The Sport Clubs Support Strategy for the 2020-2021 Sport Season is a strategy aimed at operating and developing clubs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, enhancing administrative and financial sustainability by relying on their participation and the results they achieve within the unified points system.
On February 8, 2021, the Ministry of Sport announced that eighty-four clubs from various categories and divisions had submitted the necessary documents and requirements to join the unified points collection program to receive support allocated for different sports under the Club Support Strategy. According to the strategy's task force report, seventy-seven clubs successfully qualified for the points collection stage and competed for funding of up to SAR480 million, which had been previously announced in October 2020 during the unveiling of the Sport Club Support Strategy.
Increase in sport clubs under the sport clubs support strategy
The number of sport clubs with ten or more different sports has reached seventy-seven, reflecting a 79 percent increase compared to the previous season. According to the Sport Club Support Strategy, this qualifies them to enter the unified points system to receive support based on specified requirements and criteria. The qualified clubs are as follows:
Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Professional League Clubs: Al Wehda, Al-Shabab, Al-Ahli, Al-Hilal, Al-Batin, Al-Raed, Al-Ettifaq, Damac, Al-Nassr, Al-Taawoun, Al-Faisaly, Al-Fateh, Al-Qadsiah, Al-Ittihad, Abha.
Prince Mohammed Bin Salman First Division League Clubs: Hajer, Al-Nahda, Ohod, Al-Shoulla, Al-Khaleej, Al-Thuqbah, Al-Adalah, Al-Fayha, Najran, Jeddah.
Second Division League Clubs: Al-Riyadh, Al-Orobah, Al-Zulfi, Al-Safa, Al-Jandal, Al-Taqadom, Al-Ansar, Al-Okhdood, Al-Taraji, Al-Sharq, Kumait, Al-Dhahab, Wajj, Al-Rawdah.
Third Division League Clubs: Tabrjal, Hira, Jerash, Al-Yarmouk, Al-Huda, Al-Aghar, Jubbah, Al-Noor, Al-Far', Al-Tarf, Qilwah, Okaz, Al-Hidayah, Al-Qarah, Al-Jubail, Al-Tuhami, Al-Tasamuh, Mudhar, Al-Suqur, Duba, Al-Watan, Al-Muhit, Al-Salam, Al-Zaytoun, Al-Khuwaildiyah, Al-Jazirah, Al-Intilaq, Sudair, Al-Ghazwah, Al-Omran, Al-Sarawat, Al-Dera'a, Al-Khalidi, Al-Badai, Al-Ibtisam, Samira, Al-Tadamun, Fayfa.
Criteria of the unified points system in the Sport Clubs Support Strategy
The task force of the Sport Clubs Support Strategy established the support mechanism for the strategy’s second season based on the total points a club accumulates through its performance across various competitions and sports. Five criteria were applied in the unified points system:
Submitting a development plan for different sports.
Participating in at least ten sports.
Competing in five of the selected sports.
Competing in five of the selected sports in youth categories.
Implementing development programs for youth categories in eight of the selected sports.
Jobs created by the Sport Clubs Support Strategy
The Sport Clubs Support Strategy successfully created 3,097 job opportunities across seventy-seven clubs, marking a 129 percent increase from the season before last. These included 1,302 administrative positions, 1,510 technical positions, and 285 medical positions.
In its second season, the Sport Clubs Support Strategy added five new sports—gymnastics, esports, weightlifting, judo, and badminton—bringing the total to fifteen sports under the unified points system. These were added to the ten sports selected in the first season: volleyball, basketball, karate, table tennis, swimming, cycling, handball, athletics, tennis, and taekwondo. The eligible support was determined through the unified points system, assigning one hundred points per sport, with each point valued at SAR320,000.
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