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{{Short description|National governing body of Football in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{National football association
| Logo                  = All India Football Federation Logo.svg
| Badge_size            = 250px
| Founded               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1937|6|23}}
| FIFA affiliation      = 1948
| Region                = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| Region affiliation    = 1954
| Subregion             = [[South Asian Football Federation|SAFF]]
| Subregion affiliation = 1997
| President             = [[Kalyan Chaubey]]
| Vice-President        = [[N. A. Haris|Nalapad Ahmed Haris]]
| Parent                =
| Headquarters          = [[New Delhi]] 
| Website               = {{official URL}}
|Membership= [[Indian State Football Associations |38]]|General Secretary=Shaji Prabhakaran}}

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 [[Association football|football]] and affiliated to the [[Asian Football Confederation]] and [[South Asian Football Federation]]. This federation also manages [[Futsal]] and [[Beach Soccer]] in India.

It is affiliated to the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]], [[Government of India]]. [[India national football team|India men's]] and [[India women's national football team|women's]] football teams are governed by the AIFF, represent India in various international football tournaments.

The AIFF manages, sanctions, conducts, schedules and runs all national level football tournaments and leagues in India, including [[Indian Super League]], [[I-League]], [[I-League 2]], [[I-League 3]], [[Santosh Trophy]], [[Indian Women's League]], [[Senior Women's National Football Championship]], [[Futsal Club Championship]], [[National Beach Soccer Championship]], [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]], [[Youth League (India)|Youth League]] and others. The federation also indirectly manages local football competitions through its [[:Category:Football governing bodies in India|member state associations]].

AIFF's [[Beach soccer]] and [[Futsal]] committees oversee the development of these sports in India.<ref>{{Cite news|title=AIFF to reinvigorate futsal, beach football |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/football/top-stories/aiff-to-reinvigorate-futsal-beach-football/articleshow/65302793.cms?frmapp=yes |work=The Times of India| date=7 August 2018 }}</ref>

==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).<ref name="Birth">{{cite news|last1=Kapadia|first1=Novy|title=The Birth of the All India Football Federation|url=https://www.saddahaq.com/the-birth-of-the-all-india-football-federation|access-date=24 March 2017|work=Saddahaq|date=24 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325112623/https://www.saddahaq.com/the-birth-of-the-all-india-football-federation|archive-date=25 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The IFA was founded in 1893 and ran the game in the [[West Bengal|Bengal]] region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|title=The Golden Years of Indian Football|website=www.chaseyoursport.com|publisher=Chase Your Sport|location=Kolkata|first=Rounak|last=Majumdar|date=22 April 2019|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230046/https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref> The federation was mainly governed by Englishmen and served as the most powerful football body in the country during the early 20th century.<ref name="Birth"/>

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.<ref name="Birth"/> 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.<ref name="Birth"/> The AIFF was officially founded on 23 June 1937 after representatives from the nine regional football associations met at the [[Army Training Command|Army Headquarters]] in [[Shimla]]. Namely, the nine regional football associations were the [[Indian Football Association|IFA]], [[Services Sports Control Board|Army Sports Control Board]], [[Punjab Football Association|North West India Football Association]], Bihar Olympic Association, [[Western India Football Association|WIFA]], [[Tamil Nadu Football Association|Madras Football Association]], United Provinces Sports Control Board, [[Karnataka State Football Association|Mysore Football Association]], and [[Rajasthan Football Association|Ajmer and Mewar Football Association]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Olympic Games |url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1956A.html |publisher=Soccer Weekly News |last1=Kapur |first1=M.L. |date=1956 |access-date=11 January 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Birth"/>

After the launch of the national football federation, the idea of an [[India national football team]] did not gain much momentum until after India's [[Indian independence movement|independence]] in 1947.<ref name="Birth"/> Select Indian teams did participate in tours of [[Australia]], [[Burma]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[South Africa]] but none were officially part of the national team.<ref name="Birth"/> 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.<ref name="History">{{cite news|last1=Kapadia|first1=Novy|title=A History of the All India Football Federation (AIFF)|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/a-history-of-the-all-india-football-federation-aiff|access-date=24 March 2017|work=SportsKeeda|date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325112714/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/a-history-of-the-all-india-football-federation-aiff|archive-date=25 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, the national team was officially formed and participated in their first official tournament, the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Birth"/> 

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.<ref name="History" /> However, prior to the tournament, India withdrew, citing the reason as due to lack of funding.<ref name="History" /> 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,<ref name="History" /> though the later is just a tale. In 1952, during the Olympics in [[Finland]], India was defeated in the first round by [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] 10–1. This defeat made the AIFF make it mandatory for players on the national team to wear football boots.<ref name="History" /> 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]].<ref name="History" /> India took part in four straight Olympic football tournaments between 1948 and 1960 but have failed to qualify since.<ref name="History" /> 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 (India)|Federation Cup]] which was the first club based national tournament in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Federation Cup|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/fedcup.html|access-date=24 March 2017|publisher=IndianFootball.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315003131/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/fedcup.html|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Santosh Trophy]], the national tournament for state teams, was started in 1941.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Santosh Trophy|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/santosh.html|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524163702/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/santosh.html|archive-date=24 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1996, the AIFF began the first national league in the country, the semi-professional [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]].<ref name="Soccer in South Asia">{{cite book|last1=Milles|first1=James|last2=Dimeo|first2=Paul|title=Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora|date=2001|isbn=9781135276577|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GR-4AQAAQBAJ&q=National+Football+League+India+football+league+1996&pg=PT41|access-date=6 November 2020|archive-date=3 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703151249/https://books.google.com/books?id=GR-4AQAAQBAJ&q=National+Football+League+India+football+league+1996&pg=PT41|url-status=live}}</ref> Before this, most clubs played in state leagues or select nationwide tournaments.<ref name="Soccer in South Asia"/>

In 2006, the AIFF reformatted the league as the [[I-League]] in an effort to professionalise the game.<ref>{{cite news|title=AIFF's I-League to have 10 teams|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/nov/21aiff.htm|access-date=13 August 2017|work=Rediff|date=21 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042458/http://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/nov/21aiff.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> However, during the following seasons, the league suffered from a lack of popularity due to poor marketing.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dhar|first1=Pulasta|title=The fall of the I-league|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NuvXW1HCTGwcEoUQ8KH2cJ/The-fall-of-the-Ileague.html|access-date=13 August 2017|work=Livemint|date=6 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816062926/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NuvXW1HCTGwcEoUQ8KH2cJ/The-fall-of-the-Ileague.html|archive-date=16 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 national football team|India's]] international matches.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zee Sports in football deal|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-zee-sports-in-football-deal-3438|access-date=13 August 2017|work=DNA India|date=26 September 2005|archive-date=3 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703151250/https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-zee-sports-in-football-deal-3438|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bali|first1=Rahul|title=Three Member Committee To Negotiate With Zee To End The Contract|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2010/10/10/2158765/india-three-member-committee-to-negotiate-with-zee-to-end|access-date=13 August 2017|work=Goal.com|date=10 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830020215/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2010/10/10/2158765/india-three-member-committee-to-negotiate-with-zee-to-end|archive-date=30 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 9 December 2010, it was announced that the AIFF had signed a new 15-year, ₹700 crore deal with [[Reliance Industries]] and the [[IMG (company)|International Management Group]].<ref name="IMG Deal 2010">{{cite news|title=AIFF signs 700-crore deal with IMG-RIL|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/AIFF-signs-700-crore-deal-with-IMG-RIL/articleshow/7072492.cms?referral=PM|website=Times of India| date=9 December 2010 |access-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530143649/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/AIFF-signs-700-crore-deal-with-IMG-RIL/articleshow/7072492.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=30 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== FIFA Suspension ===
On 16 August 2022, the FIFA Council unanimously decided to suspend All India Football Federation with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes.<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA suspends All India Football Federation |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/media-releases/fifa-suspends-all-india-football-federation |publisher=FIFA |date=16 August 2022 |access-date=16 August 2022 |archive-date=24 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824202457/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/media-releases/fifa-suspends-all-india-football-federation |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, India was temporarily excluded from next AFC Asia Cup edition until the suspension got lifted before the tournament began. In response to the ban, AIFF agreed to hold an election on September 2 to restore India's participation in FIFA once it got a new administration.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/all-india-football-federation-elections-on-september-2-nominations-to-be-filed-from-august-25-news-218312 | title=All India Football Federation Elections on 2 September, Nominations to be Filed from August 25 | date=23 August 2022 | access-date=25 August 2022 | archive-date=25 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825221450/https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/all-india-football-federation-elections-on-september-2-nominations-to-be-filed-from-august-25-news-218312 | url-status=live }}</ref> On 27 August, FIFA lifted suspension on India, after the government agreed to end its interference in the AIFF, allowing the AIFF administration to resume activities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/media-releases/fifa-lifts-suspension-of-all-india-football-federation | title=FIFA lifts suspension of All India Football Federation | access-date=27 August 2022 | archive-date=28 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828231925/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/media-releases/fifa-lifts-suspension-of-all-india-football-federation | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Competitions==

=== International ===
* [[Intercontinental Cup (India)|Intercontinental Cup]] ('''senior men's''')
* [[Tri-Nation Series (India)|Tri-Nation Series]] ('''senior men's''')
* [[Gold Cup (India)|Gold Cup]] ('''senior women's''')

=== National ===
====Men's Senior====
* [[Santosh Trophy]]
* [[National Beach Soccer Championship]]
====Men's Youth====
* [[Subroto Cup]] ('''inter-school''')
* [[Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy]] ('''U-16''')
* [[B.C. Roy Trophy]] ('''U-19''')

====Women's Senior====
* [[Senior Women's National Football Championship]]
====Women's Youth====
* [[Junior Girl's National Football Championship]] ('''U-19/17''')
* [[Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship]] ('''U-16''') 

=== Club Level Tournament ===
====Men's Senior====
* [[Indian Super League]]
* [[I-League]]
* [[I-League 2]]
* [[I-League 3]]
* [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]
* [[Durand Cup]]
* [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]]
* [[Futsal Club Championship]]
====Men's Youth====
* [[Reliance Foundation Development League|RF Development League]] ('''U-21''') 
* [[Elite League (India)#Under-18 level|Elite League]] ('''U-18''')
* [[Youth League (India)#Under-15 level|Junior League]] ('''U-15''') 
* [[Youth League (India)#Under-13 level|Sub-Junior League]] ('''U-13''') 

====Women's Senior====
* [[Indian Women's League]]
* [[IWL 2nd Division]]

=== Current title holders ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Competition
!Year
!Champions
!Title
!Next edition
|-
!colspan=6|Senior (men's)
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian Super League]]
| rowspan="2" |[[2022–23 Indian Super League season|2022–23]]
|[[Mumbai City FC]]
|ISL Premiers
| rowspan="2" |[[2023–24 Indian Super League season|2023–24]]
|-
|[[Mohun Bagan SG]]
|ISL Champions
|-
|[[I-League]]
|[[2022–23 I-League|2022–23]]
|[[RoundGlass Punjab FC|RG Punjab]]
|I-League Champions
|[[2023–24 I-League|2023–24]]
|-
|[[Santosh Trophy|Senior Men's National Football Championship]]
|[[2022–23 Santosh Trophy|2022–23]]
|[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|Santosh Trophy
|[[2022–23 Santosh Trophy|2022–23]]
|-
|[[Football at the National Games of India|National Games]]
|[[2022 National Games of India|2022]]
|[[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|National Games Gold
|[[2023 National Games of India|2023]]
|-
|[[Futsal Club Championship]]
|[[2022–23 Futsal Club Championship|2022–23]]
|Minerva Academy FC
|Futsal Club Champions
|[[2023–24 Futsal Club Championship|2023–24]]
|-
|[[National Beach Soccer Championship]]
|[[2023 National Beach Soccer Championship|2023]]
|Kerala
|National Beach Soccer Champions
|2024
|-
!colspan=6|Senior (women's)
|-
|[[Indian Women's League]]
|[[2022–23 Indian Women's League season|2022–23]]
|[[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]
|IWL Champions
|[[2023–24 Indian Women's League season|2023–24]]
|-
|[[Senior Women's National Football Championship]]
|[[2022–23 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2022–23]]
|[[Tamil Nadu women's football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|National Women's Champions
|[[2023–24 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2023–24]]
|-
|[[Football at the National Games of India|National Games]]
|[[2022 National Games of India|2022]]
|[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]
|National Games Women's Champions
|[[2023 National Games of India|2023]]
|}

==National teams==
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===Men===
* [[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]]
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===Women===
* [[India women's national football team]]
* [[India women's national under-20 football team]]
* [[India women's national under-17 football team]]
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==Affiliated state federations and state leagues==
{{Main|List of Indian state football associations}}
{{See also|Indian State Leagues}}

There are currently 38 [[Indian State Football Associations|state associations]] affiliated with the All India Football Federation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=State Associations |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/state-associations |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.the-aiff.com |archive-date=19 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219234628/https://www.the-aiff.com/state-associations |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Full members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No. !! Association !! State/UT
!President
|-
| 1 || [[All Manipur Football Association]] || [[Manipur]]
|M. Ratan Kumar Singh 
|-
| 2 || [[Andaman and Nicobar Football Association]] || [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
|Vidya Prakash Krishna
|-
| 3 || [[Andhra Pradesh Football Association]] || [[Andhra Pradesh]]
|Gopalakrishna Kosaraju
|-
| 4 || [[Arunachal Pradesh Football Association]] || [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|[[Pema Khandu]]
|-
| 5 || [[Assam Football Association]] || [[Assam]]
|[[Naba Kumar Doley]]
|-
| 6 || [[Bihar Football Association]] || [[Bihar]]
|Prasenjeet Mehta
|-
| 7 || [[Chandigarh Football Association]] || [[Chandigarh]]
|K. P. Singh
|-
| 8 || [[Chhattisgarh Football Association]] || [[Chhattisgarh]]
|[[Ajay Chandrakar]]
|-
| 9 || [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Football Association|Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Football Association]] || [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu|Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu]]
|
|-
| 10 || [[Football Association of Odisha]] || [[Odisha]]
|Debashish Samantaray
|-
| 11 || [[Football Delhi]] || [[Delhi]]
|Saraftullah (acting)
|-
| 12 || [[Goa Football Association]] || [[Goa]]
|Caitano Fernandes
|-
| 13 || [[Gujarat State Football Association]] || [[Gujarat]]
|[[Parimal Nathwani]]
|-
| 14 || [[Haryana Football Association]] || [[Haryana]]
|Suraj Pal
|-
| 15 || [[Himachal Pradesh Football Association]] || [[Himachal Pradesh]]
|[[Baldev Singh Tomar]]
|-
| 16 || [[Indian Football Association]] || [[West Bengal]]
|Ajit Banerjee
|-
| 17 || [[Jammu and Kashmir Football Association]] || [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|Wasim Aslam
|-
| 18 || [[Jharkhand Football Association]] || [[Jharkhand]]
|Mithlesh Kumar Thakur
|-
| 19 || [[Karnataka State Football Association]] || [[Karnataka]]
|[[N. A. Haris]]
|-
| 20 || [[Kerala Football Association]] || [[Kerala]]
|[[Tom Jose]]
|-
| 21 || [[Ladakh Football Association]] || [[Ladakh]]
|Tashi Namgail
|-
| 22 || [[Lakshadweep Football Association]] || [[Lakshadweep]]
|K. Mohammed Ali
|-
| 23 || [[Madhya Pradesh Football Association]] || [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Trilok Chand Kochar
|-
| 24 || [[Meghalaya Football Association]] || [[Meghalaya]]
|Larsing Ming Sawyan
|-
| 25 || [[Mizoram Football Association]] || [[Mizoram]]
|[[Lal Thanzara]]
|-
| 26 || [[Nagaland Football Association]] || [[Nagaland]]
|Neibou Sekhose
|-
| 27 || [[Pondicherry Football Association]] || [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|D. Nestor
|-
| 28 || [[Punjab Football Association]] || [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|Samir Thapar
|-
| 29 || [[Rajasthan Football Association]] || [[Rajasthan]]
|[[Manvendra Singh]]
|-
| 30 || [[Sikkim Football Association]] || [[Sikkim]]
|Menla Ethenpa
|-
| 31 || [[Tamil Nadu Football Association]] || [[Tamil Nadu]]
|Jesiah Villavarayar
|-
| 32 || [[Telangana Football Association]] || [[Telangana]]
|Mohammed Ali Rafath
|-
| 33 || [[Tripura Football Association]] || [[Tripura]]
|Ratan Saha
|-
| 34 || [[Uttar Pradesh Football Sangh]] || [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|Arvind Menon
|-
| 35 || [[Uttarakhand State Football Association]] || [[Uttarakhand]]
|Amandeep Sandhu
|-
| 36 || [[Western India Football Association]] || [[Maharashtra]]
|[[Praful Patel]]
|}

===Affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No. !! Association !! Department
!President
|-
| 1 || [[Railways Sports Promotion Board]] || [[Indian Railways]] || D. K. Gayen 
|-
| 2 || [[Services Sports Control Board]] || [[Indian Armed Forces]] || Dinesh Suri
|}

===State Leagues list===
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====Men's====
* [[Indrajit Namchoom Arunachal League|Arunachal Super League]]
* [[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 Football League]]
* [[Gujarat SFA Club Championship]]
* [[J&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]]
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====Women's====
* [[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]]
* [[Mizoram Women's League]]
* [[Odisha Women's League]]
* [[Punjab Women's League]]
* [[Sikkim Women's Super League]]
* [[SSA Women's Football League]] (Meghalaya)
* [[Tamil Nadu Women's League]]
* [[WIFA Women's Football League]] (Maharashtra)
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==Administration==
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===Members and Staff===
The following are on the board of the directors at the AIFF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/former-goalkeeper-kalyan-chaubey-appointed-new-aiff-president|title=Former goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey appointed new AIFF President|archive-date=4 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904100011/https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/former-goalkeeper-kalyan-chaubey-appointed-new-aiff-president|first=FPJ|last=Sports Desk|website=www.freepressjournal.com|date=2 September 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-aiff-executive-committee-members-coopted-eminent-former-players-list|title=List of AIFF executive committee members & co-opted eminent players|date=2 September 2022|access-date=2 September 2022|archive-date=4 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904100030/https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-aiff-executive-committee-members-coopted-eminent-former-players-list|website=khelnow.com|publisher=Khel Now}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AIFF Executive Committee appoints Shaji Prabhakaran as new Secretary General|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/aiff-executive-committee-appoints-shaji-prabhakaran-as-new-secretary-general|website=www.the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|first=AIFF|last=Media Team|language=en|date=3 September 2022|access-date=4 September 2022|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904095136/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/aiff-executive-committee-appoints-shaji-prabhakaran-as-new-secretary-general|archive-date=4 September 2022}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
!Name
!Position
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kalyan Chaubey]]
|President
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[N. A. Haris|Nalapad Ahmed Haris]]
|Vice-president
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shaji Prabhakaran|Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran]]
|Secretary General 
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Satyanarayan M
|Deputy Secretary General
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Anil Kamat
|Assistant Secretary General
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Kipa Ajay 
|Treasurer
|-
|{{flagicon|SGP}} [[Vincent Subramaniam]]
|Chief Technical Officer
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Sabir Pasha]]
|Technical Director
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Prashant J Singh
|Head of Player Development
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Sarthak Mishra 
|State Development Manager
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Shveta Sharma 
|Sr. Manager, Coach Education
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Aman Dubey 
|Sr. Coordinator, Coach Education
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Shubham Gurung 
|Technical Coordinator
|-
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Igor Štimac]] 
|Head Coach (Senior Men's)
|-
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Dennerby]]
|Head Coach (Senior Women's)
|-
|''(vacant)''
|Director of Media
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Vaibav Raghunandan
|Coordinator of Media/Videography
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} Ravishankar J.
|Referee Coordinator
|}

===Technical committee===
* [[IM Vijayan]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}} – Chairperson
* [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}} – Deputy Chairperson
* [[Eugeneson Lyngdoh]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}}
* [[Climax Lawrence]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}}
* [[Harjinder Singh (footballer)|Harjinder Singh]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}}
* Arun Malhotra
* [[Pinky Bompal Magar]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}}
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===League committee===
* [[Lalnghinglova Hmar]] – Chairman
* Santanu Pujari – Deputy Chairman
* Arif Ali
* Amit Chaudhary
* Dr. Reginold Vargese
* KP Singh
* Kiran Chowgule
* Nizamuddin

===Development committee===
* Avijit Paul – Chairman
* Mulrajsinh Chudasama – Deputy Chairman
* Vijay Bali
* Ratankumar Singh Moirangthem
* S. Dhanasegar
* Muhammed Rafeek TKM
* Liaqat Ali
* Jesiah Villavarayar
* Mohd. Shahid

===Beach Soccer committee===
* Jignesh Patil – Chairman
* KI Nizammudin – Deputy Chairman
* Anup Patra
* Bruno Coutinho
* Md. Ikram
* Upen Patel
* Dilip Singh Shekhawat
* Sanjay Mehshack
* Santosh Kumar
* G.P. Palguna
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===Futsal committee===
* 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===
* [[Shabbir Ali]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}} – Chairperson
* GP Palguna – Deputy Chairperson
* Gurdev Singh
* [[Atanu Bhattacharya]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}}
* [[Irungbam Surkumar Singh]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}}
* [[Victor Manjila]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}}
* RP Singh
* Arun Singh Rajput

===Referee Committee===
*  Sankar Komaleeswaran, Chairperson
* Sundarraj Balu, Deputy Chairperson 
* Ms. Chaitali Paul
* Srikrishna Coimbatore Ramaswamy 
* Mohd. Kamil
* Sethumadhavan Chozhakkad
* Subrata Sarkar
===Other members===
* Valanka Natasha Alemão – Chairperson, Women's Committee
* [[Thongam Tababi Devi]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}} – Deputy Chairperson, Women's Committee
* Anil Kumar P. – Chairperson, Competitions Committee
* Amit Dey – In-Charge of Futsal
* Menla Ethenpa – Finance
* [[Savio Medeira]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}} – Head of Coach Education
* Dr. Kiran Kumar Kulkarni – Chairperson, Medical Committee
* [[Baichung Bhutia]]{{efn|name=Co-opted|Co-opted Eminent Former Players}}
* [[Malojiraje Chhatrapati]]
* Mohan Lal
* K. Neibou Sekhose
* Deepak Sharma
* Syed Imtiaz Husain
* Syed Hasnain Ali Naqvi
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<small>'''Notes:'''</small>
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==Past office bearers==
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===Presidents===
The following is a list of presidents of AIFF:<ref name="spkda" >{{cite web |title=A History of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/a-history-of-the-all-india-football-federation-aiff |work=Sportskeeda |last1=Kapadia |first1=Novy |date=23 June 2012 |access-date=24 March 2017 |archive-date=25 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325112714/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/a-history-of-the-all-india-football-federation-aiff |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Former AIFF presidents: Looking back at their tenures |url=https://khelnow.com/football/all-india-football-federation-past-presidents-tenures-aiff |work=Khel Now |last1=Sarkar |first1=Riddhiman |date=28 August 2022 |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927180154/https://khelnow.com/football/all-india-football-federation-past-presidents-tenures-aiff |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sport">{{cite book |title=Portrait Of Indian Sport |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitofinidan00anth |publisher=Macmillan |last1=D'Mello |first1=Anthony |date=1959 |access-date=5 September 2022 }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Presidents !! State FA !! Tenure
|-
| Brigadier VHB Majendie || [[Services Sports Control Board|ASCB]] || 1937 –
|-
| Brigadier Dorman Smith || ASCB || –
|-
| D Moir || Bombay || –
|-
| [[Moin-ul-Haq]] || Bihar OA || –
|-
| [[Pankaj Gupta]] || [[Indian Football Association|IFA]] ||1950 – 1960
|-
| Manindra Nath Dutta Ray || [[Indian Football Association|IFA]] || 1960 – 1975
|-
| [[Nurul Amin (sports administrator)|Nurul Amin]] || [[Assam Football Association|AFA]] || 1975 – 1980
|-
| Khalifa Ziauddin || [[Western India Football Association|WIFA]] || 1980 – 1988
|-
| [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]] || Women’s FA || 1988 – 2008
|-
| [[Praful Patel]] || [[Western India Football Association|WIFA]] || 2009 – 2022 
|-
| [[Kalyan Chaubey]] || [[Gujarat State Football Association|GSFA]] || 2022 – present
|}
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===Secretaries-General===
The following is a list of secretaries of AIFF:<ref name="spkda" /><ref name="sport"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Former AIFF chief Lakshmanan passes away |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/former_aiff_chief_lakshmanan_passes_away.html |work=AFC |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=27 September 2022 |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927180200/https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/news/former_aiff_chief_lakshmanan_passes_away.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Secretaries !! State FA !! Tenure
|-
| Major AC Wilson || ASCB || 1937 –
|-
| Major JB Donaldson || ASCB || –
|-
| EJ Turner || Bombay || –
|-
| Manindra Nath Dutta Ray || IFA || 1942 – 1950
|-
| Major Lachman Singh || ASCB || –
|-
| Khalifa Ziauddin || WIFA || –
|-
| A. T. Vijayrangam || Mysore || – 1980
|-
| Ashok Ghosh || IFA || 1980 – 1988
|-
| P. P. Lakshmanan || Kerala || 1988 – 1996
|-
| Kedar Nath Mour || Assam || 1997 – 2000
|-
| Alberto Colaço || Goa || 2000 – 2010
|-
| Kushal Das || – || 2010 – 2022
|-
| Sunando Dhar ''(Interim)'' || – || 2022
|-
| [[Shaji Prabhakaran|Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran]] || Delhi || 2022 – present
|}
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==Controversies==
Politicians are highly involved in AIFF. From 1988 to 2009, [[Indian National Congress|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' committee was appointed to run AIFF. In their decision the judge remarked that the present state of this organisation is not in the interest of proper governence.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Praful Patel removed from All India Football Federation|url=https://zeenews.india.com/football/praful-patel-removed-from-all-india-football-federation-committee-on-supreme-courts-order-2464862.html/amp&ved=2ahUKEwi0iquUlYD8AhVvcGwGHUpdCTgQFnoECAwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw37eS7BprDdWCYpkcX7GnWE |website=Zee news}}</ref> Patel remained president of the AIFF for 16 years, without any tenure limit. He held the position in 3 terms.<ref name=":1" /> As per AIFF, some people dictate Indian football who serve themselves in the expenses of football sport and players.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/praful-patel-aill-india-football-federation-sc-7927125/lite/ | title=Praful Patel: The artful dribbler shown the red card | date=20 May 2022 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/sports/blame-it-on-praful-patel-coa-writes-to-fifa-on-current-mess-in-indian-football&ved=2ahUKEwiemo2CtPH7AhVIyHMBHcWLB_Y4HhAWegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw3iu4FtiVQDSFQUhrXj8EBZ Free Press Journal] {{dead link|date=December 2022}}</ref> According to [[The Telegraph (India)|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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/corruption-in-aiff-driving-sponsors-away/cid/1226466 | title=Corruption in Aiff Driving Sponsors Away }}</ref> 

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian football: How AIFF has avoided fresh elections since 2020 based on mere assumptions |url=https://scroll.in/field/1007054/indian-football-how-aiff-have-avoided-fresh-elections-since-2020-based-on-mere-assumptions |website=Scroll}}</ref> 

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.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.dw.com/en/fifa-suspends-all-india-football-federation/a-62816839|title=FIFA suspends All India Football Federation|date=15 August 2022|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|author=dh/kb|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816102257/https://www.dw.com/en/fifa-suspends-all-india-football-federation/a-62816839|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/media-releases/fifa-lifts-suspension-of-all-india-football-federation|title=FIFA lifts suspension of All India Football Federation|date=27 August 2022|access-date=4 September 2022|website=www.fifa.com|publisher=[[FIFA]]|archive-date=28 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828231925/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/media-releases/fifa-lifts-suspension-of-all-india-football-federation|url-status=live}}</ref> 

This organisation is often accused for neglecting women's football.<ref name=":0" /> 

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 then players had the calibre to compete against the top teams of the world. Furthermore, AIFF used to consider the Olympics more important than the FIFA World Cup. According to Basu, by not sending India's team to the 1950 FIFA World Cup, AIFF did huge mistake.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Why India did not compete in the 1950 football World Cup (And no, it wasn't because they didn't have boots)|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/why-india-did-not-compete-in-the-1950-football-world-cup-and-no-it-wasnt-because-they-didnt-have-boots-8260087/lite/ |website=Indian express|date=10 November 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first8=Copy Link |last9=Print |date=2011-07-19 |title=Did India withdraw from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2011-07-19/did-india-withdraw-from-the-1950-world-cup-because-they-were-not-allowed-to-play-barefoot |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> 

==See also==

* [[AIFF Player of the Year Awards]]
* [[Indian football league system]]
* [[India national futsal team]]
* [[India national beach soccer team]]
* [[India national rugby union team]]
* [[India national rugby sevens team]]
* [[Rugby India]] - National federation of [[Rugby union|Rugby]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/federation-declares-pk-banerjees-birthday-as-aiff-grassroots-day|title=Federation declares PK Banerjee's birth anniversary as AIFF Grassroots Day|website=the-aiff.com|publisher=[[All India Football Federation]]|date=12 May 2023|access-date=12 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512143401/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/federation-declares-pk-banerjees-birthday-as-aiff-grassroots-day|archive-date=12 May 2023|first=AIFF|last=Media Team|location=New Delhi}}

==External links==
* {{official}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201022072756/http://www.indianfootball.de/aiff.html AIFF at a glance] (archived 22 October 2020)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070623223606/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ind/index.html India] at FIFA.com (archived 23 June 2007)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130319175412/http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-associations/south-central/india-football-fed.html India] at The-AFC.com (archived 19 March 2013)

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