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{{Infobox football match
| title                   = Horseed FC vs Heegan FC (2015)
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| event                   = Gneneral Da'ud cup final
| team1                   = [[Horseed FC]]
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| team1score              = 2
| team2                   = [[Heegan FC]]
| team2association        =
| team2score              = 1
| date                    = 17 December 2015
| stadium                 = [[Banadir Stadium]]
| attendance              = tens of thousands
| city                    = [[Mogadishu]]
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[[Horseed FC]] vs [[Heegan FC]] was the first ever association football match to be aired live in Somalia.
==Significance==
The significance of this event is attributed to the fact that this sports event is an indication for the increasing visibility of stability in Somalia. After the country had undergone two decades and a half of civil war it made any semblance of entertainment unthinkable due to the fact that venues that hosted such events would usually be targeted. The Somali Football Federation president Abdiqani Said Arab considered the ability to broadcast live on local television as "a breakthrough" and evidence that the country is recovering after a lengthy period of [[violence]].<ref name="BBC Sport 1970">{{cite web | title=Somali domestic football in live TV debut | website=BBC Sport | date=17 December 2015 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35113869 | accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref> It was expected to attract a large number of fans from all over the country.<ref name="Hiiraan Online 2015">{{cite web | title=Somalia: Heegan to clash with Horseed in General Da’ud Cup final set for Thursday | website=Hiiraan Online | date=15 December 2015 | url=http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2015/dec/103079/somalia_heegan_to_clash_with_horseed_in_general_da_ud_cup_final_set_for_thursday.aspx | accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>
{{Quote|Abdiqani Said Arab:
We had long dreamed of getting our matches watched live. This is almost the realisation of our age-old dreams.
"This will be a test, but if we are successful in this endeavour, we will try to get our matches go live in the months to come|General Da'ud Cup venue|locals <ref name="Rogo 2015">{{cite web | last=Rogo | first=Paula | title=What's in a soccer game? For Somalia, a milestone goal. | website=Yahoo News | date=17 December 2015 | url=https://news.yahoo.com/whats-soccer-game-somalia-milestone-goal-212440967.html | accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>}}
==Overview==
It simultaneously was also the most watched Somali football game in history, and described by media officials as ''‘the most hotly-contested’ football game in Somalia ever''. Deeq Abdullahi Nur AKA Aariyo scored the first goal for Heegan in the 32nd minute. In the second half however, Horseed upped their game after the equalizer by Adaani Barre Isse and the winning goal by [[Kenyan]] Daniel Matango.<ref name="warka 2015">{{cite web | author=WARKA | title=History made in Somalia as first soccer match televised – Mareeg.com Breaking News and Opinion | website=Mareeg.com Breaking News and Opinion | date=18 December 2015 | url=http://www.mareeg.com/history-made-in-somalia-as-first-soccer-match-televised/ | accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Somalia League]]
==References==
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[[Category:Association football matches in Africa]]
[[Category:2015 in Somalian sport|Foo]]
[[Category:Football competitions in Somalia]]