The Women's Football Committee of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Academy for Women's Sports signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bani Yas Sports and Cultural Football Club during the press conference held on Saturday evening, 28 September 2019, in which it was announced the establishment of a women's football team under the umbrella of the club. From His Excellency the Director General of the Club Mohammed Suhail Alkatiri Board Member Chairman of Community Initiatives, Mr. Abdullah Hassan representative of the UAE Football Association and Ms. Fatima Al-Amri representative of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Academy for Women's Sports in addition to representatives of the club and are the Executive Director of Al Salim Nayef Al-Katheeri and Director of the Training Centers Project, represented by the Women's Football Committee Houria Tahiri


The agreement aims to give women football talents the opportunity to practice football formally through the club in local and international tournaments, in addition to giving women sports the attention they deserve under the unlimited support given by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of the General Women's Union, President of the Council. Supreme Motherhood and Childhood, Supreme Chairperson of the Family Development Foundation “Mother of the Emirates”, and her constant encouragement to Emirati women in various fields.

The agreement also recommends that the two parties cooperate and coordinate in organizing football tournaments and competitions and take advantage of the facilities and facilities owned by the parties.The Fatima Bint Mubarak Academy will continue its role in supporting women's sports initiatives and raising awareness about the importance of women's participation in various sports activities and in football in particular and removing obstacles that prevent Without it. The establishment of women's football teams under the umbrella of clubs is one of the most important development programs that underpin the strategy of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Academy for Women's Sports and the Women's Football Committee, which is a pivotal step that reflects the continuation of the aspirations of the development we are witnessing in the women's football sector in the UAE.

In the same context, the Women's Football Committee will provide qualified trainers to qualify women cadres trained in the fields of women's football, coordinate the use of stadiums and sports facilities among the concerned authorities for the use of sports facilities for the benefit of Bani Yas Club, and work to provide assistance The Bani Yas Club is committed to establishing women's sports teams and working to qualify them appropriately.

For her part, the coach of the national team Houria Taheri that this agreement will be just the beginning of the signing of other agreements with clubs and this agreement is a working charter through which the parties seek to achieve permanent cooperation through the unification of the objectives they seek to achieve and develop, noting that the actual implementation of the agreement will begin immediately , So that joint programs are developed and start working.

She added: "We are now focusing more on the development of promises and young women and this is an opportunity for us to explore the promising talents and in cooperation with the management of Bani Yas Football Club we can create a new generation of advanced stars who can represent our national team, there is no limit to what can be achieved as long as there is desire And determination. "

In her speech at the conference, Fatima Al Ameri, representative of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Academy, stressed that the great support given by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, “Mother of the Emirates,” to women is a great motivation for the success of any efforts towards development.

Al Ameri said: "We cannot describe our happiness with this partnership, which represents a great breakthrough for the clubs through which they can participate in the official women's football league and compete for local and international titles and raise the banner of the UAE in all forums, God willing, we want to give the players enough experience in order to Developing their skills, we are confident of their abilities and what they will offer to the club or the national team and we will intensify our efforts in educating the community in women's football and focusing in-depth on the scientific aspect of the game through the guidance and guidance of the Women's Football Committee. Raya "The integrated plans for the development of women's sports in the UAE"