The Western India Football Association, abbreviated as WIFA, is the governing body for football in the Indian state of Maharashtra.History: The Harwood League . wifa.in. Retrieved 17 August 2021.India - List of Mumbai (Bombay) League Champions . RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021. 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.
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.Mumbai FC returns to Cooperage Football Stadium the-aiff.com. Retrieved 13 September 2021 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 Maharashtra women's football team Maharashtra women's under-19 football team Maharashtra women's under-17 football team
Affiliated district associations All 36 district of Maharashtra are affiliated with the Western India Football Association.
No. Association DistrictRepresentative 1 Ahmednagar District Football Association Ahmednagar Narenda S. Firodia 2 Akola District Football Association Akola Shyam Sarjuprasad Awasthi 3 Amravati district Football Association Amravati Arun M. Jaiswal 4 Aurangabad district Football Association Aurangabad Ranjitsingh Bhardwa 5 Beed district Football Association Beed Amarsingh Pandit 6 Bhandara district Football Association Bhandara Ahmed Lalani 7 Buldhana district Football Association Buldhana S. S. Thakare 8 Chanda district Football Association Chandrapur K. K. Singh 9 Dhule district Football Association Dhule Amrishbhai Patel 10 Gadchiroli district Football Association Gadchiroli Ravindra Darekar 11 The Gondia District Football Association Gondia Praful Patel 12 Hingoli district Football Association Hingoli Ab Samad 13 Jalgaon district Football Association Jalgaon Ulhas Patil 14 Jalna district Football Association Jalna Kailash Gorantyal 15 Kolhapur Sports Association Kolhapur Malojiraje Chhatrapati 16 Latur district Football Association Latur Shaikh Nizamoddin 17 Mumbai Football Association Mumbai City Aaditya Thackeray 18 Mumbai Suburban 19 The Nagpur District Football Association Nagpur Haresh K Vora 20 Nanded district Football Association Nanded Md. Sadique 21 Nandurbar district Football Association Nandurbar D.R.Patel 22 Football Association of Nashik district Nashik Dr. Anniruddha Dharmadhikari 23 Osmanabad District Haushi Football Association Dharashiv Sayyed Khalil Saif 24 Palghar district Football Association Palghar Parth Jindal 25 District Football Association Parbhani Parbhani Abdul Gaffar Master 26 Poona District Football Association Pune Vishwajeet Kadam 27 Raigad district Football Association Raigad Aadesh Bandekar 28 Football Association of Ratnagiri district Ratnagiri Prasad Pranjape 29 Sangli district Football Association Sangli Jaggu Sulaiman Sayed 30 Satara district Football Association Satara Dhananjay Jadhav 31 Sindhudurg district Football Association Sindhudurg Laxman Dalvi 32 Solapur City & District Football Association Solapur Mahesh Gadekar 33 Thane Football Association Thane Shrikant Shinde 34 District Football Association Wardha Wardha Anand Kalokar 35 Washim district Football Association Washim K.M.Azhar Hussain 36 Yavatmal district Football Association Yavatmal Indranil 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 Maharashtra State Senior Men's Football League
Men's youth WIFA Under-18 Youth League WIFA Under-15 Youth League WIFA Under-13 Youth League
Women's Maharashtra State Senior Women's Football League
Women's youth WIFA Under-18 Youth League WIFA Under-15 Youth League WIFA Under-13 Youth League
Maharashtra Football League pyramid Men's Level State leagues1Maharashtra State Senior Men's Football League promotion (to I-League 3) ↑↓ relegationDistrict leaguesDistrict levelMumbai city and suburbanPuneNagpurKolhapurThaneAurangabadNashikPalghar21Mumbai Premier League ↑promote ↓relegatePDFA Super Division League ↑promote ↓relegateNDFA Elite Division League ↑promote ↓relegateKolhapur Senior League ↑promote Thane Super Division ↑promote Aurangabad Football League ↑promote Nashik Football League ↑promote Palghar Football League ↑promote 32Mumbai Super League ↑promote ↓relegatePDFA First Division League ↑promote ↓relegateNDFA Super Division League ↑promote ↓relegate1 divisions43MFA First Division ↑promote ↓relegatePDFA Second Division League ↑promote ↓relegateNDFA Senior Division League ↑promote54MFA Second Division ↑promote ↓relegatePDFA Third Division League ↑promote3 divisions65MFA Third Division ↑promote4 divisions
Women's Level State leagues1Maharashtra State Senior Women's Football League promotion (to Indian Women's League 2) ↑↓ relegationDistrict leaguesDistrict levelMumbai city and suburbanPuneKolhapurThanePalghar21Women's Premier League ↑promote ↓relegatePDFA Women's Division ↑promoteKolhapur Women's League ↑promoteThane District Women’s League ↑promotePalghar DFA Women's League ↑promote32Women's Super League ↑promote1 division
Management
OfficeNamePresidentPraful PatelVice-president(s)Haresh VoraMalojiraje ChhatrapatiVishwajeet KadamShrikant ShindeSunil DhandeSecretaryKiran ChouguleAssistant Secretary(s)Sushilkumar SurveKhaja AnsariAhmed LalaniTreasurerSalim Parkote
See also List of Indian state football associations Football in India Mumbai Football Association
References
External links WIFA Website Poona District Football Association Kolhapur United Football Association,(KUFA)