Somali Football Federation press statement here in
Mogadishu said that Somalia was wholeheartedly thanking FIFA president Joseph.
S. Blatter and the FIFA beach soccer committee for the encouraging step. This is the first time in history that a Somali Football federation
delegate is appointed commissioner at a FIFA beach soccer world cup final match.
So far Mr Abdi Qani has been a commissioner at three
matches in the group stage. They were: Match N0 11 Ivory coast VS Russia, Match
N0 18 Iran VS Ukraine and match N0 21 UAE VS USA whilst the Spain VS Russia match
will be his fourth match as a commissioner.
"Somali Football Federation is very grateful to FIFA for
appointing Mr Abdi Qani Said Arab to be commissioner at the Final match of the
global event, this is a great publicity for both Somali FA and its secretary General
Abdi Qani Said Arab---this is also a great encouragement for Somalia to appear
in the FIFA beach soccer world cup in the near future” Somali Football
Federation Chief media officer Shafi'i Mohyaddin said in a press statement on Sunday morning.
This move has revived hopes of the county and cheered the
people of the war-weary nation in particularly football fans.
According to the
SFF press statement since its Secretary Genral Abdi Qani Said Arab has started
his duty at the FIFA beach soccer world cup an uncountable number of congratulatory
messages have been pouring into the SFF headquarters here in Mogadishu whilst
Somalis around the world sent such messages to the official email of our media
department.
Secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab is one of several
hardworking individuals who devoted themselves to surviving the country’s
football from collapsing for the past two decades. Those include current president
Ali Sadi Guled Roble and our former president Said Mahmoud Nor who was also
known for his role in helping the needy people. He will always be mentioned by
the country’s history.
Somali Football Federation Media department
Email:somalifootballmedia@gmail.com