Daga tawagar ƙasa ta maza da aka yi wa lamba a wajen manyan ƙasashe 200 sama da shekaru goma da suka wuce, har zuwa fara shiga zagayen 16 na CAF Africa Cup of Nations a karon farko — ƙwallon ƙafa na Mauritania ya samu babban canji. Shugaban FFRIM Ahmed Yahya ya ce shirin FIFA Forward shine ginshiƙi na wannan ci gaba.

"Mun kasance muna inganta a filin wasa, a bayyane, amma kuma mun yi girma sosai a matsayinmu na ƙungiya, tare da shirin FIFA Forward yana taka muhimmiyar rawa a wannan ci gaban," in ji Bw. Yahya, wanda ya jagoranci Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (FFRIM) tun shekara ta 2011. "A yau, mun zama ƙungiya da ake girmamawa kuma abin koyi a ci gaban wasa."

A filin wasa da waje da shi

Lions of Chinguetti sun haura daga ƙasa da lamba ta 200 a FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking a shekara ta 2013 zuwa lamba ta 113 a yau, suna cancanta CAF Africa Cup of Nations a shekarun 2019, 2022, da 2024. Bugu na 2019 ya nuna cancanta ta farko a tarihi, kuma bugu na 2024 ya kawo sabon nasara — shiga zagayen 16 a karon farko.

Ci gaban ya wuce ƙwallon ƙafa na maza. Tawagar ƙasa ta mata ta dawo gasa ta hanyar Women's Cup WAFU-A 2025 da kuma bugun farko na FIFA Series da aka gudanar a Côte d'Ivoire, inda suka doke Pakistan da Turks and Caicos Islands. Kocin Jordi Arimany ya bayyana wasannin FIFA Series a matsayin "musamman lokaci ga 'yan wasana" da "babbar dama ta inganta."

Mauritania kuma ta fara bayyana a wasan FIFA a karon farko lokacin da tawagar beach soccer ta shiga FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2025™ a Seychelles.

Ababen more rayuwa da za su yi wa tsararraki hidima

Tun da Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya karɓi ragamar mulki a shekara ta 2016, shirin FIFA Forward ya tura kimanin dalar Amurka biliyan 5.1 zuwa ci gaban ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya, tare da kowannensu MA yana da damar samun har dalar miliyar 8 a lokacin marhala ta 3.0 (2023–26) — karuwa sau bakwai idan aka kwatanta da matakan farkon 2016.

A Mauritania, an yi amfani da waɗannan kuɗaɗe tare da sakamako mai ganuwa. Babban aiki shine sake gina da faɗaɗa Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya a babban birnin kasar, Nouakchott, inda ake gudanar da aiki don ƙara ƙarfin karɓar mutane zuwa 16,000. An sanya filin wasa na synthetic a Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou, kuma ƙungiyar ta sami motoci don tawagar mata, ta ƙaddamar da tsarin Video Assistant Referee (VAR) a ɗaya ɗayan ƙungiyoyin gida, kuma ta inganta hedikwatarta da wuraren horo da suka haɗa da kantin sayarwa, gidan abinci, da cibiyar watsa labarai.

An kuma ƙara cibiyar kiwon lafiya a FFRIM Football Academy da ke Nouakchott — saka hannun jari wanda ya taimaka share fage don buɗe FIFA Talent Academy Mauritania a watan Fabrairu 2025, ita ce ta farko ta kaina a nahiyar Afirka a ƙarƙashin FIFA Talent Development Scheme.

"Ina son nuna fitattun ayyuka biyu musamman: academy da cibiyar wasanni da lafiya," in ji Bw. Yahya. "Academy shine makomar mu. A yau, muna iya ɗaukar ƴan wasa ƙanana, horar da su da kuma tallafa musu a nan Mauritania, a wuri da ke dacewa da ci gabansu, ta fuskar wasanni da ilimi. Wannan yana da matuƙar muhimmanci a gare mu."

Ya ƙara da cewa cibiyar lafiya tana ba wa ƙungiyar damar "tallafawa 'yan wasanmu sosai, sarrafa bibiyar lafiyarsu, aiki kan hana rauni, da kuma bayar da tallafi na kulawa da murmurewa tare da kayan aiki masu dacewa. Muna da farin ciki ƙwarai da waɗannan ayyuka biyu. Su nan ne na dindindin kuma don hidimar tsararraki masu yawa na 'yan wasa."

Abin koyi a ci gaba a fadin Afirka

Sadaukarwar Mauritania wajen ci gaban ƙwallon ƙafa ta bayyana tun a watan Maris na 2022, lokacin da ta zama ƙasar Afirka ta farko da ta ƙaddamar da FIFA Football for Schools. FFRIM kuma ta aiwatar da Shirin Ilimin Dijital na FIFA Foundation, wanda ke ba da kayan aikin fasaha da albarkatun koyo ga makarantun firamare a al'ummomin da ke cikin halin wuya.

"Shirin Forward ya ba mu damar tsarawa, saka hannun jari da gina," in ji Bw. Yahya. "Wannan shine tasirin shirin FIFA Forward. Muna iya ganin sakamakon a fili a yau, amma mafi mahimmanci, waɗannan saka hannun jari za su ci gaba da tallafa wa ƙwallon ƙafarmu na shekaru masu yawa masu zuwa. Wannan shine abin da ke sa wannan shiri yana da matuƙar muhimmanci ga ƙungiya kamar tamu."