Bengaluru will host 2023 SAFF Championship

The SAFF Championship 2023 will be hosted in Bengaluru from June 21 to July 3, 2023, All India Football Federation President Mr. Kalyan Chaubey announced on Sunday. AIFF Secretary General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran was present on the occasion, along with AIFF Vice President and Karnataka State Football Association President Mr....

India U-17 team is scheduled to play a friendly against the UAE U-17 and Uzbekistan U-17

The India U-17 team is scheduled to play a friendly against the UAE U-17 team on January 16 in Dubai. Subsequently the team will play two friendlies against Uzbekistan on January 22 and 24 in Goa. The All India Football Federation has appointed former India international and AIFF Technical Committee...

AIFF announces first batch of professional match officials offered full time contracts

In a first for Indian Football, the first batch of elite match officials (referees and assistant referees) have been inducted into the system with full-time contracts. A joint investment of the AIFF and the FSDL, the Elite Refereeing Development Plan (ERDP), in keeping with the outlines of ‘Vision 2047’, aims...