Only three native coaches at 2015 Afcon

Bata (Equatorial Guinea), Jan 22 : Only three indigenous coaches are managing teams at the ongoing 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) football tournament here.

According to the records of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the majority of the coaches taking charge of the 16 teams in the tournament come from France, reports Xinhua.

South Africa's Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba, Zambia's Honour Janza and Democratic Republic (DR) of the Congo's Florent Ibenge are the only three native coaches who are managing their national team's in the competition.

It is also the first time appearance for all the three at the competition.

Congo Brazzaville's coach Claude Le Roy is making his eighth Afcon appearance in nearly 30 years.

He guided Cameroon to the finals in 1986, and won the title with the "Indomitable Lions" two years later.

He secured a third place for Senegal in 1990 and was a semi-finalist again in 1992, quarter-finalists with DR Congo in 2006.

In 2008 he guided he Ghana to a third place finish. In 2013, however, he failed to help DR Congo, advance past the group stage.

Cote d'Ivoire French born Coach Herve Renard, who won the title with Zambia in 2012 before crashing out at the first round in 2013, is making his third appearance in the competition.