Tamil Nadu Football Association


The Tamil Nadu Football Association, formerly the Madras Football Association, is one of the 36 Indian state football associations that are affiliated with the All India Football Federation. The TNFA administers football in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It sends state teams for the Santosh Trophy and the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy.

History

The first football tournament in Madras was held in 1894 with 10 teams from all over the country. From the year 1895, the Madras Gymkhana Club hosted an annual tournament. 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.
Madras Football Association was formed on 5 January 1934, following drafting of the constitution on 26 October 1933, with jurisdiction for the whole state of Madras, including the present Andhra and Kerala states, by the members of the Madras United Club. Madras Football Association league championship was started in 1934. Pachaiyappa's football club won the inaugural 1934–35 league championship. The MFA started conducting the First division league from 1936, and the Second division from 1937. In the year of 1978, Madras clubs formed a separate Chennai Football Association, eventually renaming the state federation as the Tamil Nadu Football Association.
N. Vittal served as the president of Tamil Nadu Football Association. He also served as the vice-president of the AIFF. T. R. Govindarajan served as the secretary of the TNFA. Some of the tournaments conducted by the TNFA are the Tamil Nadu State League, Vittal Trophy, Champions Trophy - Universal Cup, and TFA Shield. At present, all these three tournaments are not conducted. The major leagues in the Tamil Nadu happen in districts like Chennai and Madurai. Chennai district league is conducted by the Chennai Football Association, and Madurai district league by the Madurai District Football Association. The Tiruvallur District Football Association conducted the Don Bosco - Fr. McFerran Trophy All India football tournament sanctioned by the Tamil Nadu Football Association and the AIFF.

State teams

Men

All 38 districts of Tamil Nadu are affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Football Association.
No.AssociationDistrictPresident
1Ariyalur District Football AssociationAriyalur
2Chengalpattu District Football AssociationChengalpattu
3Chennai Football AssociationChennai
4Coimbatore district Football AssociationCoimbatore
5Cuddalore district Football AssociationCuddalore
6Dharmapuri district Football AssociationDharmapuri
7Dindigul district Football AssociationDindigul
8Erode district Football AssociationErode
9Kallakurichi district Football AssociationKallakurichi
10Kancheepuram district Football AssociationKancheepuram
11Kanyakumari district Football AssociationKanyakumari
12Karur district Football AssociationKarur
13Krishnagiri district Football AssociationKrishnagiri
14Madurai district Football AssociationMadurai
15Mayiladuthurai district Football AssociationMayiladuthurai
16Nagapattinam district Football AssociationNagapattinam
17Namakkal district Football AssociationNamakkal
18Nilgiris district Football AssociationNilgiris
19Perambalur district Football AssociationPerambalur
20Pudukkottai district Football AssociationPudukkottai
21Ramanathapuram district Football AssociationRamanathapuram
22Ranipet district Football AssociationRanipet
23Salem district Football AssociationSalem
24Sivaganga district Football AssociationSivaganga
25Tenkasi district Football AssociationTenkasi
26Thanjavur district Football AssociationThanjavur
27Theni district Football AssociationTheni
28Thoothukudi district Football AssociationThoothukudi
29Tiruchirappalli district Football AssociationTiruchirappalli
30Tirunelveli district Football AssociationTirunelveli
31Tirupathur district Football AssociationTirupathur
32Tiruppur district Football AssociationTiruppur
33Tiruvallur district Football AssociationTiruvallur
34Tiruvannamalai district Football AssociationTiruvannamalai
35Tiruvarur district Football AssociationTiruvarur
36Vellore district Football AssociationVellore
37Viluppuram district Football AssociationViluppuram
38Virudhunagar district Football AssociationVirudhunagar

Competitions

Club level

Men's