Asian Premier Futsal Championship

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Premier Futsal
Organising body Futsal Association of India
Founded5 April 2016
CountryIndia (originally)
Number of teams16 (proposed)
Current championsMumbai Warriors
TV partners Sony SIX
Sony ESPN
Sony Aath

The Asian Premier Futsal Championship is an Indian franchise-based futsal league conceptualised by Indian entrepreneurs under the entity of Pvt. Ltd. It was founded by Abhinandan Balasubramanian, Dinesh Raj and Nithyashree Subban, backed by business magnate Xavier Britto and his wife, philanthropist Vimala Britto.

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Format

Each playing team consists of three international futsal players, one international marquee football player and one Indian futsal player. Every squad is allowed a maximum of twelve players.[ citation needed ]

Premier Futsal conducted a talent hunt programme across eight cities called Launchpad to scout and select Indian players. The programme combed through 2500 participants per city to shortlist five regional players for each team. [1] Mumbai 5's won the inaugural Premier Futsal by defeating Kochi 5's in the penalty shootout.[ citation needed ]

Management team

Brand ambassadors

Indian cricket team batsman Virat Kohli has joined the Premier Futsal as its brand ambassador. [5]

Premier Futsal attracted a lot of fans when they signed one of the best futsal players in the world, Alessandro Rosa Vieira, popularly known as Falcão. [6]

On 12 May 2016, Virat Kohli along with Falcão facilitated the launch of the nationwide talent hunt to select 40 players who will represent their respective cities in the first season of Premier Futsal. [7]

Anthem

The Premier Futsal anthem Naam Hai Futsal had its tunes set by two-time Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman with vocals also provided by Karthik, Lady Kash and Virat Kohli.

Previous teams

TeamCityOwnerMarqueeHead coach
Kolkata 5's Kolkata, West Bengal Grassroot Entertainment Pvt. Ltd Flag of Argentina.svg Hernán Crespo Christian Roldan
Chennai Singhams Chennai, Tamil Nadu The Hindu Flag of Brazil.svg Falcão Falcão
Bengaluru Royals Bengaluru, Karnataka Puneeth Rajkumar [8] Flag of England.svg Paul Scholes Juan Jose Bernal Cierre
Telugu Tigers Hyderabad, Telangana Rana Daggubati Esa Mohammed and Jonaid Bin Tajuddin Al Mohammed Flag of Portugal.svg Deco
Kerala Cobras Kochi, Kerala ES Entertainment Flag of Spain.svg Míchel Salgado Sergio Sapo
Mumbai Warriors Mumbai, Maharashtra DC Design Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Giggs Ney Pereira
Delhi Dragons New Delhi Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldinho
Goa's Goa Flag of Brazil.svg Cafu

Results

By season

SeasonDateWinnerScoreRunners–upVenuePlayer of the tournamentSemi-finalists
2016 24 JulyMumbai1(3)–1(2)Kerala Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa, Goa Flag of Brazil.svg Chaguinha Kolkata
Goa
2017 1 OctoberMumbai3–2Delhi Al Wasl Indoor Stadium, Dubai Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldinho Telugu Tigers
Bengaluru Royals

Telecast

Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. acquired exclusive rights to broadcast Premier Futsal. As part of the agreement, all Premier Futsal matches will be televised live on Sony SIX, Sony ESPN and Sony Aath. Matches will also be available to live stream on Sony LIV. [9]

In Indonesia, all Premier Futsal matches also broadcast live on nonton.com (2016 only) [10] and Super Soccer TV (from 2017). [11]

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