MFA Veterans League to commence on July 22

by Chittu Shetty July 20, 2022

The groups and fixtures for the MFA Veterans League has been revealed with the tournament scheduled to kick off on July 22nd, 2022.

The Neville D’souza Football Turf in Bandra will play host to Mumbai’s Veteran Footballers in this latest MFA initiative of bringing the entire city; all age groups, all genders and the entire community in the footballing arena to develop this beautiful game.

As many as sixteen teams will take part in the tournament, divided into four groups of four teams each with the top teams from each group entering the semifinals.

The group stage of the tournament will run from July 22nd to August 13th with the Semifinals to be played on August 18th followed by the finals on August 20th.

MFA Veterans Tournament 2022 groups:

Group A: Golden Gunners, Tarun Sporting, Life Long Veterans, UKFC

Group B: Mumbai Knights, Madanpura United, Offshorts FC, Colaba Young Stars

Group C: Ambernath United (MYJ), Mumbai United, Thane Veterans, Sunday Boys

Group D: CRSA, Mumbai Port Trust, Ace Veterans, Future Star

Fixtures of the league are available here – MFA Veterans League Fixture

RULES OF THE TOURNAMENT:

‘Fit to play’ declaration is compulsory for all the players.
Each half of 20 mins with 10 mins break.
Squad size: 11 + 9.
Rolling substitutes.
2 Yellow cards = 1 match suspension.
Cut-off Date For MFA Veterans Tournament
- Players Born Before 30/06/1977 will come under the 45+ year age category.
- Players Born Between 01/07/1977 to 30/06/1982 will come under the 40 to 45 year age category.
Maximum 6 players should be from the age group: 40 – 45.
Maximum 3 players from the age group of 40 – 45 shall be allowed to play at any given time.

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