Founded | 2017 |
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Country | Puntland |
Number of clubs | 9 |
Level on pyramid | A |
Current champions | Hombabaro F.C. [1] (2023-24) |
Puntland State League (Somali : Horyaalka Kubadda Cagta Puntland) is the top flight football league in Puntland, Somalia. [2]
In 2014, Puntland attempted to join FIFA. [3] The Puntland State League was founded in 2017 with nine clubs. [4] Bari FC won the inaugural season. [5] A second-tier league with promotion was planned to be established by 2018. [6] During the 2022 season, the first and second-placed clubs received money as rewards. [7] The 2023/2024 Puntland State League Serie A concluded with Homboboro FC defeating Comsed FC in the men's final via a penalty shoot-out. [8] [9] [10]
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Ahmed Abdi Mohamud Sugulle "Habsade" is a Puntland and Somaliland politician. He was a decorated Colonel in the Somali Armed Forces and the second in command of the Somali Custodial Corps equivalent to that of the Italian Arma dei Carabinieri but the Custodial Corps fall under the Ministry of the Interior and are part of the Police Force. A politician and respected elder later in life (he was instrumental in the founding of Somaliland and became the Speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives. In 1998, he was appointed Minister of the Interior of Puntland but was dismissed in 2007 after a conflict with Mohamud Muse Hersi, who became President of Puntland in 2006. In 2007, he brought Somaliland troops into Las Anod, leading to Somaliland's effective control of the Sool region. He served as various Somaliland Ministers of state from 2008. In 2014, Abdiweli Gaas became President of Puntland and he come back to Puntland.
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