Kaizer Chiefs coach Muhsin Ertugral was given a new contract, which will see him staying in charge of Amakhosi until the end of next season. Chiefs will have the option to extend the contract when it expires.

An excited Ertugral said on Monday that the focus for next season would be winning the league championship. "We have good players to achieve this goal," said Ertugral. "We lost a number of players to other clubs in the past and that unsettled us."

Ertugral, who is also the technical instructor for the German Football Federation, joined Chiefs in 1999 on a one-year contract and took the Naturena side to a third place finish in the Premier League log.

Chiefs later won the Bob Save Super Bowl under the guidance of Ertugral but are yet to win a league championship since launch of the Premiership in the 1996/97 season.

"The league championship is very important and that will be our focus next season," said Ertugral. "But the race is not over yet for this season. I believe we still have a chance and if we can beat Pirates on April 11 the title will be wide open again."

Ertugral said his immediate plan when he arrived at Chiefs two years ago was to get the team to function as a unit. "Then I had to get on with the transformation of the team and a lot of that has been achieved. These things don't happen over night but I am happy with the progress so far."

Muhsin Ertugral Fact File

    Surname: Ertugral

    Name: Muhsin

    Date of birth: September 16, 1959

    Place of birth: Istanbul, Turkey

    Residence: Germany

    Languages: English, German and Turkish

Soccer History

Professional player from 1979 to 1989

    FC Cologne

    Union Solingen - Germany

    Standard Liege - Belgium

    KV Mechelen - Belgium

    Antalyaspor - Turkey

    Eskisehirspor - Turkey

    VfL Sindelfingen - Germany

Coaching Qualifications

    Technical Director Union of German Football Federation.

    Sport Academy Koeln Germany.

    Licenced Technical Director for German Football Federation.

    Instructor German Football Federation.

Coaching Career

    1990-1991 TSV Dagersheim - Germany.

    1991-1995 TSV Plattenhardt - Germany.

    1995-1996 Zaire National coach.

    1996-1997 Genderbirigi Ankar - Turkey.

    1997-1998 Trabzonspor - Turkey.

    1998 to date: Technical instructor German Football Federadion.