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 president Kalyan Chaubey discussed youth development initiatives in India with Arsene Wenger during the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
The Knockout Rounds of the Hero U-17 Youth Cup are set to be held at the Deccan Arena in Hyderabad, where 16 teams will fight it out for the top prize from January 23 onwards; the Final will be held on January 31.
The long-due roadmap, 'Vision 2047', hopes that in the country's centenary year of independence, India will also emerge as a new powerhouse of Asian football.
In the presence of Secretary General Dr Shaji Prabhakaran, the federation announced the groups and fixtures for the inaugural National Beach Soccer Championship at the Football House in New Delhi on Monday, January 2, 2023
The All India Football Federation (AIFF), earlier in the day, had declared a seven-day mourning to remember the life and achievements of the Brazilian legend. The AIFF Secretary General Shaji Prabhakaran said that the AIFF flag would fly at half-mast during this period.
The current I-League season is being played across 10 different states across the country, Shaji Prabhakaran hopes to see that number increase as the seasons go on.
Present in the meeting along with the President was Secretary General Shaji Prabhakaran. The meeting was attended by representatives from all the State Associations virtually.
All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey said on Tuesday that the current management of the organisation is aiming for 500 per cent growth of Indian Football in both qualitative and commercial aspects of game.