In a precedent that is the first of its kind in the history of Moroccan football, the management of the “Ittihad Al-Faqih Bin Saleh” men’s club, which plays in the second division (amateur), contracted with Moroccan coach Hasnaa Al-Doumi, to be the first woman to coach a men’s team in the Kingdom.
Hasnaa, 29, works as a physical education teacher at the “Tignarine” secondary school in the Fakih Bensalah district, and she holds a “B” diploma in training, according to Moroccan media.
She was also a former player for the “Atlas 05” team, and an assistant coach for the same team, in the first division championship for professional women’s football.
Al-Doumi also held the position of assistant coach for the Olympique Faqih Bin Saleh team in the amateur section.
It is noteworthy that other women in the Arab countries preceded Al-Doumi in coaching men’s clubs, including the Syrian coachMaha Junoud, who in 2008 assumed the position of coach of a team playing in the Syrian first division, the Damascene Governorate Club, which was close to obtaining a qualification card for the League. The Premier Division, but finished third in its group and continued to play in the first division, so Junoud moved to occupy the position of head of the women’s football department in the Omani Football Association.
