under 13 league Archives - Football Counter https://www.footballcounter.com/tag/under-13-league/ The Home of Indian Football Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:19:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://static.footballcounter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/15041743/cropped-footballcounter-logo2-32x32.png under 13 league Archives - Football Counter https://www.footballcounter.com/tag/under-13-league/ 32 32 U-13 National League to kick off next year, confirms AIFF Gen. Secretary Kushal Das https://www.footballcounter.com/2016/u-13-national-league-to-kick-off-next-year-confirms-aiff-gen-secretary-kushal-das/ https://www.footballcounter.com/2016/u-13-national-league-to-kick-off-next-year-confirms-aiff-gen-secretary-kushal-das/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2016 08:19:00 +0000 http://www.footballcounter.com/?p=18712 Development of the grassroots level in the sport signifies the growth we overall make with more opportunities and upbringing of talent factory in the nation. Same is done by All...

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]]> Development of the grassroots level in the sport signifies the growth we overall make with more opportunities and upbringing of talent factory in the nation. Same is done by All India Football Federation, who is going to launch an Under- 13 National League next year.
AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das said that he is committed to increasing the reach of the sport to the kids as this year 2017 is the best to take up such initiative being the year of FIFA U-17 World Cup taking place in India.
The league would be open to Under- 13 teams of the Indian Super league, I-League and AIFF certified academics.
Adding further Das said “After the success of Under-19 I-League and Under-15 League, the Under-13 League is the next step in the structure which takes us closer to the grassroots,”
AIFF Technical Director Scott O’Donnell said the Under-13 League would be one in the “right direction”.
“Playing competitive football plays a big role in a player’s development. There are some school tournaments for that age-group but with most of them being knock-out ones, the kids lose out when their team loses,” he said.
“The Under-13 League will ensure that the players get to play a minimum number of games.”
AIFF, following an academy certification system, ensures that academies with right philosophy will be given preference.
AIFF also organised a three-day Advanced grassroots course whose motive was the identification of talent and was of great relevance to the Under- 13 National League.

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