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| AIFF Emergency Committee Meet made some important Announcements |
Praful Patel, the President of the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) chaired the AIFF Emergency Committee Meeting at Udyog Bhawan
in Delhi on Monday, 27th May 2013. Beside him few others who were a
part of the meeting were, AIFF General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das and Senior
Vice-President Mr. Subrata Dutta, Vice-Presidents Mr. Shrinivas Dempo, Mr.
Larsing Sawyan, AIFF Treasurer Mr. Hardev Jadeja and I-League Chairman AR Khaleel.
These following decisions were taken by the Committee:
Regarding
New Teams in i-League 2013-14
The Emergency Committee ratified the decision of the Bid
Evaluation Committee to provisionally clear JSW (to be based in Bangalore) and Mumbai
Tigers (to be based in Mumbai)
to play in the 2013-14 edition of the I-League. As regards the bid from the Consortium from Kerala, certain clarifications have been sought,
post which a decision would be taken.
Championship
side, Queens Park Rangers have given a tentative proposal to participate in the
I-League from 2014-15 onwards
after fulfilling all the criteria and Standards as required.
2013-14
i-League to follow Conference Model
The 2013-14
I-League season which will kick-off in August
2013 will be divided as per the
Conference Model, the Eastern Conference and Western Conference. The
top-four from each Conference would advance to play the final round.
Every
Club playing in the I-League will have to abide by the Indian Club Licensing
Criteria, the failure of which they would not
be allowed to participate in the League.
Each I-League Club would be allowed to register a maximum 30 players out of which a minimum five U-23 Players.
Minimum
two U-23 players need to be in the Final 18 and at least one in the
Final Playing XI.
The Committee also set up a deadline for existing I-League Clubs by which the existing Clubs would have to
start constructing their own Stadium/refurbish an existing Stadium latest by
June 1, 2015, the failure of which the defaulters
would be axed from the League.
One Club
barring JSW and Mumbai Tigers would be relegated from the 2013-14 edition of the I-League and they would
be replaced by a promoted Club from the 2nd Division League.
The participating
fee for existing Clubs for the I-League has been increased from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 500,000.
For the 2013-14 edition of the I-League, the Committee
decided to increase the number of
Foreign Recruits to four. Every Club would be allowed to register and play all four Foreign Recruits (3+1).
2013-14
i-League Second Division
The Second Division
League will have a qualifying round and the Clubs would require to pay for
their travel and stay. However, the expenses
for the Final Phase would be borne by AIFF.
The Club Licensing Criteria
would be applicable to the 2nd Division
League as well.
There would be a participating
fee of Rs. 100,000 for all participating Clubs in the 2nd Division League.
Every Club would be allowed
to field one Foreign Recruit in the 2nd Division
League.
U-20
(U-19) i-League 2013-14
The
age-limit for the U-20 Tournament for I-League Clubs have been brought down to
U-19. All the Clubs would be required to field Teams in the U-19 Tournament.
Besides, AIFF Academies and Private
Academies would also be a part of the U-19 Tournament. It’s also mandatory for
all the 2nd Division
League Clubs to field a Team in the Tournament.
All teams playing in the U-19 Tournament would have to
bear the cost of travel and stay for the Regional Rounds. However, the AIFF will bear the expenses for the final
phase.
Cap
on Maximum Number of Teams in i-League and Second Division i-League from a City
It was decided that there would a Cap of maximum of five teams from any particular City in I-League and 2nd Division put together. The Teams would
have to qualify based on the performance in the local Leagues. If additional Teams from Goa and Kolkata
qualify in subsequent editions, those particular Teams have to relocate and play in a different venue subject to approval
of AIFF/I-League.
By the
2015-16 season onwards, not more than two teams from any particular venue/city
would be allowed to play in the I-League except for Kolkata and Goa where not
more than three would be allowed keeping in mind their historical contribution
to Football.
Besides, all Clubs
participating in any State Association League would be allowed to register
and field two Foreign Recruits in a
match.
Change
in Federation Cup Format
The Committee decided to change the format of the
Federation Cup. The next edition will be played on a Home and Away basis on a knock-out system including the semifinals.
The Champions will earn the right to host the following edition’s Final match.
Database
of All Registered Players
The Committee endorsed the idea of creating a database of all registered Football Players
in the Country.
Regarding
IPL Style Football League by IMG-R and other points
It was also unanimously decided to make amendments to the
AIFF Constitution as per the Directives of the Ministry of Sports and Youth
Affairs in regard to age and tenure.
The Committee felt that a discussion should be initiated
with Pailan Group.
Meanwhile, AIFF’s Marketing Partners IMG-R made a
presentation regarding the newly proposed League which kicks-off in January
2014.
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