Mohun Bagan Super Giant on Wednesday parted methods with their head coach Juan Ferrando after the membership’s poor run of kind within the Indian Super League. Technical director Antonio Habas was made the interim head coach, beginning with the Kalinga Super Cup subsequent week, the Indian Super League franchise introduced. Ferrando was appointed the Mariners’ head coach in December 2021, becoming a member of the Kolkata heavyweights from FC Goa.

Under him, Mohun Bagan gained the ISL title final season and made the AFC Cup inter-zonal semi-finals. Mohun Bagan additionally gained the Durand Cup with Ferrando on the helm of affairs this season.

“Thanks to Juan Ferrando for winning this year’s Durand Cup and ISL 2022-23,” Mohun Bagan stated in a short assertion.

The iconic membership’s efficiency dipped this season as they made a gaggle stage exit from the AFC Cup, and slumped to fifth place within the ISL standings after three defeats in a row.

Habas beforehand managed ATK Mohun Bagan through the ISL 2021-22 season and he was the primary head coach to win two ISL titles.

The Spaniard started his journey with Atletico de Kolkata through the inaugural 2014 version and have become the primary head coach to win the ISL title.

He had a stint with FC Pune City afterward earlier than returning to India to hitch ATK FC, main them to the ISL title through the 2019-20 season.

Habas was again at ATK Mohun Bagan the next season and guided them to the ISL last. He parted methods with the Mariners halfway through the 2021-22 season with Ferrando taking cost.

Ahead of the continuing season, Habas made a return to the Sanjiv Goenka-owned franchise, this time because the technical director.

Mohun Bagan are clubbed with arch-rivals East Bengal within the Kalinga Super Cup. The Mariners will start their marketing campaign on January 9.

The arch-rivals will lock horns towards one another on January 19.