Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, President of the Qatar Football Association (QFA), received in his office Nihat Ozdemir, President of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), and Servet Yardımcı, First Vice-President of the TFF, in the presence of Kadir Kardaş, Secretary General of the TFF, and Hamit Altintop and Nuri Akyan, TFF Executive Directors.
On the Qatari side, the meeting was attended by Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Mohannadi, Vice-President of the QFA, Ali Daoud, Executive Director of the President’s Office, and Hani Ballan, member of the Executive Office of the QFA.
The visit of the TFF dele-gation came on the sidelines of the Turkish Super Cup match, hosted by Doha today for the first time, between Besiktas and Antalyaspor.
Sheikh Hamad stressed that Doha’s hosting of the Turkish Super match is the culmination of a distinguished history of bilateral relations between the federations of the two friendly countries, which strengthens the prospects for successful and fruitful cooperation in the field of football.
He explained that the two federations are linked by a memorandum signed in 2018, which includes many aspects of joint cooperation, many of which have been implemented recently, benefiting football in both countries.
The distinguished relationship between Qatar and Turkey in football represents an ideal model of how sports fed-erations should cooperate with each other.
The visit of the Turkish delegation witnessed another opportunity to strengthen the cooperation with the renewal of the agreement between the two sides.
During the reception at the QFA head-quarters, the two sides also talked about the future and the devel-opment of bilateral relations between the federations, to include more areas that will have many fruitful results, which in turn will enhance the continuous success of football in both Qatar and Turkey, and ensure the development of football at the local, Asian and international levels.
