Muscat,  (ONA) - The Oman Football Association (OFA) issued today a decision to choose Oman Club, which ranked 12th in the Omantel Football League last season 2019/2020, to replace Fanja Club in the next 2020/2021 season.

In a statement published today on its website, the ONA stated that choosing Oman Club instead of Al-Shabab, which is ranked fourth in the First Division League came as a result of the Oman Club obtaining the twelfth place in the Omantel League ranking table for the 2019/2020 season in accordance with the terms and rules of the Omantel League competition which stipulates that three first-division clubs are promoted to the Omantel League and three clubs from the Omantel League relegate to the first division for the next season 2020/2021.

In its statement, the Oman Football Association stated that it had heard the legal opinion and the response of the AFC, as such decisions are referred to the board of directors of the federation and are the original jurisdiction of the board of directors of the federation, based on the statue of the Oman Football Association.

Fanja Club issued an official statement to suspend its participation in the football competitions for the 2020/2021 sports season on November 24.

The statement of the Fanja Club, which was circulated to the local media by Eng. Humayr bin Nasser Al-Ismaili, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the club, explaining the details of the matter related to the club's due financial claims in addition to the request to postpone the sporting activity for the new season due to the repercussions of the Corona pandemic due to the clubs’ inability to implement the International Health Protocol.

(ONA)