The FIFA Executive committee has suspended the Samoa Football Soccer Federation (SFSF) with immediate effect today due to the non compliance of the SFSF with the normalisation committee FIFA set up in June 2008 to stabilise the situation of the federation.
As FIFA’s warnings and deadlines went unheeded, the FIFA Executive Committee had no other alternative but to take the decision to suspend the SFSF.
The FIFA Emergency committee took the decision to introduce a normalisation committee on 9 June 2008 after having been informed of the critical financial situation of the federation, endangering not only the federation as such but also the FIFA Goal project.
Despite the best efforts of the FIFA normalisation committee the former president of SFSF and other executive members refused to collaborate and worked against the implementation of the decision of the FIFA Emergency committee. This constitutes a serious violation of the members obligation to respect the Statutes and the decisions of FIFA bodies at any time.
Consequently, the SFSF is losing its membership rights and will neither be able to take part in any FIFA competitions nor participate in FIFA’s assistance and development programs.
For more information please contact:
Tai Nicholas
OFC General Secretary
Tel: +649-5258161
Fax: +649-5258164
Mob: +6421331164