President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with the victorious Sri Lankan National Football Team at the Presidential Secretariat recently and commended the team’s efforts in their recent triumph over Bhutan in the FIFA World Series 2024.
The President expressed his support for the football team’s aspiration to claim the South Asian Championship (SAFF) next year, pledging his commitment to advancing football infrastructure in the near future.
Football’s popularity has surged in Sri Lanka in recent months, with the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) assembling a formidable national team comprising talented players of Sri Lankan descent from various professional leagues worldwide.
The triump over Bhutan marked the first win for Sri Lanka football in a decade.
As a symbolic gesture of honour, President of FFSL Jaswar Umar Jaswar Umar presented President Wickremesinghe with a national football jersey.
