Achievements

Somali Football federation has on Wednesday [November, 9] concluded the first FIFA youth refereeing course to be conducted in the country under the auspice of the world football's governing association [FIFA].

It is a big approach and an unprecedented opportunity for young Somali referees who were all born during the country's civil wars, to benefit from their FIFA youth refereeing course to be organized in the war-weary horn of African nation.

Somalia has officially inaugurated the first ever football league for children under the age of 15 who have gained the opportunity to enjoy a domestic football league of their own.

Somali Football Federation has on Saturday launched the 3rd phase of the regional football development program for the semiautonomous Somali state of Galmudug in the city of Galkayo about 750 kilometers north of the capital Mogadishu.

The media coverage for the 2016 Somali Inter-state football tournament has been very high, as local and international media did their best to make a very professional coverage.

The president of the federal republic of Somalia Prof. Hassan Sheik Mahmoud, said that the country's first Inter-state football tournament has marked an enormous sign of peace and development in the country.

Although they were shocked by an early goal from their opponent's side, the semiautonomous Somali regional state of puntland clinched a great victory after defeating Jubbaland state rivals 5-3 on penalties to lift the country's first ever Inter-state football competition on Tuesday.

The president of the federal republic of Somalia, Prof Hassan Sheik Mahmoud, has on Friday launched the first ever inter-state football tournament since after Somalia took the federal system just more than a decade ago.

The world Football's governing body [FIFA], in collaboration with Somali Football Federation, has concluded a 5-day FIFA MA refereeing course for Somalia in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, 13th of July.

For the first time in history, Somalia has been able to successfully hold its CAF "C" license coaching course, with qualified Somali instructors conducted the course, while previously the African football governing body [CAF] had sent foreign instructors to teach Somali coaches.