Nothing but football.
AIFF will be conducting ‘C’ License course in Kochi from 10th to 22nd February 2015. Interested ‘D‘ License holders can apply online by logging on to AIFF website https://www.the-aiff.com/coach-education.htm
Click Apply Now, under the Become a Coach section.
The last date to apply online will be 31st December 2014.
PIFA Foundation organised a four day grassroot football development program conducted by Leicester City Football Club coaches Matt Wilcock & Stewart Johncock. The training aims to reach out to 250 children.
The delegation is headed by Leicester City FC ambassador Emile Heskey, he interacted with the young players during and after the session.
The children experienced and enjoyed the 60 minute Premier League Academy coaching.
The third day was spent with the PIFA mens team at the Churchgate training ground. Emile Heskey and the coaches interacted with the players and participated in the training.
The fourth and final day of the grassroot session will be held at the Cooperage Stadium specially for the underprivileged children from Colaba, a community program supported by the PIFA Foundation.
The PIFA Foundation aims at providing children from less privileged backgrounds the same opportunities enabling them to stay off the streets and empower them to change their futures through football.
PIFA Foundation are the sponsors of the PIFA Colaba FC team playing the I league 2nd division, U19 I league as well U17, U15 and a women’s team.
Mr.Constantin Weiland FIFA Official along with AIFF officials Mr.Javier Ceppi , Mr.Shaji Prabhakar, Mr.Vijay Parthasaradhy, Ms.Roma Khanna conducted Inspection at JNI Stadium, Kaloor today in the presence of KFA President KMI Mather and General Secretary Anilkumar P. The team checked the infra structure and facilities at the Stadium. They have also visited the proposed training venues at KUFOS Ground, Fort Kochi Veli Ground, Govt: Boys Higher Secondary School Ground, Panampilly Nagar and Maharajas College Ground in the morning.
“As the Stadium is made of Natural Turf the training grounds also must be of the same “, the team conveyed to Mr. Mather. They will be sharing the report within another few days. The team left for Bombay by evening, expressing their hope to furnish the training grounds and the Stadium renovation work up to the FIFA standards within the time frame.
An article in Deccan Chronicle about the visit throws more insight. FIFA stipulates having four training grounds in a World Cup hosting city. Javier Ceppi the tournament director appointed by AIFF was quoted in DC saying :
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“We need four training grounds that is the minimum. The grounds have to be ten times better than the current pitch”
He also emphasized on the need of bucket seats in the stadium for it to qualify for hosting the 2017 U-17 World cup. The second tier in Kochi JN stadium currently don’t have bucket seats installed.
It is also mentioned in the report that a confirmation on whether Kochi will be hosting the tournament would be available by January 2015.
With Kochi registering an average crowd of 47000 for ISL, the city has gathered attention from the authorities in terms of attracting crowd. If our local authorities wake up and work towards this goal, we will see Kochi hosting 2017 U-17 World Cup.
With inputs from KFA press-release
Defender Aniket Singh Thakur will lead a 20- member Delhi State Sub-Junior Football team in the National Football Championship scheduled to be held in Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh from December 12 to 19. Delhi will be playing their inaugural match on 12th against Uttarakhand.
Defender Aniket Singh Thakur will lead a 20- member Delhi State Sub- Junior Football team for participation in the National Football Championship for Coca – Cola scheduled to be held from December 12 to 19 in Sunder Nagar, Delhi will be playing their inaugural match against Uttrakhand on December 12 followed by Haryana on Dec. 14 and hosts-
Himachal Pradesh on Dec.16. Mid- fielder Ayush Adhikari was named as vice-captain of the team which was announced by DSA selection committee consisting of Chairman – Magan Singh Patwal, Convenor- Bhola Nath Karmakar, Coaches – Uttam Negi and Imran Ahmed Khan after conclusion of a fifteen days selection – cum – coaching camp held at DDA Jasola Camp and Modern School, Barakhamba Road. The team members selected are as :
Dhurav Kumar, Lakshay Ranwan, Yathaarth Kansal
Aniket Singh Thakur (Captain), Mehul Verma, Naman Sharma, Surya Mann, Mukal
Chirag Narang, Ankit Rawat, Ayush Adhikari (Vice-captain), Dyujoty Majumdar, Kabir Gujral, Sanel Biswas, Allan Chaoudahry
Harhal Pandey, Naman Malhotra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Ritesh Saraf, Arsh Diman
Gagandeep, Jai Karan Singh, Suryanshu, Lakshay
The officials accompanying the team are : Bhola Nath Karmakar- Manager, Uttam Singh Negi – Coach, Imran Ahmed Khan – Goal-keeper coach
Its raining football in Manjeri. The district is high on a win in the inter-district football championship that took place at the Kottapady stadium. Football is back again and this time it is to Manjeri, the venue for last year’s Federation cup that saw huge turn out.
South Zone Sub Junior National Championship for Coca Cola Cup 2014-15 will be conducted at Malappuram District Sports Council Ground at Manjeri from 12th to 22nd December 2014. 5 teams including Kerala, Tamil Nadu , Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & Pondicherry will be competing in the championship.
Fixture will be as follows :
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Team B |
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12/12/2014 |
Tamil Nadu |
Karnataka |
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12/12/2014 |
Kerala |
Andhra Pradesh |
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14/12/2014 |
Pondicherry |
Karnataka |
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14/12/2014 |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
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16/12/2014 |
Kerala |
Pondicherry |
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16/12/2014 |
Karnataka |
Andhra Pradesh |
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18/12/2014 |
Tamil Nadu |
Pondicherry |
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18/12/2014 |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
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20/12/2014 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Pondicherry |
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20/12/2014 |
Tamil Nadu |
Kerala |
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FINALS |
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22/12/2014 |
Group Winner |
Group Runner Up |
Axom Sports Enterprose Pvt Ltd is proud to present Guwahati’s own football team, FC GUWAHATI. For a long time it was felt that it was imperative for Axom to have its own Professional club football to bring our past glory back. FC Guwahati is the answer to this aspiration of football loving public of Axom. This initiative will give impetus to talented footballers of Axom who can aspire to play professional football for their own ‘Axomi Moromi’ team. FC Guwahati is co-owned by individuals who by their own right have achieved in their respective fields. They have combined together to create a platform for aspiring footballers of Axom. FC Guwahati plans to play top-level professional football in the years to come.
The co-owners are
Today we are unveiling the logo of FC GUWAHATI, which expresses the vibrancy of the game of football played in Axom, meanwhile co-owner Zubin Garg is giving the finishing touches to FC GUWAHATI’s anthem-song and the kits of players will be formally released during the launching ceremony.
The process to select a professional management team is currently on. For the coaching positions foreign coaches have been short-listed and we will finalize them very soon.
Currently we are on a talent-sourcing endeavour to create the first batch of players of FC GUWAHATI. We are chalking out an integrated and comprehensive football development plan to nurture the talent of footballers of Axom. We will share on this once the plan is ready. This will include a football academy with own grounds, a swimming pool, a gymnasium, a hostel among others.
.FC GUWAHATI will be formally launched in a gala-ceremony playing a foreign football team in an exhibition match. Many personalities from Bollywood and sports fraternity will be invited, & this mega event will precede the exhibition match.
We have requested Assam Football Association (AFA) and Guwahati Sports Association (GSA) for all their support to make this team a success which they have also assured to do wholeheartedly.
Press Note : Axom Sports
Sub-Junior National Football Championship for Coca Cola Cup 2014-15 will kick off on December 8th.
This tournament which will act as a platform for scouting for the upcoming 2017 U-17 World Cup that will take place in India is conducted on a zonal basis.
Jharkhand has been stripped of the title because of age fraud. AIFF found out that some players in the Jharkhand team is over aged.
Jharkhand walloped Goa 8-3 in the final to emerge champions.
Semi Final
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| Goa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Chandigarh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Karnataka | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Meghalaya | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| Jharkhand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 12 |
| Kerala | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Mizoram | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Maharashtra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
| Haryana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Teams that have qualified for the final rounds are divided in to two groups, A & B.
Chandigarh, Karnataka, Goa, West Bengal, Meghalaya
Maharashtra, Kerala, Haryana, Jharkhand, Mizoram
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Ten teams have qualified for the final round of the Coca Cola Cup. Zonal winners and runners make up these.
Winners : Chandigarh
Runners Up : Haryana
Winners : Karnataka
Runners Up : Kerala
Winners : Maharashtra
Runners Up : Goa
Winners : West Bengal
Runners Up : Jharkhand
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Runners Up : Meghalaya
Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Daman & Diu
Sikkim, Jharkhand, Orissa
SAI , Bihar, West Bengal, Chattisgarh
Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram
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The hugely successful Premier Skills initiative, run by the Premier League and the British Council launched at 10 AM on Monday, 24th November 2014 at SAI LNCPE concluded with a Grand Community Football Festival. Premier Skills is a partnership between the British Council and Premier League.
The course in Thiruvananthapuram was jointly organised by the British Council and Premier League in association with Sports Authority of India (SAI), Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE), All India Football Federation (AIFF), Kerala Football Association (KFA) and Goa Football Association (GFA) from 24th to 30th November 2014. The participants in the programme have been selected from the Football associations as well as from a number of NGOs, including Special Olympics, Cequin, Oscar Foundation and World Vision.
The Coaches and referees have got opportunity to train themselves from qualified Premier Skills coaches, got the skills and support to develop their own community football projects and development as referees. The UK referee trainers held a referee symposium event on 27th November. The Symposium provided the opportunity for the Premier Skills referees to experience the knowledge and understanding from national referees, referee instructors and the premier skills coaches to further enhance their knowledge and learning. The Symposium was a mixture of presentations on laws of the game, recognizing foul challenges, handball, player management and mass confrontation. The participants were fully involved in the very interactive symposium and also provided an opportunity to share knowledge and best practice ideas.
The Training programme was followed by a Football Festival with the participation of Children between the age group of 10 – 12. 100 children of participated in the community football festival on 30-11-2014.
The following were the luminaries and faculties imparted knowledge to the participants.
Mr. Jermy Weeks has the expertise in Coaching Community and Academy departments of Exeter City FC. He was the Head Soccer Coach at Lake Owego Sports Camp in Pennsylvania, USA. Jez Weeks joined Fulham FC and worked for Fulham FC Foundation as Sports Development Officer in London Area. He was also coaching for the Academy and Girl’s Centre of Excellence and has become the Acting Sports Development Manager in 2009 managing all the football, sport and health related development projects across London and Surrey. Jez joined the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Organising Committee where he was the Paralympic Football Competition Manager. He was involved in the Olympic Football competition across the UK and Olympic Park.
In Premier Skills Programme he is involved in the development of the syllabus for Premier Skills Phase 2 and currently runs his own Sports Consultancy Company called W 10 and provides on-going support to the development of the premier Skills Programme.
Corinne Mitchel is currently a Coach Educator at the Girls Centre of Excellence and work with all coaches and players from the age of 9-17. She currently hold a UEFA B in coaching football and have a PTLLs award in tutoring adults. She has participated in the FA Women’s Mentoring Scheme also and holds UEFA A License.
Mr. Daniel Landstorm is a graduate in Science and Football at Liverpool John Mores University. He has achieved UEFA B Coaching qualification and gained experience of coaching around the world working in countries such as the USA, Sudan, China and Abu Dhabi. Now he is engaged in the role of Football and Multi Sport Manager overseeing all aspects of community football including Disability Sports, School Sports, Women and Girls Football and Premier League4Sport
Mr. Daniel Slaughter is currently managing five regional disability football centre of excellence programmes for FA and Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. He has engaged in managed a team of coaches and developing a technical coaching programme working from the same beliefs as the Tottenhjam Hotspur Academy and England Disability Playing/Coaching philosophies. He hold UEFA B Licence, FA Youth Modules One and two and working his FA Youth Coaching Award.
Kelvin Chee is a Learning and Development Consultant and Trainer. He is a man with a vision to impact the children in his community using football. He is a Coach Educator in Malaysia with Level I Certification from Premier Skills. He is now serving as a Volunteer Coach for Matrix Community Football Club in Tman Sea Petaling Jaya.
To find out more about the football-focused English content and to view the materials online, visit http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/
Newly formed I-league club Bharat FC has signed their first player Kris Bright. Bright is a much traveled New Zealand international. Football News India had earlier revealed about this transfer.
#NewZealand footballer Kris Bright is going to join the new #ileague team from #Pune #Indianfootball @brighty9 pic.twitter.com/i5YWXDsTXm
— football news india (@fni) November 9, 2014
Before landing in India, Kris Bright has played in Netherlands, Norway, Greece, England , Hungary, Malta and Finland. He has also earned six caps for the New Zealand national team and scored one goal.
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Amit Kalyani, Executive Director of the Kalyani Group and Managing Director of Bharat FC, believed that it was Bright’s sharpness and awareness in front of goal that drew the club towards him. “Kris is a prolific goal-scorer and someone who can ably lead the line as we aim to start our first season strongly. He has managed to score in every country that he has played in and I am sure his Indian stint will be full of goals too,” he said.
The 28-year-old Kiwi said that the chance of leading the line at a new club and the responsibility of driving his side’s attacking endeavours were the main reasons that he agreed to the move. “I was very excited about coming to India after speaking to Stuart (Watkiss) and getting to know more about the project. Leading the line is something that I immensely enjoy and I hope to perform really for Bharat FC. Also, I would get a chance to interact with the young Indian players and pass on a few things that I have learnt over my career,” he said.
Stuart Watkiss, Bharat FC’s head-coach said he was impressed by Bright’s imposing presence and his eye for goal. “I have watched Kris a few times in England and it is apparent that he is a very fine striker. He manages to get into good positions, is very strong aerially and is sharp in front of goal. I am sure he will be a profitable asset for us in the I-League,” he said.
With inputs from Bharat FC’s press note.
The hugely successful Premier Skills initiative, run by the Premier League and the British Council was launched on Monday 24 November 2014 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Premier Skills will take place from 24 to 30 November 2014. The training will be held at Sports Authority of India Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, Kariavattom P.O.; Thiruvananthapuram 695581, Kerala.
This is the first phase of a three-phase training programme for coaches and two-phase training programme for referees in Thiruvananthapuram.
Premier Skills is a partnership between the British Council and the Premier League. It uses football as a tool to help develop both community coaching and English language skills. The programme trains sports coaches, referees and youth leaders to return to their own communities and enhance their existing football sessions, whilst also developing their leadership skills and a greater understanding of the role football can play in tackling other social issues.
The coach education programme will be led by head coach Jeremy Weeks, who was a senior coach at Fulham FC till May 2011 which he left to join the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Organising Committee (LOCOG) where he was the Paralympic Football Competition Manager. He will be supported by Corinne Mitchell, community coach from Aston Villa Football Club, Daniel Landstrom from City in the Community Foundation of Manchester City Football Club, Daniel Slaughter, Inclusion Development Manager at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and Kelvin Chee a Premier Skills community coach educator from Malaysia.
The referee development programme will be led by Ray Olivier, Training & Development Manager for the Professional Game Match Officials and responsible for the training and development of Premier League and Football League referees and Assistant Referees in England. He will be supported by Keren Barratt, Select Group Referee Manager for the Professional Game Match Officials.
The course in Thiruvananthapuram is being jointly organised by the British Council and Premier League in association with Sports Authority of India (SAI), Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, All India Football Federation (AIFF), Kerala Football Association (KFA) and Goa Football Association (GFA).
Participants in the programme have been selected from the Football associations as well as from a number of NGO’s, including Special Olympics, Cequin, Oscar Foundation and World Vision.
The coaches and referees will receive training from qualified Premier Skills coaches, giving them the skills and support to develop their own community football projects and development as referees.
In addition to the training, the UK referee trainers will hold a referee symposium event on 27 November.
As of 2013, Premier Skills has trained 2,500 coaches and referees in 25 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas, who in turn have reached a further 550,000 young people. By 2016 it aims to train a further 3,000 coaches and referees and through them reach more than 300,000 young people.
In addition to coaching, a range of free materials, including a dedicated website, have been created under Premier Skills for teachers and learners of English that utilise exciting Premier League content and the British Council’s world-class expertise in English.
Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore said:
“At home the Premier League and our Clubs have a long-held commitment and reputation for delivering high quality community and education programmes. Given our popularity internationally we felt it only right to take this approach to a wider community.
“Premier Skills has already taken place in 25 countries, including in India where we have run coach development projects in Delhi and Kolkata and are heavily involved in the ground-breaking Kolkata Goalz project, which has over 1,000 young people involved a week in its activities. I am thrilled that we are now rolling Premier Skills rolling out in India this week.”
Ms Mei-kwei Barker, Director, British Council South India said, “We are delighted to introduce Premier Skills, our very successful partnership project with the Premier League, to South India. It combines English and football, two universal languages and with the support of our local partners in India — Sports Authority of India (SAI), Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, All India Football Federation (AIFF), Kerala Football Association (KFA) and Goa Football Association (GFA) — we have been able to provide this opportunity. We hope the coaches and referees find this training useful and we are able to bring more such programmes here over the next few years.”
The Programme
Coach Education Programme: 24 – 30 November 2014
The Coach Education curriculum aims to develop a group of local master trainers at the end of the programme. It will help to develop community coach skills and knowledge. The training will be in three parts, over 18 – 24 months and involves attendance at and graduation from each part of the training. There will be learning and practical tasks that must be completed between each of the training. Those that are successful will need to demonstrate continued progress throughout the 3 Phases and with the tasks that they will be asked to complete between the training phases. Successful Phase 3 Graduates will become Premier Skills Coach Educators – and they will have an opportunity to train and develop new Premier Skills Community Coaches to support the work of their organisation.
Referee Development programme: 24 – 26 November 2014
The Referee Development programme is a two phase programme which offers participants an introduction to refereeing at grassroots level. Participants include referees that are already working in community football programmes but who have received minimal or no formal training to improve their refereeing skills and knowledge.
Referee symposium: 27 November 2014
The symposium will be a mixture of interactive presentations designed to provide a modern update in both referee and assistant referee skills. The sessions will also be helpful for instructors and assessors to use the material for further developing their referees in their communities. Included in the presentations will be looking at the following training topics:
To find out more about the football-focused English content and to view the materials online, visit http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/