AIFF to take decision on Igor Stimac after executive committee meeting on September 18

Stimac's existing contract ends in September. After guiding the national team to the 2023 Asia Cup with a dominant show in the qualifiers in June, Stimac had expressed his desire for the AIFF to take a call on his contract quickly. At that time, the AIFF was being run by the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA).

Chaubey said the technical committee, appointed on Saturday with the legendary I M Vijayan as its head, will submit a report of the performance of the national team under Stimac, and the new executive committee will take a decision on whether the Croatian coach will continue or not. "The members of the technical committee have wide knowledge about Indian football, they have had very good football careers having played at the highest level and for India. "The technical committee will prepare a report based on the performance of the national team and submit it on September 18.

The executive committee will discuss the report and take a decision on Stimac," Chaubey said in an interview. The new executive committee of the AIFF is expected to meet on September 18 in Kolkata. Stimac, a part of Croatia's 1998 World Cup third-place finishing team, was appointed as India head coach in May 2019 on a two-year contract.

His tenure was extended till September 2021 before another one-year extension till September 2022. If Stimac is given another extension or new contract on September 18, he will straightaway head to Vietnam for the Indian team's two international friendly matches there. India are scheduled to play against Singapore on September 24 before taking on Vietnam on September 27 in Ho Chi Minh City.