Tamil Nadu Football Association

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Tamil Nadu Football Association
Tamil Nadu Football Association.svg
Sport Football
Jurisdiction..Tamil Nadu Flag(INDIA).png Tamil Nadu
Membership38 district association
AbbreviationTNFA
Founded1934;90 years ago (1934)
(as Madras Football Association) [1]
Affiliation All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Headquarters Chennai
PresidentJesiah Villavarayar [2]

The Tamil Nadu Football Association (also known as Tamilnadu; abbreviated as TNFA), formerly the Madras Football Association, is one of the 36 Indian state football associations that are affiliated with the All India Football Federation. The TNFA administers football in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [3] It sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship.

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History

The first football tournament in Madras was held in 1894 with 10 teams from all over the country. [4] From the year 1895, the Madras Gymkhana Club hosted an annual tournament. The winning team gets the EK Chetty Cup. Regimental units like Queens Own Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion the Dorsetshire Regiment, and 5th Field Battery - Royal Regiment of Artillery participated in the tournament. The EK Chetty Cup was won by regimental teams till 1933. The Pachaiyappa High School became the first Indian and non-military team to win it. The South Indian Athletic Association instituted the Jatprole Cup tournament. [5]

Madras Football Association was formed on 5 January 1934, following drafting of the constitution on 26 October 1933, with jurisdiction for the whole of the original undivided state of Madras, including the present Andhra and Kerala states, by the members of the Madras United Club - a body founded by sport loving Indians. [6] Madras Football Association league championship was started in 1934. Pachaiyappa's football club won the inaugural 1934–35 league championship. The MFA started conducting the First division league from 1936, and the Second division from 1937. In the year of 1978, Madras city clubs formed a separate association under Chennai Football Association. renaming the state federation as the Tamil Nadu Football Association. [7]

N. Vittal served as the president of Tamil Nadu Football Association. He also served as the vice-president of All India Football Federation. T.R. Govindarajan served as the secretary of the TNFA. [8]

Some of the tournaments conducted by the TNFA are Tamil Nadu State League, [9] [10] [11] Vittal Trophy, [12] Champions Trophy - Universal Cup, [13] and TFA Shield. [14] At present, all these three tournaments are not conducted. [15] The major leagues in the Tamil Nadu happen in districts like Chennai and Madurai. Chennai district league (Chennai Super League) [16] [17] is conducted by Chennai Football Association (CFA), and the Madurai district league by Madurai District Football Association. The Tiruvallur District Football Association conducted the Don Bosco - Fr. McFerran Trophy All India football tournament sanctioned by the Tamil Nadu Football Association and All India Football Federation (AIFF). [18]

State teams

Affiliated district associations

All 38 districts of Tamil Nadu are affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Football Association.

No.AssociationDistrictPresident
1Ariyalur District Football Association Ariyalur
2Chengalpattu District Football Association Chengalpattu
3 Chennai Football Association Chennai
4Coimbatore district Football Association Coimbatore
5Cuddalore district Football Association Cuddalore
6Dharmapuri district Football Association Dharmapuri
7Dindigul district Football Association Dindigul
8Erode district Football Association Erode
9Kallakurichi district Football Association Kallakurichi
10Kancheepuram district Football Association Kancheepuram
11Kanyakumari district Football Association Kanyakumari
12Karur district Football Association Karur
13Krishnagiri district Football Association Krishnagiri
14Madurai district Football Association Madurai
15Mayiladuthurai district Football Association Mayiladuthurai
16Nagapattinam district Football Association Nagapattinam
17Namakkal district Football Association Namakkal
18Nilgiris district Football Association Nilgiris
19Perambalur district Football Association Perambalur
20Pudukkottai district Football Association Pudukkottai
21Ramanathapuram district Football Association Ramanathapuram
22Ranipet district Football Association Ranipet
23Salem district Football Association Salem
24Sivaganga district Football Association Sivaganga
25Tenkasi district Football Association Tenkasi
26Thanjavur district Football Association Thanjavur
27Theni district Football Association Theni
28Thoothukudi district Football Association Thoothukudi
29Tiruchirappalli district Football Association Tiruchirappalli
30Tirunelveli district Football Association Tirunelveli
31Tirupathur district Football Association Tirupathur
32Tiruppur district Football Association Tiruppur
33Tiruvallur district Football Association Tiruvallur
34Tiruvannamalai district Football Association Tiruvannamalai
35Tiruvarur district Football Association Tiruvarur
36Vellore district Football Association Vellore
37Viluppuram district Football Association Viluppuram
38Virudhunagar district Football Association Virudhunagar

Competitions

Club level

Tamil Nadu Football League pyramid

Chennai Football League
TierDivision
1
(Level 5 on Indian football pyramid)		CFA Senior Division
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2
(Level 6 on Indian football pyramid)		CFA First Division
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3
(Level 7 on Indian football pyramid)		CFA Second Division
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4
(Level 8 on Indian football pyramid)		CFA Third Division
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5
(Level 9 on Indian football pyramid)		CFA Fourth Division
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