A source in the Football Association told Emirates Today that the annual budget of the Federation, which ranged between 120 and 125 million dirhams, is drained by spending on five basic items, to be submitted by national teams, game development and competitions, and filling the financial deficit after the withdrawal of a number of the main sponsors from supporting the Federation The game, and not receiving any additional financial amounts after his participation in the 2019 Asian Cup held in the Emirates, in addition to providing the federation with financial support for a number of first-class clubs amounting to 800 thousand dirhams per month (9.6 million dirhams annually), along with reducing the annual financial support for the federation by the authority Sports Authority increased by 5% to 57 One million dirhams instead of 60 million dirhams.

The source said: «The funds that the federation received from some sponsors before their withdrawal and the non-renewal of their contracts with the federation were a financial source that affected the federation’s resources, but despite that, the specific budget goes to spend on items allocated to them, such as game development, competitions, and the preparation of teams National and others.

Sponsors' contracts with the Football Association, such as Etisalat (the only one continuing in the partnership), generate large sums of money that are transferred to exchange on various sectors, knowing that the list of football sponsors included a large number of companies, institutions and entities, including Al Hilal Bank, Buruj and Wadi Al Akhdar In addition to the company Adidas, which was sponsoring national teams, led by the first team.

The source added that "the Football Association is keen to spend the budget on the items allocated to it according to the vision set by the Football Association."

National teams, led by the first team, will receive the lion's share of the annual budget allocated to the Football Association.

It is assumed that the Football Association received a sum of one million dollars from the Asian Football Confederation to reach the semi-finals of the 2019 Asian Cup, according to the tournament list, along with 200 thousand dollars granted by the continental union to each team participating in the tournament.

In response to a question about what is reported that the Football Association spent large sums of money on preparing the national team exceeding its annual budget, the source said: “The exchange for the team and others is within the limits of the specified budget, and no large sums were spent as it is reported but rather within the reasonable limits, for example The sums spent on the preparation of the national team during the period of former Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni did not exceed 45 million dirhams, while the cost of preparing the national team during the era of former Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk was less than when preparing the team during the era of Zaccheroni ».

The Football Association supports four clubs in the amateurs: Arab, Masfout, Masafi and Al-Taawun, with an amount of (200,000 dirhams per month each), for a total of 9.6 million dirhams annually.

And go about 60% of the budget of the Football Association to prepare and develop national teams, as it constitutes the most important element in achieving the accomplishments of Emirates football abroad in various football competitions and competitions.

57

Million dirhams financial support from the General Authority for Sports.

% 7

Football Association revenue.

% 2

The federation obtains it from professional players ’registration contracts.

60%

From the budget of the Football Association to prepare and develop national teams.