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All India Football Federation

January 18, 2023

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is the national governing body of football in India. It is a member of FIFA, the international governing body of football and affiliated to Asian Football Confederation.

All India Football Federation
AFC
Short nameAIFF
Founded23 June 1937; 85 years ago (1937-06-23)
HeadquartersNew Delhi
FIFA affiliation1948
AFC affiliation1954
SAFF affiliation1997
PresidentKalyan Chaubey
Vice-PresidentN. A. Haris
Websitethe-aiff.com

It is affiliated to Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India and a member of South Asian Football Federation. AIFF's teams India men's and women's football teams represents India in men's and women's international football tournaments, friendlies respectively.

The AIFF manage, sanctions, conducts, schedules and runs all national level football tournaments and leagues in India, including major tournaments Indian Super League, I-League and Super Cup. The federation also indirectly manages local football competitions through its member state associations.

AIFF's Beach soccer and Futsal sport commitees oversees development of Beach soccer and Futsal sport in India.[1]

History

Before the formation of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the de facto ruling body for association football in India were the Indian Football Association (IFA).[2] The IFA was founded in 1893 and ran the game in the Bengal region.[3] The federation was mainly governed by Englishmen and served as the most powerful football body in the country during the early 20th century.[2]

Efforts to form a countrywide football federation were started in 1935 by the IFA when the federation, as well as seven other associations, met at a conference but no consensus could be reached.[2] After differences in opinions and other conflicts were resolved, a meeting was conducted in March 1937 which would serve to be the beginning of the start of the AIFF.[2] The AIFF was officially founded on 23 June 1937 after representatives from the nine regional football associations met at the Army Headquarters in Shimla. Namely, the nine regional football associations were the IFA, Army Sports Control Board, North West India Football Association, Bihar Olympic Association, WIFA, Madras Football Association, United Provinces Sports Control Board, Mysore Football Association, and Ajmer and Mewar Football Association.[4][2]

After the launch of the national football federation, the idea of an India national football team did not gain much momentum until after India gain independence in 1947.[2] Select Indian teams did participate in tours of Australia, Burma, Afghanistan, and South Africa but none were officially part of the national team.[2] In 1948, one year after independence and 11 since forming as a football association, the AIFF gained affiliation with FIFA, the governing body for football around the world.[5] Later that year, the national team was officially formed and participated in their first official tournament, the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

In 1950, the national team automatically qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup which was to be held in Brazil after all the teams in India's qualification group withdrew.[5] However, prior to the tournament, India withdrew, citing the reason as due to lack of funding.[5] Other reasons given for India's withdrawal included that the AIFF valued the Summer Olympics more than FIFA World Cup at that time and that the players playing mainly barefooted,[5] though the later is just a tale. In 1952, during the Olympics in Finland, India was defeated in the first round by Yugoslavia 10–1. This defeat made the AIFF make it mandatory for players on the national team to wear football boots.[5] In 1954, the AIFF played an active role in promoting football in Asia when they were one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation.[5] India took part in four straight Olympic football tournaments between 1948 and 1960 but have failed to qualify since.[5] In 1985, India started to participate in World Cup qualifiers again but have failed to make it to the tournament.

In 1977, the AIFF started the Federation Cup which was the first club based national tournament in the country.[6] The Santosh Trophy, the national tournament for state teams, was started in 1941.[7]

In 1996, the AIFF began the first national league in the country, the semi-professional National Football League.[8] Before this, most clubs played in state leagues or select nationwide tournaments.[8]

In 2006, the AIFF reformatted the league as the I-League in an effort to professionalise the game.[9] However, during the following seasons, the league suffered from a lack of popularity due to poor marketing.[10]

In September 2006, the AIFF signed a 10-year television and media contract with Zee Sports. The deal would make Zee broadcast the National Football League, later the I-League, and other tournaments organised by the AIFF and selected India's international matches.[11] However, in October 2010, the deal between the AIFF and Zee Sports was terminated after differences between both parties related to payment and marketing of football in India.[12]

On 9 December 2010, it was announced that the AIFF had signed a new 15-year, ₹700 crore deal with Reliance Industries and the International Management Group.[13]

Competitions

International

Men's

Women's

Men's youth

Women's youth

Current title holders

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Senior (men's)
Indian Super League 2021–22 Hyderabad ISL Champions Kerala Blasters 2022–23
Jamshedpur ISL Premiers Hyderabad
I-League 2021–22 Gokulam Kerala I-League Champions Mohammedan 2022–23
Senior Men's National Football Championship (for Santosh Trophy) 2021–22 Kerala National Champions West Bengal 2022–23
National Games 2022 West Bengal National Games Champions Kerala 2023
Futsal Club Championship 2021 Delhi Futsal Club Champions Mohammedan 2022
National Beach Soccer Championship 2023 TBD TBD 2024
Senior (women's)
Indian Women's League 2021–22 Gokulam Kerala IWL Champions Sethu 2022–23
Senior Women's National Football Championship 2021–22 Manipur National Women's Champions Railways 2022–23
National Games 2022 Manipur National Games Women's Champions Odisha 2023

State leagues list

National teams

Affiliated state federations

Main article: List of Indian state football associations

There are currently 37 state associations affiliated with the All India Football Federation.[14]

Administration (Executive committee and others)

FoundationGeneral body
Executive ComitteeStanding Committee & Judicial Bodies
President
Secretary General
AIFF Secretariat
Strategy & Planing
Governance & AdministrationFootball DevelopmentBusiness & Marketing

Notes:

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Co-opted Eminent Former Players


Past office bearers

Controversies

Politicians are highly involved in AIFF. From 1988 to 2009, Congress party's Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was president of AIFF. After him his fellow, then Congress and later Nationalist Congress Party's politician Praful Patel became president and run it from 2009 to 2022 in an authoritarian manner. He was removed from the position by Supreme Court of India in May 2022 and a three members' commitee was appointed to run AIFF. In their decision Judge remarked that the present state of this organisation is not in the intrest of proper governence.[22] Patel remained president of the AIFF for 16 years, without any tenure limit. He held the position in 3 terms.[22] As per AIFF, some people dictate Indian football who serve themselves in the expenses of football sport and players.[23][24] According to The Telegraph newspaper's article, there is rampant and open corruption in the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and due to lots of sponsor do not want to sponsor AIFF or associated with it. And Players, coaches and officials related to football feels that the AIFF's attitude and management of this organisation have to be change, otherwise football will not improve in India.[25]

As of 6 October 2021, since 2020 AIFF avoided elections to new president and office holders. Praful Patel is president of AIFF since 2009 and held president's post even after his legal presidency period ended.[26]

Multiple times, FIFA have accused AIFF of outside influence in it. On 15 August 2022, FIFA suspended the federation for violating its statutes on third-party interference. India was stripped off its hosting rights for international football tournaments, including the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup scheduled for October 2022.[27] The Suspension was lifted on 27 August 2022. As a result, 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup scheduled for October 2022 were held as planned.[28]

This organisation is often accused for neglecting women's football.[23]

The Indian men's national football team has never played in the FIFA World Cup but India did qualify for the 1950 FIFA World Cup which was held in Brazil. In 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification, the other teams in India's qualification group withdrew due to various reasons and India qualified as the remaining team. However, the Indian team did not participate and withdrew their name. A common myth is that India withdrew and didn't participate because FIFA did not allowed Indians to play football barefoot. According to author and sports journalist Jaydeep Basu, this is completely wrong and India did not participate because AIFF did not believe that its players had the calibre to compete against the top teams of the world. Furthermore, AIFF used to consider the Olympics to be more important tournament than the FIFA World Cup.[29] [30]

See also

References

  1. ^ "AIFF to reinvigorate futsal, beach football". Times of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Kapadia, Novy (24 June 2015). . Saddahaq. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  3. ^ Majumdar, Rounak (22 April 2019). . www.chaseyoursport.com. Kolkata: Chase Your Sport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ^ Kapur, M.L. (1956). Olympic Games. Soccer Weekly News. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Kapadia, Novy (23 June 2012). "A History of the All India Football Federation (AIFF)". SportsKeeda. from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Federation Cup". IndianFootball.de. from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  7. ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Santosh Trophy". from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b Milles, James; Dimeo, Paul (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. ISBN 9781135276577. from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  9. ^ "AIFF's I-League to have 10 teams". Rediff. 21 November 2007. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  10. ^ Dhar, Pulasta (6 January 2016). "The fall of the I-league". Livemint. from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Zee Sports in football deal". DNA India. 26 September 2005. from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  12. ^ Bali, Rahul (10 October 2010). "Three Member Committee To Negotiate With Zee To End The Contract". Goal.com. from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  13. ^ "AIFF signs 700-crore deal with IMG-RIL". Times of India. from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  14. ^ "State Associations". www.the-aiff.com. from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  15. ^ Sports Desk, FPJ (2 September 2022). . www.freepressjournal.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  16. ^ . khelnow.com. Khel Now. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  17. ^ Media Team, AIFF (3 September 2022). . www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  18. ^ a b Kapadia, Novy (23 June 2012). "A History of the All India Football Federation (AIFF)". Sportskeeda. from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  19. ^ Sarkar, Riddhiman (28 August 2022). "Former AIFF presidents: Looking back at their tenures". Khel Now. from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  20. ^ a b D'Mello, Anthony (1959). Portrait Of Indian Sport. Macmillan. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Former AIFF chief Lakshmanan passes away". AFC. 1 May 2018. from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Praful Patel removed from All India Football Federation". Zee news.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ a b "Praful Patel: The artful dribbler shown the red card". 20 May 2022.
  24. ^ Free Press Journal[dead link]
  25. ^ "Corruption in Aiff Driving Sponsors Away".
  26. ^ "Indian football: How AIFF has avoided fresh elections since 2020 based on mere assumptions". Scroll.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  27. ^ dh/kb (15 August 2022), FIFA suspends All India Football Federation, Deutsche Welle, from the original on 16 August 2022, retrieved 16 August 2022
  28. ^ "FIFA lifts suspension of All India Football Federation". www.fifa.com. FIFA. 27 August 2022. from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  29. ^ "Why India did not compete in the 1950 football World Cup (And no, it wasn't because they didn't have boots)". Indian express. 10 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ^ "Did India withdraw from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot?". Los Angeles Times. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

External links

  • Official AIFF website
  • All India Football Federation on Twitter

January 18, 2023
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The All India Football Federation AIFF is the national governing body of football in India It is a member of FIFA the international governing body of football and affiliated to Asian Football Confederation All India Football FederationAFCShort nameAIFFFounded23 June 1937 85 years ago 1937 06 23 HeadquartersNew DelhiFIFA affiliation1948AFC affiliation1954SAFF affiliation1997PresidentKalyan ChaubeyVice PresidentN A HarisWebsitethe aiff comIt is affiliated to Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India and a member of South Asian Football Federation AIFF s teams India men s and women s football teams represents India in men s and women s international football tournaments friendlies respectively The AIFF manage sanctions conducts schedules and runs all national level football tournaments and leagues in India including major tournaments Indian Super League I League and Super Cup The federation also indirectly manages local football competitions through its member state associations AIFF s Beach soccer and Futsal sport commitees oversees development of Beach soccer and Futsal sport in India 1 Contents 1 History 2 Competitions 2 1 International 2 2 Men s 2 3 Women s 2 4 Men s youth 2 5 Women s youth 2 6 Current title holders 2 7 State leagues list 2 7 1 Men s 2 7 2 Women s 3 National teams 3 1 Men 3 2 Women 4 Affiliated state federations 5 Administration Executive committee and others 5 1 Board of directors 5 2 Technical committee 5 3 League committee 5 4 Development committee 5 5 Beach Soccer committee 5 6 Futsal committee 5 7 Advisory Committee 5 8 Other members 6 Past office bearers 6 1 Presidents 6 2 Secretaries General 7 Controversies 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory EditBefore the formation of the All India Football Federation AIFF the de facto ruling body for association football in India were the Indian Football Association IFA 2 The IFA was founded in 1893 and ran the game in the Bengal region 3 The federation was mainly governed by Englishmen and served as the most powerful football body in the country during the early 20th century 2 Efforts to form a countrywide football federation were started in 1935 by the IFA when the federation as well as seven other associations met at a conference but no consensus could be reached 2 After differences in opinions and other conflicts were resolved a meeting was conducted in March 1937 which would serve to be the beginning of the start of the AIFF 2 The AIFF was officially founded on 23 June 1937 after representatives from the nine regional football associations met at the Army Headquarters in Shimla Namely the nine regional football associations were the IFA Army Sports Control Board North West India Football Association Bihar Olympic Association WIFA Madras Football Association United Provinces Sports Control Board Mysore Football Association and Ajmer and Mewar Football Association 4 2 After the launch of the national football federation the idea of an India national football team did not gain much momentum until after India gain independence in 1947 2 Select Indian teams did participate in tours of Australia Burma Afghanistan and South Africa but none were officially part of the national team 2 In 1948 one year after independence and 11 since forming as a football association the AIFF gained affiliation with FIFA the governing body for football around the world 5 Later that year the national team was officially formed and participated in their first official tournament the 1948 Summer Olympics 2 In 1950 the national team automatically qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup which was to be held in Brazil after all the teams in India s qualification group withdrew 5 However prior to the tournament India withdrew citing the reason as due to lack of funding 5 Other reasons given for India s withdrawal included that the AIFF valued the Summer Olympics more than FIFA World Cup at that time and that the players playing mainly barefooted 5 though the later is just a tale In 1952 during the Olympics in Finland India was defeated in the first round by Yugoslavia 10 1 This defeat made the AIFF make it mandatory for players on the national team to wear football boots 5 In 1954 the AIFF played an active role in promoting football in Asia when they were one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation 5 India took part in four straight Olympic football tournaments between 1948 and 1960 but have failed to qualify since 5 In 1985 India started to participate in World Cup qualifiers again but have failed to make it to the tournament In 1977 the AIFF started the Federation Cup which was the first club based national tournament in the country 6 The Santosh Trophy the national tournament for state teams was started in 1941 7 In 1996 the AIFF began the first national league in the country the semi professional National Football League 8 Before this most clubs played in state leagues or select nationwide tournaments 8 In 2006 the AIFF reformatted the league as the I League in an effort to professionalise the game 9 However during the following seasons the league suffered from a lack of popularity due to poor marketing 10 In September 2006 the AIFF signed a 10 year television and media contract with Zee Sports The deal would make Zee broadcast the National Football League later the I League and other tournaments organised by the AIFF and selected India s international matches 11 However in October 2010 the deal between the AIFF and Zee Sports was terminated after differences between both parties related to payment and marketing of football in India 12 On 9 December 2010 it was announced that the AIFF had signed a new 15 year 700 crore deal with Reliance Industries and the International Management Group 13 Competitions EditInternational Edit Intercontinental Cup senior men s Women s Gold Cup senior women s Subroto Cup inter school Men s Edit Indian Super League I League I League 2 Super Cup Durand Cup Santosh Trophy inter state Futsal Club Championship National Beach Soccer Championship inter state Women s Edit Indian Women s League Senior Women s National Football Championship inter state Men s youth Edit RF Development League U 21 Elite League U 18 Junior League U 15 Sub Junior League U 13 B C Roy Trophy U 19 inter state Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy U 16 inter state Women s youth Edit Junior Girl s National Football Championship U 19 17 inter state Sub Junior Girl s National Football Championship U 16 inter state Current title holders Edit Competition Year Champions Title Runners up Next editionSenior men s Indian Super League 2021 22 Hyderabad ISL Champions Kerala Blasters 2022 23Jamshedpur ISL Premiers HyderabadI League 2021 22 Gokulam Kerala I League Champions Mohammedan 2022 23Senior Men s National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2021 22 Kerala National Champions West Bengal 2022 23National Games 2022 West Bengal National Games Champions Kerala 2023Futsal Club Championship 2021 Delhi Futsal Club Champions Mohammedan 2022National Beach Soccer Championship 2023 TBD TBD 2024Senior women s Indian Women s League 2021 22 Gokulam Kerala IWL Champions Sethu 2022 23Senior Women s National Football Championship 2021 22 Manipur National Women s Champions Railways 2022 23National Games 2022 Manipur National Games Women s Champions Odisha 2023 State leagues list Edit Men s Edit Assam State Premier League Bangalore Super Division Karnataka Calcutta Football League West Bengal Chennai Football League Tamil Nadu FAO League Odisha FD Senior Division Delhi Goa Professional League Gujarat SFA Club Championship Indrajit Namchoom Arunachal League J amp K Premier Football League Kerala Premier League Lucknow Super Division Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Premier League Manipur State League Mizoram Premier League Mumbai Football League Maharashtra Nagaland Premier League Punjab State Super Football League Rajasthan State Men s League Shillong Premier League Meghalaya Sikkim Premier Division League Uttarakhand Super League Women s Edit Calcutta Women s Football League West Bengal FD Women s League Delhi Goa Women s League Karnataka Women s League Kerala Women s League Manipur Women s League Odisha Women s League Punjab Women s League SSA Women s Football League Meghalaya Tamil Nadu Women s League WIFA Women s Football League Maharashtra National teams EditMen Edit India national football team India national under 23 football team India national under 20 football team India national under 17 football team India national beach soccer team India national futsal team Women Edit India women s national football team India women s national under 20 football team India women s national under 17 football teamAffiliated state federations EditMain article List of Indian state football associations There are currently 37 state associations affiliated with the All India Football Federation 14 Administration Executive committee and others EditFoundationGeneral bodyExecutive ComitteeStanding Committee amp Judicial BodiesPresidentSecretary GeneralAIFF SecretariatStrategy amp PlaningGovernance amp AdministrationFootball DevelopmentBusiness amp MarketingBoard of directors Edit The following are on the board of the directors at the AIFF 15 16 17 Name Position Kalyan Chaubey President Nalapad Ahmed Haris Vice president Dr Shaji Prabhakaran Secretary General Sunando Dhar Deputy Secretary General Kipa Ajay Treasurer vacant Technical Director Shubham Gurung Technical Coordinator Igor Stimac Head Coach men s Thomas Dennerby Head Coach women s vacant Director of Media Vaibav Raghunandan Coordinator of Media Videography Ravishankar J Referee CoordinatorTechnical committee Edit IM Vijayan a Chairperson Monoranjan Bhattacharya a Deputy Chairperson Eugeneson Lyngdoh a Climax Lawrence a Harjinder Singh a Arun Malhotra Pinky Bompal Magar a League committee Edit Lalnghinglova Hmar Chairman Santanu Pujari Deputy Chairman Arif Ali Amit Chaudhary Dr Reginold Vargese KP Singh Kiran Chowgule M Satyanarayan Nizamuddin Development committee Edit Avijit Paul Chairman Mulrajsinh Chudasama Deputy Chairman Vijay Bali Ratankumar Singh Moirangthem S Dhanasegar Muhammed Rafeek TKM Liaqat Ali Jesiah Villavarayar Mohd ShahidBeach Soccer committee Edit Jignesh Patil Chairman KI Nizammudin Deputy Chairman Anup Patra Bruno Coutinho Md Ikram Upen Patel Dilip Singh Shekhawat Sanjay Mehshack Santosh Kumar G P PalgunaFutsal committee Edit Vijay Bali Chairman Amit Khemani Deputy Chairman Kuljit Singh Lalrengpuia Syed Husnain Ali Naqvi Ravinder Prasad Singh Naresh Singh Rana S Achu BS Mehra Chung Chung Bhutia Mohammad Shahid Jabbar Advisory Committee Edit Shabbir Ali a Chairperson GP Palguna Deputy Chairperson Gurdev Singh Atanu Bhattacharya a Irungbam Surkumar Singh a Victor Manjila a RP Singh Arun Singh RajputOther members Edit Valanka Natasha Alemao Chairperson Women s Committee Thongam Tababi Devi a Deputy Chairperson Women s Committee Anil Kumar P Chairperson Competitions Committee Amit Dey In Charge of Futsal Menla Ethenpa Finance Savio Medeira a Head of Coach Education Baichung Bhutia a Malojiraje Chhatrapati Mohan Lal K Neibou Sekhose Deepak Sharma Syed Imtiaz Husain Syed Hasnain Ali Naqvi Notes a b c d e f g h i j k l m Co opted Eminent Former PlayersPast office bearers EditPresidents Edit The following is a list of presidents of AIFF 18 19 20 Presidents State FA TenureBrigadier VHB Majendie ASCB 1937 Brigadier Dorman Smith ASCB D Moir Bombay Moin ul Haq Bihar OA Pankaj Gupta IFA 1950 1960Manindra Nath Dutta Ray IFA 1960 1975Nurul Amin AFA 1975 1980Khalifa Ziauddin WIFA 1980 1988Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Women s FA and BFA 1988 2008Praful Patel WIFA 2009 2022Kalyan Chaubey GSFA 2022 present Secretaries General Edit The following is a list of secretaries of AIFF 18 20 21 Secretaries State FA TenureMajor AC Wilson ASCB 1937 Major JB Donaldson ASCB EJ Turner Bombay Manindra Nath Dutta Ray IFA 1942 1950Major Lachman Singh ASCB Khalifa Ziauddin WIFA A T Vijayrangam Mysore 1980Ashok Ghosh IFA 1980 1988P P Lakshmanan Kerala 1988 1996Kedar Nath Mour Assam 1997 2000Alberto Colaco Goa 2000 2010Kushal Das 2010 2022Sunando Dhar Interim 2022Dr Shaji Prabhakaran Delhi 2022 presentControversies EditPoliticians are highly involved in AIFF From 1988 to 2009 Congress party s Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was president of AIFF After him his fellow then Congress and later Nationalist Congress Party s politician Praful Patel became president and run it from 2009 to 2022 in an authoritarian manner He was removed from the position by Supreme Court of India in May 2022 and a three members commitee was appointed to run AIFF In their decision Judge remarked that the present state of this organisation is not in the intrest of proper governence 22 Patel remained president of the AIFF for 16 years without any tenure limit He held the position in 3 terms 22 As per AIFF some people dictate Indian football who serve themselves in the expenses of football sport and players 23 24 According to The Telegraph newspaper s article there is rampant and open corruption in the All India Football Federation AIFF and due to lots of sponsor do not want to sponsor AIFF or associated with it And Players coaches and officials related to football feels that the AIFF s attitude and management of this organisation have to be change otherwise football will not improve in India 25 As of 6 October 2021 since 2020 AIFF avoided elections to new president and office holders Praful Patel is president of AIFF since 2009 and held president s post even after his legal presidency period ended 26 Multiple times FIFA have accused AIFF of outside influence in it On 15 August 2022 FIFA suspended the federation for violating its statutes on third party interference India was stripped off its hosting rights for international football tournaments including the 2022 FIFA U 17 Women s World Cup scheduled for October 2022 27 The Suspension was lifted on 27 August 2022 As a result 2022 FIFA U 17 Women s World Cup scheduled for October 2022 were held as planned 28 This organisation is often accused for neglecting women s football 23 The Indian men s national football team has never played in the FIFA World Cup but India did qualify for the 1950 FIFA World Cup which was held in Brazil In 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification the other teams in India s qualification group withdrew due to various reasons and India qualified as the remaining team However the Indian team did not participate and withdrew their name A common myth is that India withdrew and didn t participate because FIFA did not allowed Indians to play football barefoot According to author and sports journalist Jaydeep Basu this is completely wrong and India did not participate because AIFF did not believe that its players had the calibre to compete against the top teams of the world Furthermore AIFF used to consider the Olympics to be more important tournament than the FIFA World Cup 29 30 See also Edit India 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19 December 2019 Retrieved 27 May 2022 Sports Desk FPJ 2 September 2022 Former goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey appointed new AIFF President www freepressjournal com Archived from the original on 4 September 2022 Retrieved 4 September 2022 List of AIFF executive committee members amp co opted eminent players khelnow com Khel Now 2 September 2022 Archived from the original on 4 September 2022 Retrieved 2 September 2022 Media Team AIFF 3 September 2022 AIFF Executive Committee appoints Shaji Prabhakaran as new Secretary General www the aiff com New Delhi All India Football Federation Archived from the original on 4 September 2022 Retrieved 4 September 2022 a b Kapadia Novy 23 June 2012 A History of the All India Football Federation AIFF Sportskeeda Archived from the original on 25 March 2017 Retrieved 24 March 2017 Sarkar Riddhiman 28 August 2022 Former AIFF presidents Looking back at their tenures Khel Now Archived from the original on 27 September 2022 Retrieved 5 September 2022 a b D Mello Anthony 1959 Portrait Of Indian Sport Macmillan Retrieved 5 September 2022 Former AIFF chief Lakshmanan passes away AFC 1 May 2018 Archived from the original on 27 September 2022 Retrieved 27 September 2022 a b Praful Patel removed from All India Football Federation Zee news a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b Praful Patel The artful dribbler shown the red card 20 May 2022 Free Press Journal dead link Corruption in Aiff Driving Sponsors Away Indian football How AIFF has avoided fresh elections since 2020 based on mere assumptions Scroll a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link dh kb 15 August 2022 FIFA suspends All India Football Federation Deutsche Welle archived from the original on 16 August 2022 retrieved 16 August 2022 FIFA lifts suspension of All India Football Federation www fifa com FIFA 27 August 2022 Archived from the original on 28 August 2022 Retrieved 4 September 2022 Why India did not compete in the 1950 football World Cup And no it wasn t because they didn t have boots Indian express 10 November 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Did India withdraw from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot Los Angeles Times 19 July 2011 Retrieved 11 December 2022 External links EditOfficial AIFF website All India Football Federation on Twitter India at FIFA com India at The AFC com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title All India Football Federation amp oldid 1133437542, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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