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Saudi Arabian Football Federation

Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Reading. Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States www.abegs.org.

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Saudi Arabian Football Federation

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  1. Saudi Arabian Football Federation Reading Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States www.abegs.org

  2. The Football Federation in Saudi Arabia was started in 1959 AD. There were six clubs in that first season and the first matches were played on 12 February 1960 AD. Before that, most of the clubs and their players were amateur, not professional. This was the real beginning of football in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  3. Nowadays, there are 153 clubs in the Saudi Federation. The federation consists of four divisions. The first division has 12 clubs, the second has 10, the third has 8 and the fourth has 123. the first division is the top one. The aim of all the clubs in this division is to reach the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques’ Cup. The last Match in the competition and win the trophy. The final match is always played at a stadium decided by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. The biggest crowd for a cup final was seen in 1995 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. At that match, 80,000 supporters were counted.

  4. Football is an international sport. It has spread all over the world. It is popular so that millions of people go to the matches during the seasons. The top clubs and the top players make a lot of money. This is true all over the world. For example, Pele, the famous Brazilian player, earned almost SR 8,000,000 almost 30 years ago in 1965. But before you decided to become a professional footballer, you had better think hard! The working life of a top footballer is only about ten years!

  5. Q.1 What is the opposite of “professional”? The opposite of “professional” is “amateur”. Q.2 How long can a professional footballer work? A professional footballer can work for ten years only.

  6. Q.3 In what year was the Saudi Football Federation started? The Saudi Football Federation was started in 1959 AD. Q.4 What is the Custodian of the Two Mosques’ Cup and where is it played? This is the name of top football cup played in Saudi Arabia. It is played at a stadium decided by the “Federation”.

  7. Word Study “A” Choose the correct words: Professional-weekday-- midweek- exciting The match was very _________. exciting Every _________ he goes to school but not on Thursday or Friday. weekday Ali is a ___________ football player. professional There is ________ test in the class today. midweek Saud play for fun not for money. He is an ________ player. amateur

  8. Word Study “B” Choose the correct words: Trophy-discussion-crowd- club-aim We have an English_____ at our school. club His ____ is to become a top soccer player. aim A _____ of people waited to see the king. crowd trophy Saudi team won the _______ in football competition. We need a long _________ about the lesson. discussion

  9. Word Study “C” Choose the correct words: changed-spread-consistedof-earned-beat Ali ______ a lot of money by playing football. earned Fahd has ________ his car. He has painted it yellow. changed The last English book __________ six units. consisted of Saudi team _____ the Omani team in final match. beat The English language has ______ all over the world. spread

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