Somali Football federation has on Wednesday [November, 9] concluded the first FIFA youth refereeing course to be conducted in the country under the auspice of the world football's governing association [FIFA].
It is a big approach and an unprecedented opportunity for young Somali referees who were all born during the country's civil wars, to benefit from their FIFA youth refereeing course to be organized in the war-weary horn of African nation.
Somalia has officially inaugurated the first ever football league for children under the age of 15 who have gained the opportunity to enjoy a domestic football league of their own.
Somali Football Federation has on Saturday launched the 3rd phase of the regional football development program for the semiautonomous Somali state of Galmudug in the city of Galkayo about 750 kilometers north of the capital Mogadishu.
The media coverage for the 2016 Somali Inter-state football tournament has been very high, as local and international media did their best to make a very professional coverage.
The president of the federal republic of Somalia Prof. Hassan Sheik Mahmoud, said that the country's first Inter-state football tournament has marked an enormous sign of peace and development in the country.
Although they were shocked by an early goal from their opponent's side, the semiautonomous Somali regional state of puntland clinched a great victory after defeating Jubbaland state rivals 5-3 on penalties to lift the country's first ever Inter-state football competition on Tuesday.
The president of the federal republic of Somalia, Prof Hassan Sheik Mahmoud, has on Friday launched the first ever inter-state football tournament since after Somalia took the federal system just more than a decade ago.
The world Football's governing body [FIFA], in collaboration with Somali Football Federation, has concluded a 5-day FIFA MA refereeing course for Somalia in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, 13th of July.
For the first time in history, Somalia has been able to successfully hold its CAF "C" license coaching course, with qualified Somali instructors conducted the course, while previously the African football governing body [CAF] had sent foreign instructors to teach Somali coaches.
Somali U-11 children from Mogadishu Primary school, who are representing their homeland in the ongoing Jeem cup for Pan Arab schools champions in Doha, have made an impressive performance at the Jeem Cup; despite they were held to draws in all their group stage matches.
Somalia has shown its admiration for the recent (leader of the year award) presented to the country's Football Federation boss Abdiqani Said Arab by the governing body of African Football [CAF].
The Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) has felicitated its vice president and Somali FA boss, Abdiqani Said Arab on his winning of the African Football leader of the year award.
The president of Somali Football Federation and CECAFA vice president, Abdiqani Said Arab, has been crowned as the African Football leader of the year, after receiving the prestigious award during the Glo awards ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria over night on Thursday.
The president of Somali Football Federation, Abdiqani Said Arab, has been appointed vice president of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations [CECAFA].
Football administrators from regions across the country have benefitted from a five-day training course which was part of the Somali Football Federation's 'spread the football' program.
Somali Football Federation's annual general meeting [AGM] has lauded for the major achievements in the country including some unprecedented activities made by the federation during 2015.
The much-anticipated super Cup match in Somalia is slated for Thursday 24th of December 2015 and will be put before international audience by the London-based Universal TV and the State-owned Television [SNTV].
History was made in Somalia when the first football match in the country's history has been watched live on Thursday. The military club [Horseed] won the General Da'ud Cup final match after beating their rivals, the Somali police-owned club of Heegan 2-1.