Al-Ahly forms a new board of directors headed by Al-Sabban, and the junior and female teams are preparing for the competitions

Al-Ahly Club Company announced the formation of its new board of directors, headed by Abdullah bin Aidaroos Al-Sabban, in a new administrative step that coincides with the transitional phase witnessed by Saudi club companies.

In addition to Al-Sabban, the new board included Jake Silverstein, Ahmed bin Hamid Al-Thubaiti, Muhammad bin Ammar Al-Dabbagh, Iyad bin Rashad Reda, Hussein bin Hassan Eid, and Atef bin Mahdi Maqni, as members of the Board of Directors.

The selection of Al-Sabban as Chairman of the Council comes within the new arrangements for restructuring the clubs’ boards of directors, as he assumes the position from outside the representatives of the Public Investment Fund, while Al-Thabiti and Silverstein continue to be members of the Council after their presence in the previous formation.

Al-Sabban has administrative and executive experience, as he previously held leadership positions in the retail and supply chain sectors, in addition to his association with Al-Ahly Club and his support for its career over the past years.

The administrative change in Al-Ahly comes within a broader phase that Saudi club companies are witnessing, in light of the developments related to club ownership and the re-arrangement of their boards of directors, with continued work on completing the regulatory procedures for the next phase.

Last August, Al-Ahly Club Company confirmed that its Board of Directors would continue to perform its duties, and that its work would not be affected by the procedures for transferring ownership of shares in non-profit institutions.

The new council opens a different administrative page in Al-Ahly, at a time when the first football team continues its local and continental competitions, amid aspirations to enhance administrative stability and governance and support the club’s project.

On Monday, the “Green Junior Girls” lost their first match against their Singaporean counterpart 1-0, during their campaign in the qualifiers for the Asian Cup, which was held in Singapore. The team will meet its Indonesian counterpart next Thursday, before concluding its matches against the Bahrain national team on October 11.

Al-Akhdar participated in his preparatory camp in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, with the participation of 24 players, including 3 female goalkeepers, 7 female players in the defense line, 8 female players in the midfield, and 6 female players in the offensive line, namely Dana Al-Binali, Talia Katbi, Maryam Al-Tayyar, Joan Al-Nassar, Diala Srouji, Rital Hakmi, Hawraa Jalal, Joud Al-Amoudi, Arwa Al-Rasheed, Remas Ahmed, Heba Abdul Rahman, and Sarah. Al-Madani, Dima Ahmed, Hala Al-Shadoukhi, Rima Abdel Aziz, Ghala Saleh, Ghadi Al-Otaibi, Siwar Amr, Kenzi Alaa, Hoor Al-Farid, Dana Al-Dahyan, Sadeem Al-Suhaimi, Saadia Muhammad, and Zainab Reda.

The preparatory camp for the Saudi women’s national team under 20 years began today in the Jordanian capital, Amman, and will continue until October 14 as part of the team’s preparatory program.

The national team’s technical staff summoned 24 players to participate in the camp, and they are: Dima Sheikh, Ransi Al-Hujaili, Ibtihal Abdullah, Layan Amir, Miral Daghestani, Aseel Ahmed, Lara Al-Nasr, Mawaddah Al-Maghrabi, Maria Baghfar, Tulin Al-Ghamdi, Rawan Al-Shanqeeti, Maya Al-Zahrani, Tala Bayazid, Lulu Abdullah, Saba Al-Yahya, Lama Thamer, Lana Al-Hadithi, and Zahraa Talib. Lareen Bassiouni, Lamar Wael, Lina Eid, Raytan Khaled, Malkoot Salem, and Remas Al-Aradi.

The camp includes two closed friendly matches against the Jordanian national team, on October 10 and 13, with the aim of raising the technical and physical readiness of the female players, and benefiting from international confrontations in preparation for upcoming matches.

For her part, Alia Al-Rasheed, Director of the Women’s Football Department, said: “This camp represents an important station within the team’s preparation program, and we look forward to the players benefiting from the training program and the two friendly matches against the Jordanian national team, which will contribute to enhancing their readiness and giving them more international experience. We are confident that the coming period will continue to support the development of the players and the team, and we wish them success in the camp.”

The camp comes within the program to prepare the national team for young women, within the framework of working to develop the players and enhance their technical and physical readiness, in addition to giving them more experience by playing friendly international matches.