SOCCER: Strasbourg appoint Oliveira as head coach following O'Neil's departure

Racing Strasbourg have appointed Hugo Oliveira as their new head coach, the Ligue 1 club announced.

The Portuguese coach replaces Gary O’Neil, who guided Strasbourg to an eighth-place finish in Ligue 1 and the semifinals of the Europa Conference League before returning to England to join Ipswich Town.

Oliveira arrives from Portuguese top-flight club Famalicão, where he led the team to a fifth-place finish in the 2025-26 season.

Before taking charge of Famalicão, Oliveira spent seven years in the Premier League as part of Marco Silva’s coaching staff at Fulham, Everton, Hull City, and Watford.

He also served as the goalkeeping coach for Portugal’s national team from 2009 to 2011 and held the same role at Benfica from 2011 to 2016.

Strasbourg will begin their Ligue 1 campaign against Marseille on August 21.

-Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Helen Popper/Reuters