Assam Football Association

Abbreviation	AFA
Formation	1946; 78 years ago (1946)[1]
Headquarters	Guwahati
Region served	Assam, India
Membership	27 district associations
President	Naba Kumar Doley
Secretary	Dr. Sangrang Brahma
Parent organization	All India Football Federation (AIFF)

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.

History

Assam Football Association was formed in 1946, but the game has been played since 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 charge of current president and Dr. Sangrang Brahma is the honorary secretary of Assam FA.^[2][3]

Competitions & structure

The Assam football league system consists of the Assam State Premier League as highest division, followed by the lower divisions and the district leagues.

Men's club

Men's tournament

• Khirod Baruah Senior Inter-District Football Championship

Futsal

• Assam Futsal Championship

Women's

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

Youth

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

• Santosh Lahkar Junior Inter-District Football Championship _{(Boys Under-17)}

• Satindra Mohan Dev Sub-Junior Inter-District Football Championship _{(Boys Under-15)}

Guwahati Sports Association