroccan coach Jamal Sellami was officially presented on Wednesday in Amman as the new coach of the Jordanian football team.
“I am very happy with the trust placed in me by the Jordanian Football Association (JFA). It is a great honor for me and I am here to lead Nashama even higher and achieve the goals set,” he said at the outset during his presentation ceremony.
“The mission will not be easy, I am aware of that,” he noted, however, expressing his confidence in being able, thanks to his experience and that of his staff, to honor his contract and complete the project. ambitious started by his predecessor, Houcine Ammouta, and meet the expectations of Jordanian supporters.
Detailing his program, Sellami said that the first objective is to qualify for the final stages of the 2026 World Cup, in order to envisage under good auspices the final stages of the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia (Jordan has never participated in the final stages of a World Cup).
“We have a clear vision and a precise program to continue the momentum of the national team. We have no time to lose and I have complete confidence in the players’ abilities,” he assured.
“The challenge is big. It’s a challenge for me personally, but I have confidence in the group currently in place, which has won admiration and which everyone now knows and respects after its recent performances,” he said.
“We have to work even harder to be good enough and we are here for just that!”, he concluded.
For her part, the general secretary of the JFA, Samar Nassar, expressed the support of all components of the Federation for the new coach and his staff, ensuring that all the necessary means will be made available to them, “with the same professionalism and the same determination”, to enable them to achieve the objectives set out, at their head qualifying for the next World Cup.
Ms. Nassar announced that Jamal Sellami has signed a three-year contract which runs until the final stages of the 2027 Asian Nations Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Jamal Sellami has been appointed as the new coach of the Jordanian national team, replacing his compatriot Houcine Ammouta, who announced his departure “for personal reasons”.
Its technical staff is made up of Moroccan executives Omar Najhi and Mustapha El Khalfi, as assistant coaches, as well as goalkeeper coach Ahmed Mohamadina, physical trainers Jawad Sabri and Karim Mellouche and performance analysts Karim El Idrissi and Marouane Lotfi.
Ammouta arrived at the technical helm of the Jordanian selection in July 2023. In less than a year, he made his mark by leading the Nashama to the first final in their history in the Asian Cup of Nations, in Qatar.
He also qualified them handily for the final stages of the next Asian Cup (AFC-2027) by finishing top of their group, as well as for the third and final round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, scheduled in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The draw for this decisive round was to take place on Thursday in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
