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Tamil Nadu Football Association
AbbreviationTFA
Formation1933
TypeSports
PurposeFootball
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Location
  • Room No. 73, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,
    Chennai – 600003
Region served
Tamil Nadu, India
Membership
All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Official language
Tamil, English
President
J. Jesiah Villavarayar[1]
AffiliationsAll India Football Federation
Websitewww.cfa.net.in

The Tamil Nadu Football Association (abbreviated TFA) is one of the 36 Indian State Football Associations that are affiliated to the All India Football Federation. The TFA administers lower tier football in the state of Tamil Nadu.[2]

History

The first football tournament in Madras was held in 1894 with 10 teams from all over the country.[3] From the year 1895, the Madras Gymkhana Club hosted an annual tournament at Madras. 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.[4]

Madras Football Association was formed in 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.[5] Madras Football Association League championship was started in 1934. Pachaiyappa's Football Club won the inaugural 1934-35 League Championship. The Gymkhana Club became a member of the MFA. The MFA started conducting the First Division League Football matches from 1936, and the Second Division from 1937. In the year 1972, Madras city clubs formed a separate Association, and in the year 1978, a central controlling body for all the District, naming it as "Tamilnadu Football Association".[citation needed]

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 TFA.[6]

Some of the tournaments conducted by the TFA are Vittal trophy,[7] Champions Trophy - Universal Cup,[8] and TFA Shield.[9] At present, all these three tournaments are not conducted.[10] The major leagues in the Tamil Nadu happens in districts like Chennai, and Madurai. Chennai district league is conducted by Chennai Football Association (CFA), and the Madurai district league is conducted by Madurai District Football Association. The Tiruvallur District Football Association conducted the Don Bosco - Fr. McFerran Trophy All India Football Tournament as sanctioned by the Tamil Nadu Football Association and All India Football Federation (AIFF).[11]

List of Tamilnadu football association controlled teams

Club League
Tamil Nadu men's football team Santosh Trophy
Tamil Nadu women's football team Senior Women's National Football Championship

List of men's association football clubs in Tamil Nadu

Club Town or City League
Chennaiyin FC Chennai Indian Super League
Chennai City F.C. Coimbatore I-League
Indian Bank Recreational Club Chennai I-League Second Division

List of women's association football clubs in Tamil Nadu

Club Town or City League
Sethu FC Madurai Indian Women's League
Indira Gandhi AS&E Puducherry Indian Women's League

List of men's association football clubs in Chennai

Club Town or City League
Arrows F.C. Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
Chennai City F.C. Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
Chennai F.C. Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
Chennai United F.C. Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
Hindustan Eagles F.C. Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
Madras Sporting Union Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
Viva Chennai F.C. Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
A.G.'s Office Recreation Club Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
Indian Bank Recreational Club Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
SC-STEDS Chennai Chennai Football Association senior division league
FC Madras Chennai AIFF Under-18 Youth League
Raman Vijayan Soccer School Chennai AIFF Under-18 Youth League
Football Plus Chennai AIFF Under-18 Youth League
Redeemers United F.C. Chennai Chennai Football Association second division league
YMSC Chennai Chennai Football Association first division league

Chennai Football Association

Chennai Football Association has 96 affiliated clubs and conducts about 450 league matches for its Member Clubs, dividing them in to Senior, I to IV Division, apart from conducting league/matches for the Schools and Colleges. The CFA conducts Chennai Football Association senior division league every year. St. Joseph's Group of Institutions was the principal sponsor for the last nine years.[12] Rohit Ramesh is the president of the Chennai Football Association.[13] The Chennai Football Association and the Tamil Nadu Football Association are always at loggerheads.[14]

References

  1. ^ Football Association, Tamilnadu. "State Associations".
  2. ^ "All India Football Federation - About AIFF - State Associations". AIFF. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  3. ^ V, Sriram (June 2014). "When football came to Madras". The Hindu.
  4. ^ Jitendran, Nikhil. "Chennai's football debt to the Madras Gymkhana Club". www.goal.com.
  5. ^ Musings, Madras. "Snippets from the MUC's Centenary Souvenir".
  6. ^ Frederick, Prince (June 2011). "Memories of Madras - In a league of its own". The Hindu.
  7. ^ Venkatesan, S. Prasanna (May 2018). "The lost glory of Chennai's football league". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ K., Keerthivasan (April 2016). "Champions Trophy to be back in Chennai". The Hindu.
  9. ^ Keeda, Sports. "Football in Chennai - On a slippery surface".
  10. ^ Muralidharan, Ashwin. "All you need to know about the league structure in Tamil Nadu". www.goal.com.
  11. ^ Matthews, Dominic. "Don Bosco – Fr. McFerran Trophy All India Football Tournament 2018".
  12. ^ Venkatesan, Prasanna. "CFA looking for principal sponsor".
  13. ^ Mukherjee, Soham. "Chennai City owner Rohit Ramesh outlines his plans for CFA Senior Division League".
  14. ^ Sheelan, Guna. "Tamil Nadu: How Indian football's next powerhouse is being held back by bureaucratic wrangles". www.khelnow.com.
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