Rashid bin Hamid: Everyone is working as one team to make the new season a success

The Emirates Football Association held a coordination meeting today through visual communication with representatives of all state clubs, including executives and officials, in the presence of the Secretary General of the Football Association, Mohammed bin Hazam Al Dhaheri, the Executive Director of the Professional League, Walid Al Hosani, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Technical Affairs of the Union Ibrahim Al-Nimr, to In addition to the managers of the various departments of the Football Association and the concerned committees, where the latest preparations for the launch of the new football season 2020-2021 were discussed.

The meeting began with a speech by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, President of the Emirates Football Association, in which he said that “everyone is working in the spirit of one team to make the new season successful.” He continued: Emirati football is preparing for a new season full of excitement after an emergency stop as a result of the Corona pandemic, and we are confident that the Union The football, the UAE professional association and the clubs work in one spirit in order to provide an atmosphere that helps the competitions to start successfully, and this is not new to the local sports arena, as we always work with one team spirit because excellence is our goal for all of us, and adherence to health measures will lead us to a successful season.

He continued: "We extend our sincere thanks to the competent authorities in the country that have worked and are still working to provide a safe, healthy environment for society and the sporting community, and the first line of defense that is doing well in its humanitarian missions must also be commended."

He added: The resumption of local competitions has many positive repercussions on public life, as well as a major role in preparing the international players who represent the national team in its upcoming entitlements, so every element of the game must be ready for a new start.

For his part, Bin Hazzam said: We hope that this season will carry many indications for Emirati football, and we also hope to see new talents serving the national teams and helping club teams achieve their goals in foreign competitions. He continued: “In the new season, we are in dire need of commitment to all. Paragraphs of the Protocol, because adherence to it helps us to provide a safe environment in light of the exceptional sanitary conditions that the world is experiencing. "

The meeting reviewed the most prominent actions done by the departments and committees of the Football Association during the past period in preparation for the new sports season, as the protocol for the return of the activity "training and competitions" was presented in coordination with the relevant authorities in the country, and a group of workshops was held to explain and interpret the protocol in addition to the visits made by the supervising committee. On the implementation of the protocol to follow up its implementation optimally, in addition to other workshops that discussed the impact of Corona on the resumption of the league, continuing medical education in cooperation with FIFA, stadium injuries, knee injuries, "cruciate ligament", and nominating football players and referees to volunteer in tents for examination Coronavirus.

The meeting dealt with the licenses of first-class clubs and the granting of the Primary Licensing Committee the local license for Al-Bataih, Dibba and Emirates clubs for the 2020-2021 sports season after meeting the required criteria, and the approval of the first-class club licenses list for the 2021-2022 sports season, and the committee held a workshop for the beginning of the licensing season for first-class clubs for the same season.

The work of the Registration and Registration Department was also presented, which included issuing special recommendations in light of the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, including the provisions and mechanisms for deducting the salaries of professional national players during the past period, holding an annual circular workshop for the conditions and transfers of players for the 2020-2021 sports season, and the adoption of the annual circular of the Committee for the Status and Transfer of Players And the introduction of the possibility of replacing the injured player outside the period according to regulations and allowing clubs to re-check the players ’registration without attaching any documents, and the adoption of a new information system to save time and speed of implementation, and a workshop was held to explain the mechanism of obtaining electronic cards.

The meeting also dealt with the work of the Smart Services Department of the Federation, and presented the new services that have been added to the electronic system for managing football affairs FA-Net, which allowed the printing of the stadium entry cards for players and members of the technical, administrative and medical apparatus "registration and registration" from the club to avoid the presence of representatives of clubs to collect them from The headquarters of the Football Association, in the same way, the identification cards of the players, members of the technical, administrative and medical bodies, local organizers, the board of directors, the executive office and the auxiliary groups will be printed, as well as the service of providing Corona examination for players and members of the technical, administrative and medical bodies, and the introduction of the possibility of adding the start list report for matches for each team separately. , Which contains details of the Corona examination of players and members of the technical, administrative and medical apparatus, and the implementation of the electronic link with FIFA regarding the status and transfers of players, and futsal competitions have been added to the electronic system.

While the smartphone application updates have witnessed the addition of a service for club users by issuing a playing card and paying fees, and adding a new service that enables the referee to enter the match report, a feature to predict match results in addition to another new service that allows referees and match officials to verify the data of players and members of technical, administrative and medical devices in the start menu For matches via a QR code, another new feature has been added that enables fans to send and share the official start list on social media, and add a screen within the application to view and download regulations and circulars, and the availability of a service for showing weather data in the match details according to the time of the match and the location of the stadium.

The National Teams and Technical Affairs Committee reviewed the entitlements of the national teams during the coming period, including the participation of the senior team in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, and the participation of the junior team, born in 2004, in the AFC Asian Cup in Bahrain early next year, in addition to the participation of other teams.

The committee’s 12 developmental projects were reviewed, concerned with academies and training centers, school leagues, national teams, coaching education, goalkeeper development and preparation, physical preparation, mental training, match analysis and training, sports science, nutrition and medical support, women's football, futsal. And beach ball, and the preparation of training young national cadres.

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