Sponsored by the Youth and Sports Department of the Southern Transitional Council, under the supervision of the Youth and Sports Office in the capital, Aden, and with the support of the Leader International Group, and organized by the Football Association, Aden Branch, which took place during the period from last September 20 to the current October 18.

In the presence of a member of the Presidency of the Southern Transitional Council, Mr. Abdul Raouf Al-Saqqaf Al-Saqqaf, the head of the Youth and Sports Department, Al-Kuraihi Kanaan, Wijdan Mahmoud Al-Shazly, Director General of the Youth and Sports Office in the capital, Aden, and Abdul-Jabbar Salam, President of the Football Association in Aden.

Shamsan Youth team was crowned with the Aden Youth League Cup after defeating Wahda Aden Youth with a score of 1-0 in the final match, which witnessed a large audience presence, whose areas, surroundings and sides were decorated with Palestinian flags raised in solidarity with our brothers in Azza, which began with the brass band playing and chanting. The southern anthem, and before the starting whistle, the two teams and all attendees stood around the stadium for a minute of silence for the souls of the martyrs of Palestine.

The players of Shabab Shamsan were able to crown their efforts and endeavors in the tournament by winning the championship cup with all merit and merit. In the first half, the two teams exchanged quick and dangerous attacks on the goalkeepers, and danger was present on both sides between an attack here and the other there, and the goalkeepers of the two teams, Ibrahim Al-Tayabi and Ahmed Shafie, were wonderful in keeping the dangerous balls away. The goal, and in the last minutes, through a quick attack, Shamsan player Youssef Zakaria Ibrahim was able to give his team the priority goal, so the first half ended with Shabab Shamsan leading by one goal without a response.

The second half, the youth players of Wahda Aden pushed with all their strength and began to put pressure and take control of the Shamsan rectangle in order to return to the competitive atmosphere and score the equalizing goal, but they did not succeed in scoring the goal of Shamsan goalkeeper Ahmed Shafie, while the Shamsan team relied on playing with slight counterattacks, within a few minutes. Finally, the Aden Unit team intensified its dangerous and rapid attacks on Shamsan’s goal to snatch the equalizer and return to penalty kicks, but it was met by the brilliance of Shamsan’s defenders, and the match referee blew his whistle, announcing the Shamsan team’s victory with a score of one goal without a response.

The match was managed by a refereeing team consisting of: Jamal Abdo (arbiter), Ahmed Aoun (first assistant), Khaled Amin (second assistant), while Ahmed Al-Wahishi was fourth. Captain Jamal Al-Barai monitored it, while the retired referee, Amin Ashour, was the referee’s evaluator. .

After the end of the match, the organizing committee of the tournament chose the Shamsan team player (Youssef Zakaria Ibrahim) as the best player in the match. He received his well-deserved award from Captain Khaled Afarah, former star of the Wahda Aden Club, Al-Tilal and the national teams, presented by the tournament sponsor.

The Department of Youth and Sports in the Southern Transitional Council also honored the Leader Group, “supporters of the championship,” represented by Mr. Tamim Al-Hosni, Executive Director of the Leader Factory for the Production of Healthy Water and Juices and the Southern Water Company.

In conclusion, the guest brothers honored the Shamsan Youth Team with the championship cup and gold medals, and the Aden Unit Youth Team with the runner-up cup and silver medals, and honored the Shamsan Team player (Youssef Zakaria Ibrahim Bamdhaf) as the best player in the tournament, while the Shoala Youth Team player (Abdulaziz Ahmed Hassan) won ) as the best scorer in the tournament with 6 goals in the tournament, and the goalkeeper of Shabab Al-Tilal (Mahmoud Nasser Mahmoud) won as the best goalkeeper in the tournament amidst a sporting public atmosphere full of joy and pleasure.