The preliminary round of the 2014 world cup qualifying matches between Somalia and Ethiopia which was due in Nairobi on the 11th of November was transferred to Djibouti as a result of a FIFA ban on Kenya.

The international football governing body FIFA on Monday revealed that Kenya had been banned from hosting 2014 World Cup qualifying matches because FKL (Football Kenya Limited) were facing FIFA’s sanctions for disciplinary and security offences.

 

The Somali Football Federation was the first that the ban impacted, because it wanted to use Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on November 11 for its 2014 World Cup preliminary round qualifying match against Ethiopia.

 

“We were informed that it was not just about the stadium ban, but apparently FKL were totally prohibited from doing anything relating to FIFA matches at home until sanctions against them were lifted” Somali Football Federation Secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab told the media before he was wounded in a suicide attack today.

 

How ever, the Somali-Ethiopian world cup qualifying match will be transferred to Djibouti where Somalia had always used as a home country since the SFF cannot host international matches in the country because of insecurity and lack of suitable soccer facilities.

 

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