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Football in Somalia is run by the Somali Football Federation. [1] (: الصومال لكرة القدم)The association administers the national football team, as well as the Premier League. [2] Football is the most popular sport in Somalia.
The Somalia national football team (Somali: Kooxda Qaranka Soomaaliya, Arabic: الإتِّحَاد الصُّومَالِي لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم), nicknamed the Ocean Stars, represents Somalia in international football and is controlled by the Somali Football Federation (SFF), a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
It has been active for over 50 years, having been established in 1967. Somalia has 12 professional clubs playing for the Somali First Division. Football is the most popular sport in Somalia. In the 1930s, Italian Colonial Authorities established some of the first teams in Somalia. In the 2021–22 season, Gaadiidka won the Somali First Division.
Many Somalia-born athletes have found success in the diaspora. Luqman Mukhtar, born in the west of London, in the borough of Ealing, achieved the greatest success of Somali sports history when he joined Arsenal, becoming the first-ever person to as a Somali. Throughout his career, Luqman ran several of Football youngster records.
The Somali Football Federation (SFF) (Somali: Xiriirka Soomaaliyeed ee Kubbadda Cagta) (Wadaad: اتحاد الصومال لكرة القدم), was founded in 1951, and it is one of the national administrative governing bodies of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) responsible for organizing and controlling the sport of football and its competitions (the first, second, and third ...
As a member of FIFA and CAF, the Somalia national football team has been playing official matches since 1963. Somalia's first game came in 1958 in Mombasa , Kenya , resulting in a 5–1 loss for Somalia against Kenya .
KIGS SC, before 2023 known as Jazeera SC is a Somali football club based in Mogadishu, Somalia which currently plays in Somalia League the top division of Somali Football. [ 1 ] History
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