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The Indian Football Association, abbreviated as IFA, is the organisation that administers association football in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2] It is the oldest football association in India and was founded in 1893.[3][4] Among the founders was former English international Elphinstone Jackson.[5]

The IFA organises tournaments such as the Calcutta Football League, the Calcutta Women's Football League[6] and the IFA Shield.[7] In 2021, the IFA also took an initiative to start its own futsal league.[8] It also sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship.

History

Contrary to the name, the association does not administer the game in India, a task that falls to the All India Football Federation (AIFF), instead governs the game in the state of West Bengal. However, before the formation of the AIFF, the IFA was in de facto control of football in India by virtue of its administration by Englishmen as well as its affiliation to the Football Association.[9] Hence, all foreign tours were conducted by the IFA and also foreign teams negotiated with the IFA for visits to India. In its formative years, the only Indian representative in the English dominated executive committee was Kalicharan Mitra from the Sovabazar Club.[10] By vigorously promoting the game in Bengal, the IFA became undivided India's premier football body in the early decades of the 20th century.[11]

Through the efforts of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari (the father of Indian football), A.R. Brown and B.C. Lindsay of Dalhousie AC, and Watson of Calcutta FC, the IFA was established in 1893.[12] A.R. Brown was the first Secretary of the IFA. Norman Prichard, the first Indian to win an Olympic medal, was the Secretary of the IFA in 1900.The most remarkable person to head the IFA was the Maharaja of Santosh, Sir M.N. Roy Chowdhury. During his tenure the IFA played an instrumental role in the formation of the AIFF.[13]

The IFA had organised many historical tournaments like the Trades Cup, the Gladstone Cup, the Cooch Behar Cup and the coveted IFA Shield, prior to the incorporation of Calcutta Football League in 1898. The Trades Cup is the oldest tournament in Kolkata, being instituted in 1889.[14]

Clubs outside Bengal complained about the lack of neutrality in the affairs of the IFA. This disillusionment of clubs and patrons led to the formation of associations such as the Western India Football Association, which preferred to be governed by themselves rather than by the IFA. After years of numerous conferences and meetings, the IFA along with other five regional football associations broke their mutual deadlock to form the AIFF in 1937.[11]

Competitions

Men's

Women's

Youth

  • CFL 5th Division Group B
  • IFA Nursery League

Corporate structure

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Office Name
President Ajit Banerjee
Chairman Subrata Dutta
Secretary Anirban Dutta
Vice-president Biswajit Bhaduri
Saurav Paul
Swarup Biswas
Treasurer Debasish Sarkar

See also

References

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Further reading

External links

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  5. ↑ IFFHS - Interesting and curious facts about full internationals and national players (1872–1900) Шаблон:Webarchive. iffhs.de. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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