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The Somali Football Federation (SFF) was founded in 1951. In 1962, the SFF became a FIFA member. It later joined the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 1968 and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) in 1974. The SFF is responsible for organizing matches between local teams and enforcing rules and regulations of the game during ...
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.
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 .
Founded as Mogadishu United, the club made its first Somali premier league appearance in 2016/2017 and relegated back to the Somali Division one in the same season. [2] 2019 saw their comeback season to the top tier and manage a 6th-place finish retaining their top tier status.
Gaadiidka FC is a Somali football club based in Mogadishu, Somalia which plays in Somalia League the top division of Somali Football. [2] The team plays at the 20,000 capacity Banadir Stadium . The club plays in blue kits.
The crest of the Somali national team used to be the coat of arms of Somalia but it is now replaced with the Somali Federation crest. The Ocean Stars plays their home games in the Mogadishu Stadium , (As the stadium was being rebuilt, the national team played matches at Engineer Yaarisow Stadium, which is Mogadishu's secondary stadium for ...
Badbaado FC is a Somali football club based in Mogadishu, Somalia. See also. Football in Somalia; References This page was last edited on 16 January 2025, at 04 ...
Heegan FC (formerly Somali Police FC until 2013) [1] is a Somali football club based in Horseed, a district of Merca. History