Tata Football Academy (Tata FA or TFA) is a football academy based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, sponsored by Tata Steel, which formerly owned ISL outfit Jamshedpur FC. It is one of the renowned and leading football academies in the country.
History Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata envisaged not only Asia's first fully integrated Steel Plant but also the model township of Jamshedpur. He advised his son, Sir Dorab Tata, to earmark "areas for Football, hockey and Parks... ". Tata Steel's commitment to sports, in fact, preceded the building of the township. The aforesaid letter was written in 1902 and the site for Jamshedpur selected in 1907.
Indian footballers Chuni Goswami and Arun Ghosh served as directors of TFA from 1986 to 1989, 1989 to 1997 and 1997 to 2003 respectively.
In November 2017, it was announced that TFA will tie-up with La Liga giants Atlético Madrid, to enhance and strengthen its existing programmes for promoting Indian football. It was also announced that, TFA is to be renamed as Tata Atletico Football Academia.
In March 2019, Carlos Santamarina was appointed as the head coach of TFA. Santamarina has been involved with Atlético Madrid's youth coaching set up, which includes development and coaching of kids in the age group of U-15, U-14, U-13 and U-12.
Honours Domestic competitions National Football League II Champions (1): 2005–06 I-League U19 Champions (2): 2014, 2008 Runners-up (1): 2013 IFA Shield Champions (1): 2016 Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup Champions (1): 2003 Independence Day Cup Runners-up (1): 1999 Bordoloi Trophy Champions (1): 2000 All Airlines Gold Cup Runners-up (1): 1991 Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup Champions (1): 2004 Darjeeling Gold Cup Champions (1): 2011 Hot Weather Football Championship Runners-up (1): 2004List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Hot Weather Football Championship: Himachal Pradesh indianfootball.de. Retrieved 16 August 2021. Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup Champions (1): 2005 All India Sambalpur Gold Cup Runners-up (1): 2009
Partnerships Atlético Madrid (until 2011) Sheffield United F.C. (2011–?)
See also Jamshedpur FC
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