Kathmandu, March 4 -- The Nepali men's senior football team has a new foreign coach once again. Australian-born Matt Ross, 47, signed a one-year contract with the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on March 2 and was introduced at the association's office in Satdobato on Monday.

Ross succeeds Italian coach Vincenzo Alberto Annesse, whose year-long contract, with a brief extension, ended in October last year. ANFA had sought a new head coach with a vacancy announcement on September 16, 2024. Nabin Neupane looked after the team as the interim coach.

"Ross was selected out of 416 UEFA pro license holder coaches who applied for the post. A technical committee first shortlisted 20 coaches, before narrowing it down to five for the final se...