Johor Bahru: Ulisses Morais replaced Benjamin Mora as the head coach/ team manager for Johor Darul Ta’zim on Monday.
The 2015 AFC Cup champions were knocked out of this year’s edition after losing to the Philippines’ Ceres Negros on away goals after the two-leg ASEAN Zonal Semi-finals ended 4-4 in May.
Morais, with experience coaching Portugal clubs Naval, SC Beira-Mar, Aves and most recently Famalicao, will look to lead the Southern Tigers to defend and claim their fourth Malaysian Super League.
The 57-year-old Portuguese coach met the team yesterday during a training session.
Currently leading the standings with 30 points after 13 matches, JDT are set to face Penang when the league resumes on July 1. Three days later, they will kick-off their Malaysia Cup campaign with Selangor, Sarawak and Terengganu their opposition in Group D.
“We would like to wish Ulisses Morais a warm welcome to Johor and we hope that with the experience under his belt, he will be able to take JDT to greater heights,” said JDT on its official website.
Former head coach Mora will resume his original role as head coach of JDT II, which plays in Malaysia’s second division league - the Malaysia Premier league.
“We would like to thank Benjamin Mora for his continuous service, hard work and dedication. He is a young coach with much potential and we are confident he will be an even better coach in the future.”
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Source: the-afc.com