Tag: Mohammad Mayeli-Kohan

Team Melli Coaches performances and Queiroz vs. Ghalenoei debate.

The war of words between Ghalenoei and Queiroz has reached its peak after the conclusion of the Asian Cup 2015. The warring coaches are undermining each other verbally, with fans taking sides in debates on forums.

What does the figure say about the performances of the two coaches? It must indicate to some degree the success (or failure) of the coach, if results are indeed the catalyst.

 Along with these warring coaches, we have included another 4 former Team Melli coaches performance data for a meaningful comparison.

Head to head

Direct comparison between Queiroz and Ghalenoei indicates that the Iranian coach has better record in offense and winning categories, while the Portuguese has a better defensive record.

Both have now played in the Asian Cup. Both achieved identical result. Both lost at quarter finals stage with penalty shootout. Queiroz takes the edge with winning 3 out of 3 matches against Ghaelnoei’s 2 wins and 1 draw.

Queiroz qualified for the World Cup , but that is after being in charge for 3 years. Ghalenoei lasted only 1 year and never had the chance to coach in the World Cup qualifiers.

Offense:

 Mohammad Mayeli-Kohan had the best attacking record amongst the 6 coaches with his team averaging a very respectable 2.73 goals a match. This is indeed a high goal average scored and a record that might stand for decades. The worst offensive team was Afshin Ghotbi with only 1.30 goals per match , the second worst is Carlos Queiroz with 1.59

Winning percentage:

 the most wins percentage goes to Ali Daei whose teams had as 64% rate. Daei is , closely followed by Mayeli-Kohan with 60%. The worst is Ghotbi teams with only 53.33% while the second worst is Queiroz with only 54.35%.

Defense:

Best defensive team goes for Carlos Quieroz with his team conceding .52 goals per match. The worst defense was Branko Ivankovic teams conceding shy of a goal per game ,  at 0.93.  Ghotbi was second worst in defense close to Ivankovic at .90 goal per game.

We leave it to you to decide who the better coach in terms of performance is. What is clear for us , though , is that Carlos Queiroz record , is far from being the best overall coach despite holding the job for 4 years now.

Table

 # Name Nationality Matches W D L win % GF GA GFPG GAPG
1 Mohamad MAYELI-KOHAN Iran 40 24 10 6 60.00% 109 27 2.73 0.68
2 Branko IVANOKOVIC Croatia 56 33 14 9 58.93% 115 52 2.05 0.93
3 Amir Ghalenoei Iran 17 10 6 1 58.82% 30 12 1.76 0.71
4 Ali Daei Iran 25 16 6 3 64.00% 44 15 1.76 0.60
5 Afshin Ghotbi USA 30 16 6 8 53.33% 39 27 1.30 0.90
6 Carlos Queiroz Portugal 46 25 14 7 54.35% 73 24 1.59 0.52

Mayeli-Kohan is sentenced to 4 months in Jail.

 

The saga of Iranian coaches misdemeanors and adventures continues unabated , this time off the field.

Former Team Melli coach, Mohammad Mayeli-Kohan has been sentenced to 4 months in prison and 100,000 tomans fine following a guilty verdict in a Tehran court. The plaintiff was none other than Persepolis coach Ali Daei who accused Mayeli-Kohan of slander, defamation, insult and smear campaign. These two have a history of differences and conflicts going back to 1997 when Mayeli-Kohan was the coach of Team Melli and Ali Daei was the striker.

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Following some arguments & disagreement  between them, Mayeli-Kohan decided to kick Ali Daei out of Team Melli in a crucial period during the qualification rounds of the 1998 World Cup.  That decision created a lot of controversy and debate as Ali Daei was the marquee player of the team. Mayeli-Kohan critics were increasing in numbers and quite vocal in the media. Following the loss to Qatar in Doha, Mayeli-Kohan himself was sacked as the coach of Team Melli. Daei was immediately restored back to the team and the rest is history. Since that period, Mayeli-Kohan has become a sworn enemy of Daei, whom he privately accused to be behind a campaign to dislodge him from Team Melli. Mayeli-Kohan  took every opportunity to attack the current Persepolis coach in public without chewing his words, accusing him of corruption , profiteering , and abusing his position.

This verdict by a judge in a Tehran court comes out as a shock for the football community.  Coaches and players are notorious for slander accusation in the media, which in reality thrives on such news. Tales, accusations, threats to reveal it all , claims and all sort of allegations are quite common in Iranian football that is suffering from one of the worst periods on and off the field. The millions of dollars of tax-payers money that are earned by footballers and coaches, is not reciprocated by good results , performance  and behavior.

A verdict such as this is probably a good thing that should scare a few of them to keep their opinions to themselves and refrain from accusations without proper evidence.

Mayeli-Kohan can appeal the sentence or buy out his jail period. Failure to do that, the controversial Mayeli-Kohan will end up being incarcerated.   Nader Faryad-Shiran , Mayeli-Kohan protégé and longtime associate , who was also named in the same case was given a 91 days jail sentence suspended for one year.

Iranian domestic coaches have been exclusively making the headlines in the last few weeks and all for the wrong reasons.  The controversial issues and news surrounding the Iranian football coaches can fill a few books and leave no space for other news , if meticulously reported.

hashemian2 Yesterday , Ghalenoei managed to infuriate many reports and the media plus the refereeing community with his disparaging comments, while Vahid Hashemian, who is not even a fully qualified coach yet but attending a coaching course in Germany, accused the football establishment in Iran of corruption and nepotism when it comes to selecting coaches for their teams.   Hashemian said that “capabilities and credits of a coach does not matter in Iran, it is his connection that works for him and gets him lucrative contracts that he probably does not deserve.” 

References:

Kayeli-Kohan statement after the verdict in Farsi