Punjab Football Association

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Punjab Football Association
Punjab Football Association.svg
Sport Football
Jurisdiction..Punjab Flag(INDIA).png Punjab
Membership23 district association
AbbreviationPFA
Founded1932;92 years ago (1932)
(as North-West India Football Association) [1]
Affiliation All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Headquarters Phagwara
PresidentSamir Thapar
SecretaryHarjinder Singh
Official website
punjab.football

The Punjab Football Association (PFA), formerly the North-West India Football Association, is the state-level football governing body for Punjab, India. [2] It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national governing body. It sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship.

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History

After partition, the East Punjab Football Association came into existence on 24 February 1948. The East Punjab Football Association was soon replaced by Punjab Football Association, again affiliated to the All India Football Federation on 24 April 1951.

State teams

Affiliated district associations

All 23 districts of Punjab are affiliated with the Punjab Football Association.

No.AssociationDistrictPresident
1Amritsar District Football Association Amritsar
2Barnala District Football Association Barnala
3Bathinda district Football Association Bathinda
4Faridkot district Football Association Faridkot
5Fatehgarh Sahib district Football Association Fatehgarh Sahib
6Firozpur district Football Association Firozpur
7Fazilka district Football Association Fazilka
8Gurdaspur district Football Association Gurdaspur
9Hoshiarpur district Football Association Hoshiarpur
10Jalandhar district Football Association Jalandhar
11Kapurthala district Football Association Kapurthala
12Ludhiana district Football Association Ludhiana
13Malerkotla district Football Association Malerkotla
14Mansa district Football Association Mansa
15Moga district Football Association Moga
16Sri Muktsar Sahib district Football Association Sri Muktsar Sahib
17Pathankot district Football Association Pathankot
18Patiala district Football Association Patiala
19Rupnagar district Football Association Rupnagar
20Mohali district Football Association Mohali
21Sangrur district Football Association Sangrur
22Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district Football Association Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
23Tarn Taran district Football Association Tarn Taran

Competitions

Club level

Punjab Football League pyramid

TierDivision
I
(Level 5 on Indian Football pyramid)		Punjab State Super League
↑promote (I-League 3) ↓relegate
II
(Level 6 on Indian Football pyramid)		Punjab State League Second Division
↑promote ↓relegate
III
(Level 7 on Indian Football pyramid)		Punjab State League Third Division
↑promote

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Kausik Bandyopadhyay (29 November 2020). Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 1911–80. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   9781000084054.
  2. ↑ Siraj Chatterjee (10 December 2020). "Punjabi Football on a Roar!". footballindia.co.in. Football India. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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