Somalia’s delegation is led by Somali Football Federation
member, Yusuf Hussein Moumin, while the three youthful players are, Abdirahman
Mohamud Jama, Abdullahi Ali Hassan and Zakaria Ahmed Mohamed. The trio were
part of the Somali U-17 football squad who wrote history after taking the
country to its first ever CECAFA event final last month.
The F4F event will unite children from 211 FIFA-member
countries and will take place in Russia on 8-15 June 2018. The Football for
friendship event is an international social gathering for children from around
the world which is implemented by Gazprom Company, this year’s official partner
of FIFA World Cup Russia, 2018.
The main aim of the F4F program is to bring together young people from around the world in promoting friendship, peace, equality, cultural integration and respect amongst them.
Somali Football Federation senior vice president, Ali
Abdi Mohamed, who sent off the Somalia delegation on Thursday, said that this program
will give the youthful boys the opportunity to introduce each other and create friendship
through football, adding that for Somalia the participation of the F4F program has
another great importance.
"Somalia has never competed in a FIFA World Cup, so these
teenagers are the luckiest Somalis, because they will have the opportunity to
see and learn how FIFA World Cup environment looks like. They will gain more
knowledge and experience from the F4F program” Somali Football Federation
senior vice president, Ali Abdi Mohamed, told the media before sending off the
Somalia delegation.
Somali
Football Federation Media Department
Email:info@somsoccer.com