Abu Dhabi: Mansour Mohammed Al Ansari, General Secretary of the Qatar Football Association (QFA), and Ahmed Khalil Al Abbasi, Executive Director of Competitions and Football Development at the Qatar Stars League (QSL), participated in the FIFA Professional Football Workshop for leagues and clubs, held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The FIFA Professional Workshop – League and Club professionalism was dedicated to the member associations of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) with the support of the FIFA Regional Development Office. Al Ansari and Al Abbasi participated in the two-day workshop sessions held on the sidelines of the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.
A group of FIFA lecturers attended the workshop, led by Kenny Jean-Marie, FIFA Member Affairs Director, and Arsene Wenger, former coach of Arsenal FC and the current FIFA Chief of Global Football Development.
The workshop – which was supervised by the FIFA Professional Football Department, the FIFA Regional Office in Dubai and the UAE Football Association – aimed to work with West Asian federations, in analysing the status quo of local leagues and reviewing successful pilot models from international leagues and federations from different countries.
The main objectives of the workshop revolved around providing an overview of how to professionalise football in accordance with FIFA’s vision to make football of a global nature, alongside providing an environment for professionals in this field to exchange knowledge and best practices.
