{"id":4760,"date":"2025-02-09T15:57:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T12:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2025-02-09T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T12:57:30","slug":"somali-intl-referees-receive-fifa-badges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/somali-intl-referees-receive-fifa-badges\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali Int\u2019l referees receive FIFA badges&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"12pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">Somali Football Federation [SFF], unveiled its FIFA certified referees and assistant referees for the calendar year 2025. Late in 2024, SFF submitted a list of nine referees to FIFA which include two new entrants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"12pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">The nine FIFA match officials of whom four are center referees, while the rest five are assistant referees received their FIFA badges. The two new entrants to the list are: Abdullahi Hagi Hassan and Abdifitah Said Mire, both are center referees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"12pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">The nine Somali FIFA certified referees are: Abdifitah Said Mire, Abdullahi Hagi Hassan, Ahmed Hassan Hussein and Omar Abdulkadir Artan are center referees, while assistant referees are: Adam Ali Eid, Mahad Ali Mohamud, Mowlid Rage Ali and Suleiman Bashir Sheik Abdi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"12pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">On Saturday night, Somali Football Federation organized a gala dinner, which was intended to welcome twelve newly trained female referees. During the event, the president of Somali Football Federation, Ali Abdi Mohamed, presented the FIFA referees their badges for the calendar year 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"12pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">The president noted that the SFF is planning to recruit futsal and beach soccer referees, as part of the SFF\u2019s strategy towards refereeing development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"12pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\u201cReferees are the judges of the game, so we want them to be well-trained and more experienced. In my capacity as the president of SFF, I will do as much as I can to make our referees the best\u201d the president said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"12pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">\u201cI would like to thank our international referees for their performance and professional officiating at international matches. They made us very proud\u201d Somali Football Federation president, Ali Abdi Mohamed, emphasized. \u201cMy office is always open for you. Come to me when you need my assistance\u201d the president told the international referees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4763\" src=\"https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9314-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9314-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9314-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9314-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9314-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9314-128x85.jpeg 128w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9314-32x21.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9314.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4762\" src=\"https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9313-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9313-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9313-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9313-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9313-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9313-128x85.jpeg 128w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9313-32x21.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9313.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4761\" src=\"https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9312-300x195.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9312-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9312-1024x666.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9312-768x500.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9312-128x83.jpeg 128w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9312-32x21.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/footballsomalia.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9312.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Somali Football Federation [SFF], unveiled its FIFA certified referees and assistant referees for the calendar year 2025. 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