Introduction[1]
On 15 March 2019, the FIFA Council approved the request of the Bahrain Football Association (BFA) for Al Muharraq, the most successful club in Bahrain football history, to participate in the professional leagues affiliated to the Saudi Arabian Football Federation commencing from the 2019-20 sporting season.[2] That approval followed the 27 November 2018 decision of the AFC Executive Committee to also approve the request of the BFA.[3]
There is a long history of clubs participating in official competitions affiliated to a football association which is not the football association that governs the territory where they...
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