The president of the Algerian Football Federation resigns
Amara Sharaf-Eddine.
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Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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The president of the Algerian Football Federation, Charaf-Eddine Amara, resigned from his position during the emergency meeting of the federal office on Thursday (March 31st).
The federal office has also decided to step down.
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The resignation of Charaf-Eddine Amara was expected.
But the surprise remains that of the federal office, whose members have decided to follow Charaf Eddine Amara, also submitting their resignation.
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I announce my resignation and that of the members of the BF and I wish good luck to the next president and to the members of his office who will be elected.
My phone burns because bad guys put my number on social media.
I'm not exaggerating, I get 1,000 insults a minute.
Can you imagine what a delirium we are in?
We have to change.
(…)
Football should not be a matter of national security.
(…)
I agree to pay the price so that we can put an end to this state of mind.
The most important decision today is that I am leaving and so is the federal office
,” Charaf-Eddine Amara told a press conference.
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Each time there is a crisis like that, it makes it possible to improve, to reform.
It's now or never.
Look at France, eliminated in 1994, transferred and won the next World Cup.
I wish it from the bottom of my heart
,” he added.
Amara succeeded Kheïreddine Zetchi in April 2021.
Djamel Belmadi confirmed in his post
Winners of the CAN in 2019, the Fennecs failed to retain their title, eliminated in the first round of the last edition in Cameroon.
The Greens will not participate in the World Cup at the end of the year, released by Cameroon on Tuesday March 29 in Blida.
The FAF, through its president Charaf-Eddine Amara, has kept coach Djamel Belmadi in his post, under contract until December 2022. “
I think that the technical staff will continue the work started more than three years ago. years, that's what I asked them.
They will light yet another flame
,” said Charaf-Eddine Amara.
At the same time, the FAF announced that it wanted to file an appeal to contest the arbitration of the match against Cameroon.
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The FAF has lodged an appeal with the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) against the scandalous arbitration which distorted the result of the Algeria-Cameroon play-off return match played on March 29, 2022 at the Stade du Chahid Mustapha Tchaker in Blida
,” a statement read.
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The FAF is determined to use all legally permitted means to have its rights restored and to replay the match under conditions guaranteeing the honesty and partiality of the arbitration.
The FAF also requests the opening of an investigation by FIFA bodies to shed light on the arbitration of the Algeria-Cameroon match.
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Charaf-Eddine Amara announced the appointment of Mohamed Maouche, vice-president of the FAF and member of the federal office to manage the affairs of the Federation at the head of a board, as stipulated by the regulations of the FAF.
This board will take over pending a new elective general assembly which will have to elect a new team at the head of the FAF within 60 days.
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