Somali Football Federation | Activity Magazine
HEEGAN MADE GOOD PERFORMANCE AT CECAFA KAGAME CUP
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or the first time in their football history, Somalia’s Police Football Club, Heegan FC, have represented the country in the 2015 CECAFA Kagame Club championship which was staged in Tanzania from 18 July to 2nd of August. Although they were ill-starred to progress from the group stage, they made good performance which attracted some key football experts in the CECAFA region. The team got only one point from the three matches it played. This means they had one draw and two defeats, but their exhibition showed that football in Somalia was making big changes in comparison with previous years. “They actually performed well. Their exhibition was professional and as far as I know, I have never seen a football club from Somalia performing like this—CECAFA is really very proud that football in Somalia recovered” Mr. Albert Oketch [Kenya] of CECAFA technical committee told SFF Magazine. “According to my football experience, the team was really good. Their defense and centre lines were good, but their scoring ambitions were insufficient, because they had no good strikers and I think that is why they were not scoring, but in general the team’s performance was top” Mr. Albert Oketch added. Heegan’s Captain Fariid Hassan Fariid, said his team was unlucky to be eliminated in the group stage,
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saying this does not mean they were weak. “In football competitions, it always happens that big teams are disqualified in group stages, so this is football, but what makes sense is to perform well and make happy your fans and we really did that”
Somali Football Federation | Activity Magazine
Captain Fariid Hassan Fariid said in an interview with SFF Magazine. Founded in 1950, Heegan won their first Somali Football league title in 1954 before they disappeared. But the old club was revived on 28th of May 2009 and they lifted their second league title in history six years after their revival.
