In Friday’s hotly-contested match that attracted tens of
thousands of fans from various destinations in the country, Jeenyo United beat
their Banadir Sports Club rivals by 5-4 in penalties after the normal time
ended in 2-2 draw.
Sponsored by the country’s largest Network provider
Hormuud Telecom, the match was played at Banadir Stadium which was redecorated
by FIFA last the year.
Somali Football Federation president Abdiqani Said Arab who addressed at the closing ceremony of the 2014 supper cup match thanked Hormuud Telecom for taking the decision to encourage football promotion in the country.
"Football is now booming in Somalia and it gives me a
great pleasure to see Hormuud Telecom having full involvement in football and
on the behalf of Somali Football Federation I am fully lauding for such constructive
decision by Hormuud Telecom” SFF President Abdiqani Said Arab told the media
during his speech.
"I also would like to welcome Coca-Cola branch in Somalia
and Salam Bank for joining hands with us in the promotion of Football in
Somalia” the president continued to say.
The president said that the role played by local media in
covering Somali Football activities in the country and the greater cooperation
they developed with SFF media department were hugely appreciated.
The supper cup trophy was the second major success for
Jeenyo United since they rejoined into Somali football platform early in 2014.
So far the club won the country’s General Da’ud cup this year.
The supper cup is always contested by the league winners
and the winners of General Da’ud cup. Banadir Sports Club’s young player Ga’al
Farah has been crowned as the man of the Supper cup match.
Founded in 1948, Jeenyo United FC disappeared in the
aftermath of the collapse of Somalia in 1991, but they were revived in March
2012, several weeks before the death of former Somali FA president Said Mahmoud
Nur, who on March 11, 2012 welcomed the old club into the field of football
after more than two decades of absence.
Somali
Football Federation Media department
Email:somalifootballmedia@gmail.com