Somali Football federation has released the fixtures of the country's division A football league which is due to kick off at Stadium Banadir on Friday November 8, 2013. The fixtures were unveiled during a colourful meeting at the Global hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday.

 

 

The meeting gathered Somali Football Federation executive committee members and authorities from divisions A football clubs. According to the fixtures, Heegan FC who finished 2^ndplace in last year’s league will take on Gaadiidka in the opening match on Friday. 

"The construction work at Stadium Banadir caused the postponement of the league which was due to start on the 5^th of September---still VIP part of the facility is not done, but we have decided to start the league as we are approaching the end of the year” Somali Football Federation officials Secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab told the meeting on Sunday.

He said that despite the VIP yet unconstructed, the facility was able to host a competition as more other important parts have been completely reconstructed.

"We hope from FIFA to complete the construction of this important part ‘the VIP’ because it is the main image of the facility” said Secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab adding that the VIP construction will continue whilst the league will be played at the sidelines.

Somali Football federation president Ali Said Guled Roble who presided at Sunday’s meeting announced the start date of the division A football league which is Somalia’s most populous sporting event.

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