Institutional League

Institutional League
Organising bodyAll India Football Federation
CountryIndia
ConfederationAFC
Number of clubsTBA
TV partnersAIFF (YouTube)

The Institutional League is a proposed Indian men's football league.[1][2]

The All India Football Federation announced in the press conference on 14 April 2023 that a new Institutional League will be organised with at least ten teams on home and away basis.[3] The teams will be decided via bidding process.

History

After the disbanding of clubs associated with public sector undertakings for not fulfilling Asian Football Confederation club licensing criteria, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) was planning to make a corporate-clubs league in July 2017. A proposal was sent to the All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board (AIPSSPB), but it was not organised then.[4][5]

The AIFF held a pre-meeting with 25 interested teams on 31 August 2023.[6] A few days later Request for Proposal was issued to the interested teams.[7] The league is expected to start in January 2024.

AIFF also mandated that the winners and runners-up of the Institutional League will be awarded direct entry into the Federation Cup 2024. The promotion-relegation system will also be applicable if there are more than one division in the league.[6]

Interested teams

The following 25 teams joined the pre-bid consultation meeting by the AIFF.

Club State City League/Cup
Aeronautical Development Establishment Karnataka Bengaluru Bangalore Super Division
Air India Maharashtra Mumbai MFA Elite Corporate League
ASC Centre South Karnataka Bengaluru Bangalore Super Division
Bank of Baroda Maharashtra Vadodara MFA Elite Corporate League
BSF North Bengal West Bengal Siliguri
BSF Punjab Punjab Jalandhar Punjab State Super League
Chennai Customs Tamil Nadu Chennai Chennai Football League
CRPF Punjab Jalandhar Punjab State Super League
CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography Goa
Dravstream Tech Pvt Ltd Maharashtra Mumbai
Employee State Insurance Corporation Tamil Nadu Chennai
Employee State Insurance Corporation Delhi New Delhi
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Karnataka Bengaluru Bangalore Super Division
Indian Navy Kerala Kochi Kerala Premier League
Indian Railways Delhi New Delhi
IndiaPost Karnataka Karnataka Bengaluru
JCT Punjab Phagwara Punjab State Super League
Karnataka Police Karnataka Bengaluru
Oil India Ltd - Assam Field HQ Assam Duliajan
PDC Services (Alchemy Football) Karnataka Bengaluru
PFA Organization Haryana
Punjab Police Punjab Jalandhar Punjab State Super League
Reserve Bank of India Maharashtra Mumbai MFA Elite Corporate League
Reserve Bank of India Karnataka Bengaluru
Services Sports Control Board Delhi New Delhi

See also

References

  1. ^ "AIFF mulls salary cap for women, institutional league for PSUs". News9live. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ "HT Kickoff ⚽ by Dhiman Sarkar". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ "AIFF Executive Committee ushers new dawn for Women's Football". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ "AIFF plans Indians only league with Indian Super League reserves and PSUs". Hindustan Times. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Inter-institutional league a shot in arm for Indian players". www.asianage.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b "AIFF holds pre-bid meeting with Institutional League teams". www.the-aiff.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  7. ^ "AIFF issues Request for Proposal for Institutional Football League". www.the-aiff.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.