The Tamil Nadu Football Association (also known as Tamilnadu; abbreviated as TNFA), 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,4th Tamil Nadu State Ranking Tournament 2004 indianfootball.de. Retrieved 16 August 20215th Tamil Nadu State Ranking Tournament 2005/06 indianfootball.de. Retrieved 16 August 2021.6th Tamil Nadu State Ranking Tournament 2007 indianfootball.de. Retrieved 16 August 2021 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 (Chennai Super League)India regional tournaments 1997/98 Rsssf. Retrieved 16 August 2021 is conducted by the Chennai Football Association (CFA), 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 Tamil Nadu football team Tamil Nadu under-20 football team Tamil Nadu under-15 football team Tamil Nadu under-13 football team
Women Tamil Nadu women's football team Tamil Nadu women's under-19 football team Tamil Nadu women's under-17 football team
Affiliated district associations All 38 districts of Tamil Nadu are affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Football Association.
No. Association DistrictPresident 1 Ariyalur District Football Association Ariyalur 2 Chengalpattu District Football Association Chengalpattu 3 Chennai Football Association Chennai 4 Coimbatore district Football Association Coimbatore 5 Cuddalore district Football Association Cuddalore 6 Dharmapuri district Football Association Dharmapuri 7 Dindigul district Football Association Dindigul 8 Erode district Football Association Erode 9 Kallakurichi district Football Association Kallakurichi 10 Kancheepuram district Football Association Kancheepuram 11 Kanyakumari district Football Association Kanyakumari 12 Karur district Football Association Karur 13 Krishnagiri district Football Association Krishnagiri 14 Madurai district Football Association Madurai 15 Mayiladuthurai district Football Association Mayiladuthurai 16 Nagapattinam district Football Association Nagapattinam 17 Namakkal district Football Association Namakkal 18 Nilgiris district Football Association Nilgiris 19 Perambalur district Football Association Perambalur 20 Pudukkottai district Football Association Pudukkottai 21 Ramanathapuram district Football Association Ramanathapuram 22 Ranipet district Football Association Ranipet 23 Salem district Football Association Salem 24 Sivaganga district Football Association Sivaganga 25 Tenkasi district Football Association Tenkasi 26 Thanjavur district Football Association Thanjavur 27 Theni district Football Association Theni 28 Thoothukudi district Football Association Thoothukudi 29 Tiruchirappalli district Football Association Tiruchirappalli 30 Tirunelveli district Football Association Tirunelveli 31 Tirupathur district Football Association Tirupathur 32 Tiruppur district Football Association Tiruppur 33 Tiruvallur district Football Association Tiruvallur 34 Tiruvannamalai district Football Association Tiruvannamalai 35 Tiruvarur district Football Association Tiruvarur 36 Vellore district Football Association Vellore 37 Viluppuram district Football Association Viluppuram 38 Virudhunagar district Football Association Virudhunagar
Competitions Club level
Men's Chennai Football League Tamil Nadu State League TFA Shield Vittal Trophy
Women's Tamil Nadu Women's League
Tamil Nadu Football League pyramid Chennai Football LeagueTierDivision1(Level 5 on Indian football pyramid)CFA Senior Division↑promote (I-League 3) ↓relegate2(Level 6 on Indian football pyramid)CFA First Division↑promote ↓relegate3(Level 7 on Indian football pyramid)CFA Second Division↑promote ↓relegate4(Level 8 on Indian football pyramid)CFA Third Division↑promote ↓relegate5(Level 9 on Indian football pyramid)CFA Fourth Division↑promote
See also Football in India
References
External links Tamil Nadu Football Association at the AIFF official website