Saudi Arabian Football Federation team wraps up European tour

RIYADH: A delegation led by Yasser Al-Misehal, president of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, concluded a three-week European trip, where they met with football’s key stakeholders, including governing bodies, federations and confederations from around the world. The tour included visits to Wales, the Netherlands, France, the UK and Spain.

As the football season concluded in Europe, the representatives of Saudi football commenced a European trip to attend meetings, events, workshops, conferences and tours of leading state-of-the-art football facilities. The delegation also included SAFF General Secretary Ibrahim Al-Kassim, SAFF Technical Director Nasser Larguet and SAFF Senior Advisor Hicham El Amrani.

As part of SAFF’s strategy to grow football in the Kingdom, the federation met key member associations from across the world to build relationships, benchmark strategy and understand best practice. The Saudi delegation met the presidents of FIFA, CONMEBOL, UEFA and CONCACAF, as well as representatives of football federations and associations from Wales, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Panama, the US, Qatar, Mali, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

“This trip serves multiple objectives for the Saudi football movement, as we look to share football knowledge and experience with our counterparts around the world,” Al-Misehal said.

“Saudi Arabia is undergoing a huge transformation across its football landscape,” he added, which involves expanding competitions, developing women’s football and “driving the growth of football on a global level.”

“As we continue to progress with the Saudi Football National Transformation Strategy, we can benefit from the experiences of federations who are ahead of us in different