He confirmed that the Professional League was ready to receive the fans

Al Hosani: No dates are proposed yet for the fans to return to the football stadiums

Al Hosani: “The League” allocated 35% of the league’s rewards to be distributed equally among the tournament participants.

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The Executive Director of the Professional League, Walid Al Hosani, stressed that there are still no confirmed or suggested times for the return of fans to the football stadiums.

Al Hosani said, during the Media Forum of the Professional League, yesterday, at the Rixos Premium Hotel in Dubai: “The final and final decision regarding the return of the masses to the stands is the responsibility of the concerned authorities responsible for combating (Covid-19), which decide the date of the masses according to health assessments, and not for the Federation. The ball or the league is related to such a decision ».

He added: "The League is ready with return scenarios and applications of precautionary measures whenever the final decision is taken in this regard, and the matches protocol has been adopted according to international best practices and in various scenarios, starting from holding matches without an audience until the fans return completely."

Al Hosani revealed that 50,000 medical examinations had been performed before the start of the league matches until the fifth round, at the level of technical and administrative bodies and players, to preserve the safety of those in the stadiums.

He explained: “The protocol included dividing the stadium into four zones to ensure the implementation of the precautionary measures, as all those in the stadium are thermally examined, in addition to the necessity that they obtain a negative test result three days before for ranges (1) and (2), and a week for ranges (3) and (4) In addition to completely sterilizing stadiums before and after matches, and using new balls in every match.

In response to a question related to the distribution of financial allocations to clubs this season.

He said: “The League presented a new initiative, by allocating 35% of the financial reward for the tournament, distributed equally among the participants in the tournament, and it is distributed at the beginning of the season, and 15% of the rewards were distributed through two new initiatives, the first related to the public attendance of each club, and the second related to With the Asian participation, which will be allocated five million dirhams, it will be distributed to the most successful clubs in reaching the final rounds of the championship.

Al Hosani touched on the successes of the association commercially to enhance the financial income of the association through sponsorship and partnership agreements, and said: “The association has succeeded in concluding new sponsorship and partnership agreements with the committee to follow up the implementation of the initiatives of His Highness the President of the State, and the association was able to sign sponsorship contracts with Rixos hotels, and confirm »The importance of the existing strategic partnership, and contracts for both (Etisalat) and (Al Naboodah Automobiles) were renewed until the end of the 2020-2021 season.

He explained: “The association’s strategic plan for the next 10 years is concerned with commercial development and financial sustainability for competitions and clubs, to diversify sources of income, create new commercial bouquets and assets, develop investment methods and upgrade the brand for competitions.”

The media forum touched on the most prominent promotional initiatives that were implemented with the launch of the current season 2020-2021, and included (the new voice identity).

The League launched as part of its initiatives (new virtual visual elements), which included logos and statistics during the broadcast of some matches, and virtual decor boards on the stands.

At the beginning of the current season, the new mobile application and website of the League was launched, and in-kind and financial prizes were allocated for participants in the (Fantasy Arabian Gulf League) game, amounting to 50 thousand dirhams, and the association is studying the application of the (audience loyalty) program, which allows the masses of competitions and clubs to benefit Of awards and shows.

Expectations of 20 million people to watch the tournament

Officials of the Professional League expected that the number of viewers of the league matches in the current version will reach 20 million, compared to the 2018-2019 season, which was watched by 18 million viewers.

Walid Al Hosani confirmed that the percentage of television viewers in the fifth round increased by 17.4%, compared to watching those tours last season.

Al Jazeera tops the list of "actual playing time"

The actual playing time in the matches decreased during the first five rounds of the league, according to Walid Al Hosani's assurances in the media forum, and said: “The average actual playing time during this period of the league was 49.46 minutes, compared to 51.47 minutes during the same rounds in the season. Past 2019-2020 ».

Al-Jazeera topped the list of "actual playing time" for the league teams, at a rate of "31.22", compared to "30.19" for Shabab Al-Ahly, who finished second, and victory third, at a rate of "29.20" minutes.

Walid Al Hosani:

• “(The Association) is ready with return scenarios and applications of precautionary measures, once the final decision is made.

• "The League" conducted 50,000 medical examinations before the start of the League matches and up to the fifth round.

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