Kerala Football Association

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Kerala Football Association
Kerala Football Association.svg
Sport Football
Jurisdiction..Kerala Flag(INDIA).png Kerala
Membership14 district associations
AbbreviationKFA
Founded1948;77 years ago (1948)
(as Travancore-Cochin Football Association) [1]
Affiliation All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Headquarters Kochi
PresidentNavas Meeran
Official website
keralafa.com

The Kerala Football Association (abbreviated Kerala FA), formerly the Travancore-Cochin Football Association, is one of the 36 Indian state football associations that are affiliated with the All India Football Federation (AIFF). [2] It sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship.

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History

Football has been a passion of thousands of Malayalees for the last several decades—much before the state of Kerala was formed on 1 November 1956. Kerala Football Association was formed in 1948 to directly oversees the development of football in Kerala from grassroots to senior level.

Later the headquarters of KFA was moved to Kollam after P. Laxmanan Pillai was elected president and K. Thankappan honorary secretary. KFA saw a new breed of organizers taking over the reins in the 1970s with former mayor of Cochin A. K. Seshadri becoming its president.

2021 privatization

On 9 October 2021, Kerala Football Association signed a twelve year long deal with Meeran Sports LLP and Scoreline Sports Pvt Ltd. The deal was inspired from masterplan prepared by Rob Baan, former technical director of AIFF. The consortium is responsible for getting investments worth around Rs 350 crore into the football ecosystem over the 12-year period. [3] [4] As per the agreement, consortium will form Kerala Super League, initially planned to further develop youth local players in senior transition. [3] [4]

State teams

Affiliated district associations

All 14 districts of Kerala are affiliated with the Kerala Football Association.

No.AssociationDistrictPresident
1Alappuzha District Football Association Alappuzha
2Ernakulam District Football Association Ernakulam
3Idukki District Football Association Idukki
4Kannur District Football Association Kannur
5Kasaragod District Football Association Kasaragod
6Kollam District Football Association Kollam
7Kottayam District Football Association Kottayam
8Kozhikode District Football Association Kozhikode
9 Malappuram District Football Association Malappuram
10Palakkad District Football Association Palakkad
11Pathanamthitta District Football Association Pathanamthitta
12 Thiruvananthapuram District Football Association Thiruvananthapuram
13Thrissur District Football Association Thrissur
14Wayanad District Football Association Wayanad

Competitions

District level

Club level

Kerala Football League pyramid

Kerala Premier League
TierDivision
I
(Level 5 on Indian Men's football Pyramid)		Kerala Premier League
↑promote (I-League 3) ↓relegate
II
(Level 6 on Indian Men's football pyramid)		Kerala Premier League Second Division
↑promote

Evolution

Years19481948–19521952–19701970–19981998–20072007–20132013–20152013–20162016–20172017–20212021–20232024–
Level
Men's
State leagues1Formation of
Kerala Football Association (KFA) 		None Kerala Football League None Kerala Premier League Kerala Super League
1None Kerala Premier League
2Kerala Premier League Second Division
TournamentNone Kerala State Club Football Championship Discontinued
Senior Inter-District Men's Football Championship
None Sait Nagjee Football Tournament Not conducted
Women's
State leagues1None Kerala Women's League None Kerala Women's League

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kausik Bandyopadhyay (2006). A Social History of Indian Football: Striving to Score. Routledge. ISBN   9780415348355.
  2. ↑ "All India Football Federation - About AIFF - State Associations". AIFF. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Explained: Kerala FA's 12-year commercial rights deal and the plan to revamp football in the state". Deccan Herald. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 Rayan, Stan. "Meerans-Scoreline bags Kerala Football Association's commercial rights for 12 years". Sportstar. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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