The competitions of the second edition of the football championship for veteran Aden club players opened this evening at the New Aden City Stadium, which is organized with the support and sponsorship of the New Aden City Project, and its competitions take place on the city’s grassy fields during the period from the 19th of this October until the 29th of next November 2024. .

In a wonderful festive carnival atmosphere decorated with beautiful attendees, the tournament competitions, which are organized in conjunction with our people’s celebrations of the national holidays of the October 14 Revolution and Independence Day of November 30, were launched through a joyful opening ceremony that reflected the great efforts being made by the tournament’s organizing committee. Providing a number of artistic and rhetorical performances and exhibition games that added beauty.

The opening ceremony began with an introduction to the participating teams for the tournament, followed by a speech by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Ihab Farea, who confirmed in his speech the idea of ​​organizing and holding the Aden Championship for Veterans by the administration of the new city of Aden and on its grassy fields. It was more than wonderful and gained everyone’s approval, indicating that the competitions The second edition will be different and distinct from the previous tournament and will witness a number of surprises.

The ceremony also witnessed the presentation of a number of artistic performances and popular dances, the details of which were brilliantly drawn by the Cubs of Aden band, accompanied by the creative artist Ihab Hanash, in addition to exhibition games presented by the artist Muhammad Tika, which received the approval of the audience, accompanied by the launch of fireworks that decorated the city’s sky.< /p>

After the end of the ceremony, a friendly football match took place between the New Aden City team, supported by a group of stars from the beautiful era of Aden sports, against the Al-Shoula team, which held the title in the last edition, through which the two teams presented enjoyable football artistic glimpses, the first half of which ended with the city team advancing. With a goal for nothing, this half also witnessed clear brilliance on the part of the Al-Madina team’s goalkeeper, who saved his goal from scoring goals that were enough to end the match in the first half.

The situation of the match changed in the second half, and the Al-Shoula team appeared in a completely different way than in the first half, and was able to overturn the deficit by scoring three goals that were enough to win the match, which ended with three goals to one.

 The match was refereed by former international referee Khalaf Al-Lubna.

The opening was attended by representatives of the tournament sponsor, Saleh Mohsen and Mohamed Mohsen, Khaled Al-Khulaifi, Undersecretary of the Sports Sector at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Farhan Al-Muntaser, Director-General of Federations and Clubs at the Ministry, Shukri Hussein, Director-General of the General Administration of Information at the Ministry, Salem Al-Ardi, former President of the Shamsan Club, and Mohamed Hassan. Abu Alaa, head of Al-Shoula Club, Hamza Al-Didi, director of the city administration.

The tournament is managed by an organizing committee consisting of Ihab Farea, head of the committee, and Saeed Abdel Karim, Fadl El Gouna, Hamza Jamal, Yasser Ali, and Muhannad Khaled as members.

Beautiful coordination and great efforts presented by the young man Abdullah Al-Maqtari and his colleague Hamza, in a ceremony that turned out perfectly.

The brilliant Hisham Issa excelled in describing the party and the carnival festival through his wonderful presentation of the event.

Tomorrow, Sunday, the tournament matches will open with a match held for the first group, bringing together Al-Hilal veterans and their rival, Al-Shorta. 

Remember to point out that the championship competitions are held for veterans over the age of 50, with the participation of ten clubs distributed into two groups, where the first group included the teams of Al-Tilal, Al-Shorta, Al-Shoula (the defending champion), Shamsan and Al-Minaa, while the second group included the teams of “Wahda.” Aden, Al-Nasr, Al-Jalaa, Hassan Abyan, and a mixed team from Al-Sharara and the Vanguard of Lahj.