Increase the participation of Bahraini clubs from the Saudi league to FIFA

The President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, chaired the meeting of the Executive Board of the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Tuesday morning in Muscat (Oman), on the sidelines of the ceremony of handing over annual AFC awards. Amman Convention and Exhibition Center.

At the beginning of the meeting, HE Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa welcomed the members of the Executive Board. He expressed his pleasure to hold the meeting in Muscat and thanked the Omani Football Federation for its good organization and hospitality.

The AFC Executive Bureau has confirmed its support for the Palestinian Football Federation following recent Israeli army violations and suggested forming a task force to deal with this situation, thus guaranteeing the best interests of Palestinian football.

Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa said: "We will discuss with FIFA the establishment of a working group to address this issue immediately.This team will be an executive team.The members include the secretaries general of the International Federation, from the AFC, the European Union, the Palestinian Federation, To achieve comprehensive solutions guaranteeing the rights of Palestinians.

The executive board also discussed the request of the Bahrain Football Federation to allow its clubs to participate in the Saudi professional league and decided to transfer this request to FIFA, once all the required documents required, for comply with the procedures followed.

The Executive Bureau decided to organize the next awards ceremony in 2019 in Hong Kong, wishing him every success in organizing this event.

His Excellency Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa informed members of the final preparations for the 2018 awards ceremony. He also praised the tangible cooperation of various official bodies of the Sultanate with the AFC in this event a success. Asian football.

The president of the AFC congratulated teams and Asian clubs that have achieved achievements in the past two months, including Saudi Arabia, the AFC Youth Cup U-19, Japan's U-16 U-16 and Asian Champions League champions Kashima Antlers.

The Executive Board also reviewed the preparations for the 2019 Asia Cup in the UAE from January 4 to February 1 and commended the remarkable steps taken by the UAE to prepare for the largest club in the UAE. History of Asian teams. .

The Executive Bureau expressed its satisfaction with the decision to apply the VAR technique of the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup, praising the positive cooperation demonstrated by FIFA and the IFAB to adopt all the preparations logistics and techniques. Apply the technique of video refereeing in Asia Cup.