Rawda, Amal, and Kholoud participated actively in refereeing men’s matches

Emirati female referees, Rawda Al Mansouri, Amal Jamal and Kholoud Al Zaabi, participated actively in officiating men’s football matches during the current football season 2024-2025, whether in the ADNOC Professional League matches or the Professional League Cup (Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup), as they have so far appeared seven times. times during the current season, three of them in the league, and four in the League Cup.

The former international football referee, Abdullah Al-Ajel, told Emirates Al-Youm: “There are six pieces of advice I give to female referees, especially since they are at the beginning of their refereeing career in the professional league, which are the necessity of good knowledge and understanding of football law, the enjoyment of high physical fitness, and the necessity of being Close to the place where the ball is played, as this helps in making sound refereeing decisions, tactical understanding of the game, and the way the two teams play, as this is considered one of the important matters currently in arbitration, in addition to good preparation. Before and during the match, all of these are things that help female football referees develop their levels.”

He explained: “The referee’s mission is the success of the match, and this will only happen through good preparation, and there is a great development in the levels of female referees, and this reflects the goal of the Football Association and the Referees Committee to develop the female element and push them to participate in managing matches in the men’s professional football league.” Especially Kholoud Al Zaabi, Amal Jamal and Rawda Al Mansouri. We saw the female members of refereeing last year, and they participate in managing men’s football matches, as well as this season, and they must take advantage of the current opportunity provided to them by the referees’ committee. In the Football Association.

Al-Hikma Amal Jamal participated as a second assistant referee within the refereeing team led by referee Yahya Al-Mulla, who led the match between Sharjah and Al-Orouba in the fifth round, while Rawda Al-Mansouri participated as a fourth referee in the same match, and Kholoud Al-Zaabi participated as an assistant video referee in the match between Al-Orouba and Ajman, which was led by arena referee Omar Al. Ali, in the tenth round of the league.

In the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, Al-Hikma Amal Jamal participated as a first assistant referee in the match between Al-Nasr and Al-Orouba, which ended with Al-Nasr winning 2-1, and was led by referee Ahmed Salem Khalfan, while Kholoud Al-Zaabi participated as an assistant video referee. In the same competition, Amal Jamal was a first assistant within the refereeing team. The return match between Baniyas and Al Wasl, which was led by referee Sultan Mohammed Saleh, ended in a goalless draw, and Kholoud Al Zaabi was found to be an assistant video referee in the two teams’ match in the first leg, which It was led by arena referee Nasser Al Ali, and ended with a 3-1 victory for Al Wasl.