There is a strong beam of light at the end of the tunnel in Somalia’s football.
Ranked among the lowest football playing countries by FIFA in the world, the horn of Africa nation is on a great re-building process.
On Sunday, the Somalia Football Federation (SFF) successfully concluded a club management course met to harmonize club football in the country.
The course cum workshop was held in the usually political unfriendly capital city of Mogadishu.
Club football being a key pillar in the football development set up, Somalia is indeed on the right path with fruits expected to be reaped in the tomorow – years.
On a rather positive note however, all the 10 of the elite clubs in the top league were ably represented by their respective chairmen, captains and head coaches.
Uganda’s Hussein Mbalangu head coach at the reigning league champion side Banadir attended too.
Further more encouraging were the wise words from the Somalia Football Federation president, Abdiqani Said Arab that included even promising similar courses.
As quoted by Soka East, a reputable sports website based in Kenya, Abdiqani noted;
It is very important for us that our club managers avail from such workshop, because it helps them acquire an adequate administrative knowledge which will lead their clubs to be successful
Now we have club chairmen, coaches and captains in this workshop, but our plan is to organize a broader seminar which will gather all officials including vice chairmen and club secretaries.
The federation will organize such courses every year as we find them more important for the promotion beautiful game in our country.
Somalia has over the years been disturbed by rampant political unrest that have acted as real stumbling blocks to the development of the beautiful game across the country.
Development of a sound league for example, will provide quality players to the national team.
Clubs will be tasked to instill structures meant to develop the game to the expected levels with fully functional academies which are a fertile ground to breeding new talents.
