Lwandamina, Azam FC cut ties

Tanzanian side, Azam FC has confirmed the departure of head coach George Lwandamina from the club following a string of poor results as earlier reported by the ZamFoot Crew.

According an official statement by the club accessed by the ZamFoot Crew, The former Chipolopolo boss handed in a resignation letter saying it was in the interest of the club.

“Top gaffer George Lwandamina has resigned from his position as Azam football club Head Coach today Monday December 13, 2021.

Lwandamina has written a letter to the board of Azam FC and thanked him for the opportunity he gave him in the club.

In his letter, the Zambian coach has said he has taken the decision in the interest of the club.”

Lwandamina says it’s a difficult decision to make but has wished the club well going forward.

“𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒛𝒂𝒎 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝑰 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑳𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂, 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒛𝒂𝒎 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃, 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚.

𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓.

𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓.

𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘. 𝑨𝒛𝒂𝒎 𝑭𝑪 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”

Azam has accepted his resignation and has since appointed the technical director, Abdihamid Moalin to hold that position until the new coach is announced.

Azam has only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats in their first 8 matches of the season and are currently sitting in 8th position with 11 points in the 2021-22 season and are 9 points off the pacesetters, Yanga SC.

The Ice cream makers have scored 6 goals and have allowed 7 goals so far.

Lwandamina joined Azam FC on 4th December 2020 and was in charge of the club in the CAF Confederation Cup where they were eliminated by Egyptian side Pyramids FC.