Sharjah calls for changing the AFC Champions League final in Singapore

The Sharjah Football Club sent an official letter to the Asian Football Confederation, through the Emirates Football Association, calling for a suitable stadium befitting the final match of the AFC Champions League 2 Clubs, which will bring the Sharjah team with its counterpart, Lyon City, Singapore, on May 18, at the “Gallan Bossar” stadium in Singapore.

The Sharjah Club said, in a press release, published yesterday, on its official account on the X platform: “In a step confirming its keenness to provide the best organizational and technical conditions for the continental event, the Sharjah Football Club administration sent an official letter to the Asian Football Association through the Emirates Football Association, in which it demanded to allocate a suitable stadium befitting the final of the tournament.”

The club added: «This administrative move came from the Sharjah Club immediately after the Singaporean team qualified for the final match, where the board of directors started its coordination contacts immediately, in order to ensure the meeting with an ideal environment that keeps pace with the value of the event and the importance of the continental final.

He continued: «This request comes in light of the concerns related to the (Gallan Bossar) stadium, which hosts the Lyon City matches, as it is a relatively small stadium in terms of mass capacity, and depends on the floor of the artificial grass, which may not be commensurate with the Asian final requirements of this size.

The club explained: «Sharjah Club is awaiting a response from the Asian Federation in this regard during the next few days, in the hope that the importance of establishing the final will be taken into account in a stadium that is available in technical, mass and organizational specifications that are worthy of the competition and its clubs, and strengthens the chances of the event’s success in the media and publicly.