Assam Football Association

The Assam Football Association (AFA) is one of the 37 Indian state football associations that are affiliated to the All India Football Federation. It governs football in the state of Assam, India and also administers the Assam men's and women's football teams. It sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship.

Assam Football Association

Sport	Football
Jurisdiction	Assam
Membership	27 district associations
Abbreviation	AFA
Founded	1946 (1946)[1]
Affiliation	All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Headquarters	Guwahati
President	Naba Kumar Doley
Secretary	Dr. Sangrang Brahma

History

The Assam Football Association was formed in 1946, with Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as its president and B. Roy Chowdhury as its secretary.^[2] However, football had been played in the region even before the independence of India. It is affiliated to the AIFF, Assam council of sports and Assam Olympic Association. Manipur was part of Assam Football Association, until they got the affiliation from AIFF in 1973. The Assam FA conducts inter-district football tournaments of various age groups for men and women as well as divisional football leagues in the state. AFA introduced the top division Assam State Premier League from 2008. Naba Kumar Doley is in the current president and Dr. Sangrang Brahma is the honorary secretary of Assam FA.^[3][4]

State teams

Men Assam football team Assam under-20 football team Assam under-15 football team Assam under-13 football team

Women Assam women's football team Assam women's under-19 football team Assam women's under-17 football team

Competitions

District level

Men's Khirod Baruah Senior Inter-District Football Championship Men's youth Santosh Lahkar Junior Inter-District Football Championship (Boys Under-17) Satindra Mohan Dev Sub-Junior Inter-District Football Championship (Boys Under-15)

Women's Gobinda Ram Mour and Banarshi Devi Senior Women's Inter-District Football Championship

Club level

Men's Assam State Premier League Assam Club Championship

Women's Assam Women's League

Youth

• Assam Youth League _{(Under-13, Under-15 & Under-17)}

Futsal

• Assam Futsal Championship

Assam Football League pyramid

Level	State leagues
1	Assam State Premier League 8 clubs ↑ promote 1 ↓ relegate 2
2	Assam Club Championship 38 clubs ↑ promote 2 no relegation

Evolution

Years		1946	1947–1952	1952–1955	1955–2008	2008–2015	2015–2023	2023–present
Level
Men's
State leagues	1	Formation of Indian Football Association (IFA)	None			Assam State Premier League	Not held	Assam State Premier League
Cup competitions			All India Independence Day Cup
			None	Bordoloi Trophy
			None		ATPA Shield
Women's
State leagues	1		None					Assam Women's League

Guwahati Sports Association

Senior
		Tier	League(s)/Division(s)
		1	Guwahati Premier Football League 16 clubs
		2	GSA A Division Football League 8 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2
		3	GSA B Division Football League 10 clubs ↑ promote 2 ↓ relegate 2
		4	GSA C Division Football League 10 clubs ↑ promote 2 no relegation
Youth		GSA Youth & Kids League(U7 to U17)

See also

• All India Independence Day Cup
• Bordoloi Trophy
• ATPA Shield
• Bodousa Cup
• Bodoland Martyrs Gold Cup
• List of Indian state football associations
• Football in India