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India also got a major boost when the All India Football Federation created the National Football League in 1996. This was India's first ever national domestic league. 2000–2010: The rebirth of Indian football. East Bengal F.C. club of Kolkata won the ASEAN Club Championship in 2003.
The competition was founded on 21 October 2013 to grow the sport of football in India and increase its exposure in the country. Play began in October 2014 with eight teams. During its first three seasons, the competition operated without official recognition from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the governing body for the sport in Asia.
Mar 5, 2024 · The National Football League also kicked off in 1996 and was the first organised league football competition in India. JCT were the inaugural champions. It was replaced by the I-League in 2007. Revival phase: 2008-present. The past decade-and-a-half has seen Indian football go through a mini-revival of sorts.
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The Indian men's football league system consists of the top 4 national divisions organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and commercial partners FSDL. From tier 5 are the various regional state football leagues, organized by the respective state associationsunder AIFF affiliation.
The women's football league system in India currently consists of top tier national league i.e. Indian Women's League, organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). From 2023-24 IWL 2nd Division will form the tier 2, and top 2 clubs will be promoted to IWL. Tier 3 are the State football leagues, organized by regional state associations und...
Future Youth league system
On 7 January 2023, the AIFF unveiled Vision 2047, a new roadmap for Indian football with the planned reforms in India's league system.
The national football championships are competitions contested among the regional state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation. Currently, six championship competitions are divided into age groups for both men and women. For sponsorship ties, it is referred to as the Hero National Football Championships.
AIFF introduced the Institutional League for the institutional clubs. The league is not part of the Indian football pyramid.
The National Football League started in 1996 as the premier league tournament in India. JCT FC won the inaugural edition of the NFL. The league continued till 2006-07 season, following which the...
Jan 25, 2024 · The Indian Super League (ISL) is India’s professional football league that kicked off in October 2014. Though young, the competition took just five years to gain international recognition from the world’s leading sports authority FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association).
Mar 31, 2022 · Although India did win a couple of minor trophies during the 90s, it was the establishment of the National Football League, the first domestic league in the country, in 1996 that gave football fans a glimmer of hope.
