Sevens Football Association

Not to be confused with Kerala Football Association.

Sevens Football Association

Jurisdiction	South India
Abbreviation	SFA
Founded	1983;42 years ago (1983)
Headquarters	Perinthalmanna
President	K. M. Lenin
Secretary	Ashraf Bava
Official website
www.sevensfootballassociation.com

The Sevens Football Association (abbreviated SFA) is the governing body for sevens football in South India. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Corporate structure

As of December 2016 ^[update]

Position	Name
President	K. M. Lenin
Secretary	Ashraf Bava
Treasurer	K. T. Hamsa

Format

The All India Sevens Football tournaments uses 60-minute game format, with two halves of 30 minutes. ^[6] The maximum number of substitutions is 3. A club can register 5 foreign and 10 domestic players. 3 foreign players can play simultaneously. ^[7]

Affiliated clubs

SFA clubs map

Club	Location	Owner
Al Madeena Cherpulassery	Cherpulassery	Abdul Haris Haji
Fifa Manjeri	Manjeri	Yashik Manjeri
Super Studio Malappuram	Malappuram	Ashraf Bava
Royal Travels Kozhikode	Kozhikode	Royal Musthafa
Town Team Areacode	Areacode	Muneer Babu
Mediguard Areacode	Areacode	Habeebullah Habeeb
KRS C Kozhikode	Kozhikode
FC Perinthalmanna	Perinthalmanna
FC Trikaripur	Trikaripur	Mahesh Tuluvan
Hitachi Trikaripur	Trikaripur
FitWell Kozhikode	Kozhikode	Abdul Nasar
FC Kondotty	Kondotty	Shahul Hameed
Essa Group Base Perumbavoor	Perumbavoor
Linsha Medicals Mannarkkad	Mannarkkad	Rasheed P. Kunjippa
Abhilash Kuppooth	Kuppooth	Abdul Vahid
Soccer Shoranur	Shoranur	Krishnan Kutty
Gymkhana Thrissur	Thrissur
Usha FC Alukkas Thrissur	Thrissur
Sastha Medicals Thrissur	Thrissur	Gireeshan Kanan
Nextel Shooters Kasaragod Jawahar Mavoor	Mavoor
Saban Kottakkal	Kottakkal	Mubarak Salih
United FC Nellikkuth	Nellikkuth	Noufal Sadiq
KFC Kalikavu	Kalikavu	Yousaf Emadan
Real FC Thennala	Tennala
Euro Sports Padanna	Padne	Sainudheen Manu
AFC Wayanad	Wayanad
FlyWorld Sky Blue Edappal	Edappal
KDS FC Kizhisseri	Kizhisseri
Lucky Soccer Kottappuram	Kottappuram	Rasik Babu
Udaya Parambil Peedika	Parambil Peedika
Town Sports Club Valapattanam	Valapattanam	Ashraf Elayadath
Hunters Kuthuparamba	Kuthuparamba	Sudheer Kumar
KMG Mavoor	Mavoor	Hifsu Rahman
BFC Pandikkad	Pandikkad	Ashraf Tholur

See also

• Football in India
• Football in Kerala

References

1. Fatima, Nikhat (2024-03-24). "Sevens Football: Throbbing Soul of Kerala's Sporting Fraternity". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
2. "FIFA discovers the beauty of Sevens Football: What's this format and why is it so popular in Kerala". ESPN. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
3. "Sevens football season kicks off in Kerala | Goal.com English Qatar". www.goal.com. 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
4. Kumar, P. K. Ajith (2017-06-14). "Sevens — the passion of Malappuram". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
5. Vishnuprasad, K. P. (2022-07-30). "Sevens to make 'electrifying' return, African players on roster". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
6. https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/kerala-sevens-football-coronavirus/11nvm6hkwqzus1c51p6roro7s9
7. https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/kerala-blasters-isl-sahal-abdul-samad-zakeer-mundampara-sevens-football/11wdy0i2oqdah16p9ghg8wigh9