Egyptian Football Association Announces Fans Can Return To Stadiums

The Egyptian FA announced Sunday that "Egyptian fans will be allowed to attend matches starting from the second part of the Egyptian Premier League," according to Adham Youssef of DAILY NEWS EGYPT. The decision to allow fans back into stadiums "follows approval from the Ministry of Interior." The EFA said, “Security forces allowed 10,000 fans to attend matches held at Cairo Stadium, the Air Defence Stadium, Al- Makwlon Al-Arab Stadium and Borg El-Arab Stadium, while 5,000 fans will be allowed in other stadiums.” Officials at the association vowed to apply new strategies to ensure that fans are “disciplined” during the games. The highest fan attendance took place on Dec. 6 when 25,000 supporters attended "the latest Al-Ahly game in the African Confederation Cup against Ivory Coast’s Séwé Sport Club." The match "was heavily attended by riot police and the Special Forces" (DAILY NEWS EGYPT, 12/22).