Djibouti telecom football club has won the Djibouti cup to gain their
second major football victory of the year after beating Dikhil FC rivals 4-2 in the final match over the weekend.
Djibouti Cup is the 2nd major football event in the country after the
National league known here as FDF Division One.
The hotly-contested match attracted tens of thousands of viewers including
top government officials lead by the country’s prime minister, Abdoulkader
Kamil Mohamed, minister for youth and sports, Hassan Mohamed Kamil, the
president of the Djiboutian football Federation, Souleiman Hassan Waberi
and other government officials.
The winners were presented a trophy, 25 gold medals and as well as 1
million Djiboutian Frans, while Dikhil FC was presented 2nd place trophy
and 5 hundred thousand Djiboutian Frans.
Djibouti Telecom recently won the national league to confirm their 4th
successive national league title.
Meanwhile, a very colorful closing ceremony for the Djibouti Cup was held
at the people’s Manson in the capital Djibouti and was attended by key
government officials including the minister for youth and sport Hassan
Mohamed Kamil, the president of the federation, Souleiman Hassan Waberi
and authorities from the country’s football clubs.
In Djibouti major football progress has been made for the past three and a
half years during which the young age President Souleiman Hassan Waberi
and his executive committee succeeded to implement the biggest number of
football development programs.
