Josef Hickersberger signs new contract with Al Wahda

The Austrian coach is expected to build a new-look team by the Pro League club's management over the coming season.


ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Oct 19: Josef Hickersberger, coach of Al Wahda club during the Pro League football match between Al Jazira club vs Al Wahda club at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Al Jazira won the match by 1-0.  (Pawan Singh / The National) For Sports. *** Local Caption ***  PS1910-FOOTBALL054.jpg
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ABU DHABI // Al Wahda, last year's Pro League champions, have sought to bring some much-needed stability to the club by tying Josef Hickersberger to a new one-year contract.

The Austrian led the Abu Dhabi club to the Pro League in 2009/2010 but left in the summer after failing to negotiate a new contract. But he was back in charge midway through the season, returning from his brief stint coaching Bahrain, after appointments of Laszlo Boloni and Tite did not work out.

"The club management was happy with his work and decided he was our man for another season because he knows all the players, having served us for more than two-and-a-half years," Khaled Awadh, the club's deputy chief executive officer, said.

"His task would be to prepare a new-look team and we hope he will have more success with us next season."