Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Jordan's national football team hired Egyptian coach Hussam Hassan to succeed Adnan Hamad, whose four year contract with the team expired last week.

Prince Ali ibn al-Hussein, President of the Jordan Football Association, announced on Tuesday that Hassan will join the team as its head coach.

The announcement came counter to media reports yesterday that Iraqi coach Hamad agreed to renew his conract.

Hamad is reportedly offered a 4-year $15-million per year contract from the Qatari football association, Qatari media reports said.

Hamad's contract with the Jordanian team expired o the eve of Jordan's World Cup qualifier match with Oman last week, in which Jordan beat its visiting team 1-0.

Hamad was named as head coach of Jordan's national football team, Al Nashama, in February 2009, coaching the team to reach unprecedented victories in both the Asian Cup and the World Cup qualifiers.

New coach Hassan would oversee Jordan heading towards the Asian zone playoff for the first time in the kingdom's history.

Jordan is set to meet Uzbekistan on September 6 and 10 in the Asian Zone playoff after finishing third behind Japan and Australia, the top two teams in group B to qualify directly for the 2013 World Cup.

Jordan and Uzbekistan will be competing for a chance to qualify via an intercontinental qualifying tie. The winner will play the fifth place team from South America (winner of a series between Venezuela and Uruguay) for a place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.