Tata Football Academy
Full nameTata Football Academy
Nickname(s)TFA
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)[1]
GroundJRD Tata Sports Complex
Tinplate Sports Complex
Capacity24,424
5,000
LeagueDevelopment League[a]
Indian Elite League U–18
Indian Elite League U–15
Indian Elite League U–13
WebsiteClub website

Tata Football Academy (Tata FA or TFA) is a football academy based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand,[2][3] sponsored by Tata Steel, which owns ISL outfit Jamshedpur FC.[4][5] It is one of the renowned and leading football academies in the country.[6]

History

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata envisaged not only Asia's first fully integrated Steel Plant but also the model township of Jamshedpur. He advised his son, Sir Dorab Tata, to earmark "areas for Football, hockey and Parks... ". Tata Steel's commitment to sports, in fact, preceded the building of the township. The aforesaid letter was written in 1902 and the site for Jamshedpur selected in 1907.[citation needed]

Indian footballers Chuni Goswami and Arun Ghosh served as director of TFA from 1986 to 1989 and 1997 to 2003 respectively.[7][8]

In November 2017, it was announced that TFA will tie-up with La Liga giants Atlético Madrid,[9] to enhance and strengthen its existing programmes for promoting Indian football. It was also announced that, TFA is to be renamed as Tata Atletico Football Academia.[10]

In March 2019, Carlos Santamarina was appointed as the head coach of TFA.[11] Santamarina has been involved with Atlético Madrid's youth coaching set up, which includes development and coaching of kids in the age group of U-15, U-14, U-13 and U-12.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Partnerships

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The players participate as a part of the Jamshedpur FC's youth team.

References

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  4. ^ "Tata Steel successfully bids for the Jamshedpur team of ISL". The Economic Times. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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  6. ^ Media Team, AIFF (12 May 2023). "Federation declares PK Banerjee's birth anniversary as AIFF Grassroots Day". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  7. ^ Das, G. C. (14 September 2008). "Indian Legendary Football Players Profile: CHUNI GOSWAMI". www.kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  8. ^ Roy, Gautam; Ball, Swapan (2007). "East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players". www.eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  9. ^ "TFA tie-up with Atletico de Madrid". Tata Steel Official Website. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  10. ^ "TFA Re-named to TATA Atletico Football Academia After Tie-up With Atletico de Madrid". News 18. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  11. ^ "TFA ties up with Atletico, names Santamarina as coach". News 18. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  12. ^ Arunava Choudhary. "National Football League Second Division". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  13. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2008). "I-League (under-19) 2008/09". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  14. ^ "IFA Shield: Tata Football Academy wins the 120th IFA Shield". 7 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
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  18. ^ Arunava Chaudhary. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Airlines Gold Cup". Indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  19. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  20. ^ "14th All India Darjeeling Gold Cup: PREVIOUS WINNERS". kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  21. ^ List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Hot Weather Football Championship: Himachal Pradesh Archived 22 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine indianfootball.de. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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  23. ^ a b Kundu, Abhishek (28 June 2019). "10 Partnerships between Indian and European football clubs which broke down". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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