Djiboutian Armed Forces women's football Club [FAD] has been crowned national champions for the second year in a row during a ceremony held at the National Technical centre Sunday.

FAD FC humiliated Cheik Moussa FC 4-0 in their last match which attracted thousands of spectators although their league title was already confirmed last week when they thrashed the National police team 3-0.

Most of the girls who represented Djibouti in the 2015 Pan Arab women’s youth football tournament in Doha and made Djibouti’s first major international approach when they lost 1-0 to Lebanon in the final are now playing for the military team and with having those talented girls the team had massively dominated the whole 10-team women’s league. They include Djibouti’s main scorers Mazer Fouad Abdallah and Fahima Mahmoud Ahmed.

President Souleiman Hassan Waberi who was elected Djibouti Football Federation president on 10^th of November 2012 revived the country’s national female league in 2013-2014 Season. The military team who finished 2^nd place in the first women’s football league, made more progress to lift the trophies for seasons 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 which came to an end on Sunday.

"I am very grateful to our president Souleiman Hassan Waberi for his efforts to make our women’s football alive after years of absence” said National women’s team head coach Fadumo Moousa Dirie, who trained and lead Djiboutian U 17 female team to the 2015 Pan Arab women’s tourney adding she was very proud that the girls she once trained are now key players in the women’s national football league.

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