4-584: The Kerala Football Association (abbreviated Kerala FA ), formerly the Travancore-Cochin Football Association , is one of the 36 Indian state football associations that are affiliated with the All India Football Federation (AIFF). It sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship . Football has been a passion of thousands of Malayalees for the last several decades—much before
8-506: A twelve year long deal with Meeran Sports LLP and Scoreline Sports Pvt Ltd. The deal was inspired from masterplan prepared by Rob Baan , former technical director of AIFF. The consortium is responsible for getting investments worth around Rs 350 crore into the football ecosystem over the 12-year period. As per the agreement, consortium will form Kerala Super League, initially planned to further develop youth local players in senior transition. All 14 districts of Kerala are affiliated with
12-628: The Kerala Football Association . Indian state football associations The state football associations are the regional governing bodies of football in India . There are 36 state associations and 2 affiliates associations to the All India Football Federation . The state associations have their own constitutions and structure. Depending on the size of the state, some associations have affiliated sub-district associations. Each state conducts its own competitions, while
16-571: The state of Kerala was formed on 1 November 1956. Kerala Football Association was formed in 1948 to directly oversees the development of football in Kerala from grassroots to senior level. Later the headquarters of KFA was moved to Kollam after P. Laxmanan Pillai was elected president and K. Thankappan honorary secretary. KFA saw a new breed of organizers taking over the reins in the 1970s with former mayor of Cochin A. K. Seshadri becoming its president. On 9 October 2021, Kerala Football Association signed
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