du Football Champions, in partnership with LaLiga, and home of the official UAE Schools and Streets Cups and UAE Girls Challenge, kicked off in Dubai, its final leg of the nationwide tournament, with over 50 matches and 200 goals scored in the first weekend of play at the Sevens Stadium.

Many of the big contenders are back again this year including International School of Choueifat, Philadelphia Private School, Rashid Bin
Saeed, St. Mary’s Catholic Highschool, Lycée Libanais Francais Prive (LLFP), Al Razi, Dubai National School Altwar, Towheed Iranian School,

Adab Iranian School, Al Makwakeb School, Garhoud, the German International School and Lycee Francais George Pompidou.

Newcomers to the tournament include Mouath Ibn Jabal, Abu Saeed Al Kadari, Soukaina Bint Al Hosn, Safiya bin Hoyaye and Dwight School.
Veteran teams are also back to compete in the UAE Streets Cup including Sharjah Scout Academy, Future Stars, LaLiga Academy, Remontada, Teen
Soccer Academy and Al Ain Fc. Over 50 new teams are competing in the Streets Cup this year.

Taking the lead in Schools Cup U16 Group A and B respectively are Rashid Bin Saeed School who beat GEMS Our Own Indian School 5-0 and New
Academy School 3-1 and Towheed Iranian School for Boys who played a superb match against LLFP beating them 3-0 and also beating Dubai
Scholars Private School 4-0.

In Schools Cup U14 Abu Saeed Al Khudari beat LLFP 5-1 and Philadelphia Private School 3-0 securing them a perfect 9 points and the lead in Group
A. Dubai Scholars Private School cleared their way forward to the knockout stage with 5 points in Group B.

In Boys U12, Abu Saeed Al Khudari and Soccer Dubai lead in Groups A and B respectively with 9 points each.

“We wait for du Football Champions impatiently every year. It’s so exciting to be in the 5 th season. Our teams practice the whole year for the
chance to play in this world-class tournament,” Mohammed Ramadan, the coach of the Rashid Bin Saeed school said.