Athletes emphasized that the support of the citizen coach stems from the return of the clubs withdrawing to participate again in the amateur league, as it is a training opportunity available to them more than the professional league, and they demanded the Football Association to work to return all clubs withdrawing from playing in the first division, and find mechanisms that enable them to stay in So that the idea of withdrawing from it again in the future, in order to restore the amateur league to its usual artistic and mass status, is to be a rich source of supplying the national teams and clubs of talented players, hoping that this will be at the front of the next stage of the work of the Football Association, headed by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, stressing For «Emirates Today» that this will reduce the big difference that separates the professional league and the first division in most aspects, including organizational, media and mass, and they demanded that this issue be on the agenda of the “Football Association retreat”, which is scheduled to take place next July .
For his part, the national youth team coach, Abdul Rahman Al-Haddad, said: “Everyone hopes and looks forward to the return of all clubs withdrawn from the first division, so that the competition becomes 16 clubs as it was before, for several reasons, the most important of which is that there are players who did not get the opportunity to play, and are looking forward to play. Basic, and citizen trainers with the highest training certificates in their field of work, but they do not find a difference to train them, whether in the first degree or the second degree league, and the presence of a successful league for first class clubs will be reflected strongly by the professional league as well ».
Eight clubs have withdrawn from the first-class league in recent years, namely: Al Hamriyah, Masfout, Al Taawun, Masafi, Al Arabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Al Jazeera Al Hamra and Al Rams, before the Al Hamriya, Masfout, Al Taawun and Masafi and Al Arabi clubs returned to participate, while the Ras Al Khaimah, Al Jazirah Al Hamra and Al Rams clubs remained away from participating in any Competition.
For his part, Salem Al-Nasr, the former coach of Al-Nasr Club, said: “Previous experiences confirmed that organizing the amateur league with a large number of first-class clubs, and without any of them to withdraw, led to organize a successful and technically strong competition, which paved the way for the mass attendance, and made those clubs An important tributary of the national teams, especially the youth and Olympic teams, as well as the first team, because the success of the amateur competition with 16 teams can be reflected on a similar success for the professional league competition ».
He added: “Strengthening the first-class league by raising the number of participating clubs will contribute to a better exploration of talented players, so it has become very important at the present time to work to re-withdraw the clubs in a way that contributes to the return of the amateur competition for the interface, and that the return of the clubs withdrawing to participate is a priority of the Football Association Football in the coming period, and I personally believe that the success of the professional league stems from the success of the first-class league, and the amateur league needs mechanisms that regulate it by benefiting from the support of the Football Association and the support of the public for its sustainability.
In the same context, the former coach of the first team of the Masfout club, Abdel-Ghani Al-Mahri, stressed that “the establishment of the first-class league with the largest possible number of clubs, if the goal is to develop the Emirates ball, I am nevertheless heart and soul, but on the condition of continuing the competition and not temporary and ill-considered return” .
He continued: "The Football Association's support for amateur league clubs by 200 thousand dirhams is rewarding, but it needs to be strengthened by the clubs themselves, by looking for sources of investment to finance their budgets, as some clubs have done."
He said: “If the number of clubs is raised, the competition will be strong, and not decided as early as usual in the past years, in addition to the increase in the number will give the qualified citizens coaches an opportunity to work in training.”