Western India Football Association


The Western India Football Association, abbreviated as WIFA, is the governing body for football in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national governing body. The WIFA sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Rajmata Jijabai Trophy.
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History

The Bombay Football Association was established in the Bombay province of 1902. It was amalgamated with the older Rovers Football Cup Committee to form the Western India Football Association on 12 July 1911. Justice Russel became president of the WIFA while P. R. Cadell became vice-president, and the objective of was to improve the sport of football in the Bombay state, and in the present-day Maharashtra. Before that, football games were organised for the Rovers Cup, which is India's second oldest football tournament started in 1890.
Then in 2011, after the sudden rise in the popularity of football in India, WIFA decided to revamp the Maharashtra Football System. The first thing they decided to do was renovate Mumbai's only national football stadium, the Cooperage Ground. After that they will work on starting the first ever statewide football league in Maharashtra known as the Maha League. They also announced plans to revive the Rovers Cup which had its last tournament in 2001.

State teams

Men

  • Maharashtra football team
  • Maharashtra under-20 football team
  • Maharashtra under-15 football team
  • Maharashtra under-13 football team

Women

Affiliated district associations

All 36 district of Maharashtra are affiliated with the Western India Football Association.
No.AssociationDistrictRepresentative
1Ahmednagar District Football AssociationAhmednagarNarenda S. Firodia
2Akola District Football AssociationAkolaShyam Sarjuprasad Awasthi
3Amravati district Football AssociationAmravatiArun M. Jaiswal
4Aurangabad district Football AssociationAurangabadRanjitsingh Bhardwa
5Beed district Football AssociationBeedAmarsingh Pandit
6Bhandara district Football AssociationBhandaraAhmed Lalani
7Buldhana district Football AssociationBuldhanaS. S. Thakare
8Chanda district Football AssociationChandrapurK. K. Singh
9Dhule district Football AssociationDhuleAmrishbhai Patel
10Gadchiroli district Football AssociationGadchiroliRavindra Darekar
11The Gondia District Football AssociationGondiaPraful M Patel
12Hingoli district Football AssociationHingoliAb Samad
13Jalgaon district Football AssociationJalgaonDr. Ullas Patil
14Jalna district Football AssociationJalnaKailash Gorantyal
15Kolhapur Sports AssociationKolhapurMalojiraje Chhatrapati
16Latur district Football AssociationLaturShaikh Nizamoddin
17Mumbai Football AssociationMumbai CityAditya Thackeray
18Mumbai Football AssociationMumbai SuburbanAditya Thackeray
19The Nagpur District Football AssociationNagpurHaresh K Vora
20Nanded district Football AssociationNandedMd. Sadique
21Nandurbar district Football AssociationNandurbarD.R.Patel
22Football Association of Nashik districtNashikDr. Anniruddha Dharmadhikari
23Osmanabad District Haushi Football AssociationDharashivSayyed Khalil Saif
24Palghar district Football AssociationPalgharParth Jindal
25District Football Association ParbhaniParbhaniAbdul Gaffar Master
26Poona District Football AssociationPuneDr. Vishwajeet Kadam
27Raigad district Football AssociationRaigadAadesh Bandekar
28Football Association of Ratnagiri districtRatnagiriPrasad Pranjape
29Sangli district Football AssociationSangliJaggu Sulaiman Sayed
30Satara district Football AssociationSataraDhananjay Jadhav
31Sindhudurg district Football AssociationSindhudurgLaxman Dalvi
32Solapur City & District Football AssociationSolapurMahesh Gadekar
33Thane Football AssociationThaneDr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde
34District Football Association WardhaWardhaAnand Kalokar
35Washim district Football AssociationWashimK.M.Azhar Hussain
36Yavatmal district Football AssociationYavatmalIndranil Manohar Naik

Competitions

District level

Men's

  • WIFA Inter-District Men’s Championship

Men's youth

  • WIFA Inter-District Junior Boys Championship
  • WIFA Inter-District Sub-Junior Boys Championship

Women's

  • WIFA Inter-District Women’s Championship

Women's youth

  • WIFA Inter-District Junior Girls Championship
  • WIFA Inter-District Sub-Junior Girls Championship

Club level

Men's

Men's youth

  • WIFA Under-18 Youth League
  • WIFA Under-15 Youth League
  • WIFA Under-13 Youth League

Women's

Women's youth

  • WIFA Under-18 Youth League
  • WIFA Under-15 Youth League
  • WIFA Under-13 Youth League

Maharashtra Football League pyramid

Men's



Women's



Management

OfficeName
PresidentPraful Patel
Vice-presidentHaresh Vora
Vice-presidentMalojiraje Chhatrapati
Vice-presidentVishwajeet Kadam
Vice-presidentShrikant Shinde
Vice-presidentSunil Dhande
SecretaryKiran Chougule
Assistant SecretarySushilkumar Surve
Assistant SecretaryKhaja Ansari
Assistant SecretaryAhmed Lalani
TreasurerSalim Parkote