Al Jazira denied AFC licence

Dubai: Al Jazira have been denied an Asian Football Confederation licence after failing to satisfy financial criteria.

The Abu Dhabi club will now be given five days to appeal the decision. In total 11 UAE clubs were granted AFC licences. They were: Shabab Ahli, Al Ain, Al Dhafra, Ajman, Al Nasr, Al Wahda, Al Wasl, Dibba, Emirates, Hatta and Sharjah. The club licensing system was issued in the 2012/13 season to improve football clubs in a sporting, infrastructual, personnel and administrative, legal, financial, marketing and promotional sense. Failure to obtain the licence may result in expulsion from AFC competitions.