With eight talented teams competing at the Kes Kandivali turf, there is sure to be plenty of action and excitement on the pitch.

TSFL team has been working hard to prepare for the season, and you can expect to see some top-notch football. Whether you are a die-hard fan or just looking for a fun way to spend your Sunday evenings, The Sunday Football League has something for everyone.

So mark your calendars and get ready for some top-quality football. The Sunday Football League season 4 trials will be held in 4th week of Jan 2023, the final date will be updated to you via WhatsApp once you fill in the form, and you won’t want to miss it!

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Both the teams, The Soccer Academy and Sacred Heart played an attacking game and there was plenty of excitement throughout. The Soccer Academy held their nerves and did well to score through the efforts of Krish Karpan, Aamir Shaikh and Vansh Wadhwa, while Sacred Heart scored through Aryan Pangerkar and Vighnesh Kasturi. Mohammad Ali Kitekar of The Soccer Academy was named ‘Player of the match’.

In another last 8 encounter, FC Vigour and Total Football Academy played out a goalless draw in normal time. But, FC Vigour went on to defeat Total Football Academy 4-1 via the tie-breaker to move into the semi-final. Daksh Waghela, Sujal Bhat, Manthan Waghela and Sameer Edareehi, all successful converted from the penalty spot to seal FC Vigyour’s win, while only Prince D’Souza could score for the losing side. Sujal Bhat of FC Vigour was declared ‘Player of the match’.

Results – Boys’ under-14 (quarter-finals): FC Vigour 4 (Daksh Waghela, Sujal Bhat, Manthan Waghela, Sameer Edareehi) beat Total Football Academy 1 (Prince D’Souza). Player of the match: Sujal Bhat (FC Vigour).

The Soccer Academy 3 (Krish Karpan, Aamir Shaikh, Vansh Wadhwa) beat Sacred Hearts High School, Worli 2 (Aryan Pangerkar, Vighnesh Kasturi). Player of the match: Mohammad Ali Kitekar (The Soccer Academy).

N United 4 (Rayaan Mohammad 2, Pramit Goel, MD Farook Sayyad Umar) beat Young Shall Grow 3 (Manas Shivpuri 2, Nair Shrey). Player of the match: Rayaan Mohammad (N United).

Aleida FC 4 (Piyush Jadhav 2, Divyang Sheram 2) beat Barça Academy 0. Player of the match: Divyang Sheram (Aleida FC).

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Besides Shaan’s fine efforts his teammates Anamay Arora, Erwyn D’Souza, Rayan Piparaiya and Vedant Roy, all contributed with a goal each to complete the winning tally. For Sportlead striker Shaksham Singh was in great form and scored all the three goals.

In another match, Holy Cross Convent School, Mira Road and Barça Academy, Mumbai shared honours as they played out a goalless draw.

In a boys’ under-8 match, Arnav Chaudhari netted  both the goals as Learn to Play, Mulund defeated Footie First, Andheri 2-0. Arnav won the ‘Player of the match’ award.

Results – Boys’ under 12: 

India Rush SC, Bandra 6 (Shaan Verma 2, Anamay Arora, Erwyn D’Souza, Rayan Piparaiya, Vedant Roy) beat Sportlead, Mira Road 3 (Shaksham Singh 3).

Player of the match: Vedansh Pilani (India Rush SC).

Holy Cross Convent School, Mira Road 0 drew with Barça Academy, Mumbai 0.

Player of the match: Kabir Thakkar (Barça Academy) & Ethan Parmar (Holy Cross Convent School).

Boys’ under-8: Learn to Play, Mulund 2 (Arnav Chaudhari 2) beat Footie First, Andheri 0.

Player of the match: Parth Gawde (Learn to Play).

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The hero of Baysides Sports’ victory was striker Ariana Jadwani who slammed home both the goals to complete the easy victory.

In another match of the same age group, India Rush SC, Thane blanked Sporko CFCI, Andheri by a comfortable 2-0 score line. Strikers Arjun Arora and Vivaan Hajirnis netted a goal each to secure India Rush win.

In the third match, Sri Ma Gurukul Green and Kandivali Football Club shared the spoils as they played out a 1-1 draw. Striker Tanvesh Nanda scored for Gurukul Green and Kandivali FC scored through Mitansh Salian.

Results – Boys’ Under 10: Bayside Sports 2 (Ariana Jadwani 2) beat SportLead FC 0.

Under 10: India Rush SC, Thane 2 (Arjun Arora, Vivaan Hajirnis) beat Sporko CFCI, Andheri 0.

Under 10: Sri Ma Gurukul Green 1 (Tanvesh Nanda) drew with Kandivali Football Club 1 (Mitansh Salian)

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Dishing out an attacking display Total Football Academy was well-served by striker Ahmed Shaikh who showed plenty of confidence and scored two crucial goals in lead the team to victory. Ahmed’s teammate, Vihan M. contributed towards the win by scoring the third goal to complete the winning tally.

Earlier, in a Boys’ under-10 encounter, NYN Sports, Powai proved too superior for Kickster Football Academy, Borivali and marched to a comfortable 7-0 victory.

The hero of NYN Sports fluent win was dashing striker Anurag Naik who netted four goals including a hat-trick. Playing the perfect supporting roles was striker Kushagra Deuskar who chipped in with two goals and Aarush Sinha who added one to complete NYN Sports big margin of victory.

Results – Boys’ under-14: Total Football Academy 3 (Ahmed Shaikh 2, Vihaan M.) beat Sacred Hearts High School, Worli 0.

Boys’ under-10: NYN Sports, Powai 7 (Anurag Naik 4, Kushagra Deuskar 2, Aarush Sinha) beat Kickster Football Academy, Borivali 0.

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IFLI TSL conducted a special event for both coaches and parents to mark the beginning of the 4th edition of The Sunday League in grand fashion with 4 prominent special guests and speakers gracing the occasion.

Young Footballers, who organizes “The Sunday League” under the aegis of Mumbai District football Association, has been trying to provide a long duration and full season engagement platform for young players to compete and improve their game. The grassroots level tournament mainly focuses on development of young players under the age group category of U8-U14. The league has been conceptualized with a long term vision to create more value and opportunities for the grassroots football ecosystem.

The day started with an interactive workshop with the parents where their contribution to the grassroots development was discussed. Dinesh Nair – Grassroots Head, Mumbai City FC and Director, AIFC emphasised on the importance of education and sports grooming together, How the kids should be pushed for sports but in the same way in education as well.

Mark Vassen (Head Coach Reliance Foundation Youth Champs) too joined in and talked about the dos and don’ts for the parents i.e. what they can do to help their child and how their behaviour is impacting players sports development.

Karthik Raman, CMO, IDBI Federal Life Insurance, Title Sponsor of IFLI – The Sunday League was in presence among the audience to encourage the coaches, parents and announced the league open.

In the afternoon session, interactions with coaches were held, where once again Dinesh Nair and Mark Vassen discussed about the coach’s role in grassroots football. Both talked about the holistic development of players and Coaches being a role model for the young kids. Another important point addressed was how coaches should concentrate on development aspect of the game rather than the results of the game at the grassroots level, letting their young players play with freedom and having some fun.

Former India International Nilesh Kulkarni then proceeded to talk about the India’s involvement in sports and the importance of these grassroots leagues in helping the country become a sporting nation. He further added about how management and administrative level work in sports Industry can be benefitted by the involvement of these sportsperson.

In the evening session, Ms. Anju Turambekar – head of AIFF grassroots development graced the occasion with her presence. She addressed the value of grassroots football and how seriously should it be taken by coaches. At the age of 8-12, instead of looking to win the game, the coaches should want their players to learn from it. As a Coach, the kids should be trained to handle the losses as well as their winning. How they react in those situations is important to be observed. “In grassroots football, there is no winning and losing only development.” stated Anju.

The day was concluded with the discussions of rules and format of the league with any queries from attending coaches about the league being addressed by the organisers.

IFLI The Sunday League will commence form October 13, 2019 and will run on every Sunday across 5 Zones around Mumbai and its suburbs for a period of nine months.

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IFLI TSL brings to you the Season Kick-Off, a special event for the coaches and the parents to mark the beginning of the 4th edition of The Sunday League in grand fashion with 4 prominent special guests and erudite speakers.

Grassroots tournaments and parent-coach meets don’t really go hand in hand usually in all of India. IFLI The Sunday League here brings an opportunity for the parents to understand how big and beautiful the game of football is and how their kids can actually make a career out of it and while it also makes the coaches realize that they have been doing a wonderful job over time and have been contributing to the development of football in the country.

Acknowledging progress and appreciating the betterment is very important to stay motivated to keep up with the good and never feel tired to do more. IFLI The Sunday League understands this very well and focuses on all round development of everyone they deal with which includes players, parents and the coaches.

The 4 prominent special guests and erudite speakers are:

1) Anju Turambekar (Head of Grassroots Development, AIFF)

Ms.Anju Turambekar heads the grassroots development of AIFF and is also the youngest woman to become an AFC A license coach.

2) Nilesh Kulkarni (Former India Cricketer, Founder-Director IISM)

After representing the national cricket team in 1997, Mr.Nilesh Kulkarni pioneered the beginning of Sports Management in the country by introducing International Institute of Sports Management (IISM) in Mumbai.

3) Dinesh Nair (Grassroots Head, Mumbai City FC and Director AIFC)

International footballer Mr. Dinesh Nair is also the Honorary CEO of Sporting Lions Foundation and Trustee to the Mumbai Football Arena.

4) Mark Vaessen (Head Coach Reliance Foundation Young Champs)

Mr.Mark Vaessen from Netherlands who is also a UEFA A License coach has been coaching teams since the last 23 years and is currently coaching the Reliance Foundation Young Champs.

IFLI The Sunday League starts from October 13, in the 5 Zones of Mumbai and its suburbs – Dadar, Andheri, Borivali, Thane and Navi Mumbai.

Written by – Rutik Dave

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Football to India even today is more of a fascination than a reality. Yes we are improving, we have our own leagues, and we have passionate players and crowds. But we’re still not good enough yet, this is the time where we are going through a transition, an important factor to determine the future in the game.

IFLI The Sunday League (TSL) is also part of this important transition, bringing in a change at the grassroots level of this beautiful game of Football. Beginning with the most promising city in the country – Mumbai, IFLI TSL is now more than just a tournament. It is rather an initiative that brings together the communities of football at the grassroots level to celebrate this festival of football.

The amount of passion for football in the country has never been short of whole heartedly wanting to see the country feature in a FIFA World Cup. But the facilities, the level of competition and the overall state of football have not lived up to the expectations yet. India lacks in proper grooming platform for young footballers which has often been a talking point of the debates on India’s lack of world class talent in Football and it is here that IFLI The Sunday League focuses on.

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By organizing the tournament for age groups of Under 8, Under 10, Under 12 and Under 14 spread across 5 Zones – Dadar, Andheri, Borivali, Thane and Navi Mumbai has assisted in the grassroots development of football in Mumbai. It has provided a much needed exposure to the future of the country that they deserve for the game they play with their heart. There is no other league in the country that provides a minimum of 10 league matches at grassroots level, runs for over a span of 9 months and has 5 knockout rounds depending on the team’s progress.

Children keep practicing the game all year but in-game exposure is something they lack which does affect their mindset at a very young age. For any footballer, it is important to improve and one improves drastically as their legs keep a frequent touch with the ball in a match making them CONFIDENT and AWARE of their game from the very start creating a pathway for a promising career. The league is scheduled over a span of 9 months to make sure it gives every individual and player ample time and space to reflect and improve what they do over the sweet Sundays.

It’s not just the young footballers for whom, this league facilitates and is created for; it’s also the parents and the coaches who play an equally important role in encouraging their children to be better versions of themselves over time. In India, in many cases parents don’t accept the concept of sport as a career feeling it’s not secure enough. The Sunday League here holds a special meet for the parents and the coaches to help make their perspective on sports better yet realistic. We carry this philosophy of not just organizing a tournament, but help contributing to a very important change in the perspective of the game.

Season 4 of IFLI The Sunday League will feature around 240 teams and will commence from October 13, 2019.

Written by – Rutik Dave

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