{"id":31278,"date":"2026-03-03T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/31278\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:22:09","slug":"former-orlando-pirates-boss-jose-riveiro-off-the-mark-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/31278\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Orlando Pirates boss Jose Riveiro off the mark in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riveiro registers first win in Europe<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d26b5265562bb487324c7354d48afe84.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Mzansi Football<\/p>\n<p>Former Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro registered his first win in charge of Swedish outfit AIK Fotboll.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish mentor guided his team to a 3-0 victory over second-tier side IK Oddevold in the Svenska Cupen &#8211; the Swedish cup.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>AIK moved up to second place in Group 7, having picked up three points in two games, ahead of their final match against Hacken on Monday, 09 March.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is divided into seven groups comprising of four teams each, with the group winners advancing to the next stage.<\/p>\n<p>Riveiro took over the reins in January, ending swirling rumours about a possible return to the lucrative Betway Premiership and links to the Bafana Bafana job after the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This comes after a tumultuous spell with Egyptian giants Al Ahly SC, where he was axed just three months into the job after masterminding one win in the seven games he oversaw.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the 50-year-old tactician enjoyed success with Pirates as he guided the Buccaneers to five domestic cup titles during his tenure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Riveiro registers first win in Europe Photo: Mzansi Football Former Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro registered his first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[18689,18690,14681,14682,18688,131,17809,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-31278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-aik-fotboll","9":"tag-bafana-bafana","10":"tag-jose-riveiro","11":"tag-orlando-pirates","12":"tag-riveiro","13":"tag-stockholm","14":"tag-svenska-cupen","15":"tag-sweden"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}