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The main task of Somali Football Federation is promoting and developing the beautiful game in Somalia, but as Somalia fell into anarchy and the trust amongst Somalis hit its lowest point and people were segregated, football was deemed as the only mechanism that could reunite the Somali people who are nearly 95 percent football-loving people.

After the Somalia descended into violence in 1991, the whole country was subdivided between warlords and the capital Mogadishu was the worst hit, as it was dividing into two tales where people were denied access to cross into either parts of the city.

But thanks to the beautiful game which was able to destroy the green line that once divided the city into two tales. The footballing year of 1992-1993 had provided Somalis in the capital with a huge sensation of peace, hope, love and public integration.

The 1992-1993 RESTORE HOPE football competition ended the segregation of Mogadishu and had seen tens of thousands of football fans cross into either south or north of Mogadishu where they had enjoyed football games held at Stadium Banadir (Northeast of Mogadishu) and Stadium Mogadishu (South Central Mogadishu) and that was how football destroyed the green line of Mogadishu.

Eight years later in the year 2000, football was once again able cross to the North east of the country, where footballers representing ten Somali regions were brought together in Garowe, the capital of the Puntland State of Somalia, where the first regional football tournament was held after the fall of Somalia in 1991. That was followed by another event which took place in Jowhar, the capital of the Hir-Shabeele State which hosted a 10-region football tournament in 2008. Finally, the whole Somalia once again met in Garowe for the 18th edition of the regional football tournament which attracted all Somali regions. The event was an opportunity that brought together once hostile politicians who last met late in 1980s.

However, Somali Football Federation still continues to play a major role in introducing peace and stability into the country through the beautiful game, the football which is loved by more than 95 percent of Somalis ranging from the young to the old.