JEDDAH – Prince Sultan Bin Fahd, President of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare and Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, reshuffled the federation’s General Referee Committee in Riyadh Friday.
Omar Al-Muhanna has been named as the chairman of the committee in place
of Abdullah Al-Nasser.
Ibrahim Al-Amr has been appointed as deputy chairman for referee affairs while Ali Al-Turaify has been given the post of deputy chairman for the referee supervision affairs. Muhanna Al-Shubaiky, Mohammed Al-Muqayteb,
Mohammed Al-Sharief and Mohammed Al-Suwayel have been named as members of the newly-shaped committee.
The changes, which aim to improve the performance of the referee committee, also included the appointment of Mohammed Sa’ad Bakhit as reporter of the committee and Mohammad Bin Awwad Fouda as the committee’s part-time consultant.
The GPYW president also thanked the former members of the committee for their efforts and wished them success in their future endeavors.
The changes came about after the former committee members were severely criticized for their handling of the referee Abdurrahman Al-Amri’s case.
Al-Amri had allowed a ‘goal’ to stand during the Shabab vs. Fateh Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Cup semifinals recently. The goal handed Shabab a 3-2 knockout win over Fateh. Shabab went on to claim the trophy beating Hilal 2-1 in the final in Riyadh Thursday.
The interesting goal four minutes into extra-time put Shabab in the final when Abdullah Al-Ostta hit the ball into Fateh’s goal after it bounced off the post on his spot kick.
The committee later claimed that the referee had heard the ball touching the keeper’s hand before Ostta put it into the goal.
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