Following their shock exit from the CAF Champions League at the hands of Vipers SC, TP Mazembe president Moise Katumbi has decided to sack the club's head coach and a number of its executives in light of the disappointment.
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The Congolese giants were victims of a massive upset in their most recent encounter with Ugandan side Vipers this past weekend, when they were eliminated in the second preliminary stage of the Champions League.
TP Mazembe lost at home 4-2 on penalties to the visitors after both legs ended 0-0.
Vipers will now compete in African football's premier club competition for the first time in their history, while their Congolese counterparts have been relegated to the CAF Confederation Cup.
The president of the Ravens, Katumbi, has subsequently taken drastic action by firing every member of the football club's executive committee, effective immediately, with the exception of secretary Hilaire Kabila.
French head coach Franck Dumas has also been sacked after the team's failure to qualify for the Champions League proper, as per an official statement released by the club.
This is the second season in a row Mazembe have failed to qualify for the competition's group stages, having been knocked out by Benni McCarthy's AmaZulu at the same stage in the previous campaign campaign.
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The five-time African champions have since reappointed Pamphile Mihayo as their new head coach until the end of the season.
Mihayo takes over the 19-time Vodacom Ligue 1 champions for the third time, having been in charge previously from April 2017 to March 2020 and from January 2021 to July 2021.
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