THE eight-match ban given to the head coach of the Tanzania national team, Taifa Stars, Adel Amrouche, for making serious accusations against the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (RMFF), is over.

However, there has been silence regarding the coach's future within the Tanzanian national team.

The Algerian coach (pictured) was sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Committee on January 18, last year, after the Stars were defeated 3-0 by Morocco in their first group stage match of the 2023 AFCON finals held in Ivory Coast. 

He subsequently made statements alleging that the RMFF has influence within CAF to fix matches and influence referees.

This action resulted in the CAF Disciplinary Committee suspending the coach for eight matches and fining him 10,000 US dollars (24 million Tanzanian shillings). 

The Executive Committee of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) also announced his suspension on January 19, in support of CAF's action, and appointed assistant coach Hemed ‘Morocco’ Suleiman to complete the final group stage matches against Zambia and DR Congo.

After those two AFCON final matches, the Stars (Tanzania's national team) played six more matches in the AFCON 2025 qualifiers and successfully qualified under the interim head coach, Hemed Morocco, in addition to the 2026 World Cup qualifying matches. 

These matches completed the eight-match ban that coach Amrouche received from CAF.

Despite the eight-match ban being completed, the TFF has not yet released any statement regarding Amrouche. 

As national team activities continue under 'Morocco', discussions have begun among sports stakeholders about the future of the former Harambee Stars (Kenya's national team) coach.

Amrouche was hired by the TFF in March 2023 on a three-year contract expected to end next year, and it is understood that his salary is paid by the government. 

However, TFF Information Officer, Cliford Ndimbo, when contacted about the future of the coach, stated that an official statement will be released.

"For now, I cannot say anything. An official statement will be released regarding the issue of Coach Adel (Amrouche)," said Ndimbo.

Following their success, the local technical bench under Morocco is expected to continue leading the team for the foreseeable future, with sources within the federation suggesting that coach Amrouche will not return .