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APOEL Nicosia on Wednesday sacked coach Mick McCarthy after only two months in charge of the Cyprus club following a bad run of results, it said.<\/p>\nAPOEL Nicosia on Wednesday sacked coach Mick McCarthy after only two months in charge of the Cyprus club following a bad run of results, it said.<\/p>\n
The former Republic of Ireland manager, who in November had signed a 19-month contract to May 2022, was fired following the side’s 2-1 loss to Doxa on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“APOEL announces it is ending its cooperation with coach Mick McCarthy. We wish Mr McCarthy and his assistant Terry Connor all the best,\u201d the club said in a short statement.<\/p>\n
McCarthy, a former Ireland international, twice coached Ireland as well as Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Ipswich in England.<\/p>\n
APOEL, the island\u2019s most successful club, were 10th in the 14-team league when McCarthy took over in November, with two wins from eight games.<\/p>\n
Under McCarthy they fared no better, however, managing only two more wins from their next eight league games, leaving them now in 11th place.<\/p>\n
McCarthy had been due to remain in charge of the Boys in Green until the end of the Euro 2020 campaign, before being replaced by Stephen Kenny.<\/p>\n
However, the European Championship was delayed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which led to McCarthy leaving before the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n
Kenny led Ireland in the play-off semi-final clash with Slovakia but Ireland lost on penalties in Bratislava.<\/p>\n
It remains to be seen if McCarthy’s departure will affect Jack Byrne.<\/p>\n
He signed the Ireland international, whose contract with Shamrock Rovers expired at the end of the League of Ireland campaign, this week.<\/p>\n
Byrne made his debut in the loss to Doxa last night.<\/p>\n