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|name = Andhra Pradesh Football Association<br />
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|abbreviation = APFA<br />
|formation = {{start date and age|1959}}<br />
|headquarters = [[Visakhapatnam]]<br />
|region_served = [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
|membership = 13 district associations<br />
|leader_title = President<br />
|leader_name = Gopalakrishna Kosaraju<br />
|leader_title2 = Secretary<br />
|leader_name2 = K V R K Ravindra Kumar<br />
|parent_organization = [[All India Football Federation]] (AIFF)<br />
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'''Andhra Pradesh Football Association''' ('''APFA'''), formerly the '''Andhra Football Association''', is the state governing body of [[association football|football]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is affiliated with the [[All India Football Federation]], the national governing body.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh Football Association |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/association/522 |website=All India Football Federation |access-date=22 February 2022 }}</ref> It sends state teams for [[Santosh Trophy]] and [[Senior Women's National Football Championship]].<br />
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The sports federation was formed in 1959 following the merger of the [[Hyderabad Football Association]] with the Andhra Football Association under the auspices of the then AIFF Vice-President Shiv Kumar Lal to form the Andhra Pradesh Football Association.<ref name="hyd">{{cite book|author=Kausik Bandyopadhyay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uuYJEAAAQBAJ&q=Shiv+Kumar+Lal+aiff |title=Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 1911–80 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |date=29 November 2020 | isbn=9781000084054 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106410?journalCode=fsas20 |title=Regionalism and club domination: Growth of rival centres of footballing excellence |website=tandfonline.com |date=6 August 2006 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Football in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Football governing bodies in India]]<br />
[[Category:1959 establishments in India]]<br />
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