July 20, 2020 –Socotra Online
Reporting: Ahmed Jamaan
With huge audience of football championships, Nujed football championship launched today in line with events of Nujed Festival, which highlighted the Socotra heritage.
Al Nassr and Al Minaa launched the festival today with the first match of the first group. The championship is very important to the people of Socotra, as it aims at discovering skills of the youth with support of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
The Football Association in the Socotra Archipelago carried out the draw for the Championship. It resulted in dividing the 18 clubs into 4 groups as follow: Group 1: Al Nassr, Al Minaa, Nujed, and Dam Al Akhwen; Group 2: Al Sharq, Al Jazeera, Al Taliaa, Al Majd, and Al Sad; Group 3: Al Ahly, Radfan, Al Etihad, and Al Jamhour; and Group 4: Al Wehda, Al Helal, Al Najem Al Sahel, and Al Ain.
The sport administration in the Socotra Archipelago aims at cooperation between all parties and achievement of objectives to promote their skills.
