New Delhi: All India Football Federation\u2019s Club Licensing Committee \u2013 First Instance Body \u2013 met at the AIFF Football House on Wednesday (May 21, 2014).<\/p>\n
Based on the documents provided by all the parties concerned and the Inspection conducted by the AIFF Inspection Team in the month of April\/May, the Committee found that nine out of the 14 applicants have made the grade while four have failed.<\/p>\n
Newly promoted Royal Wahingdoh have been given an one-time exemption applicable for a year only to tick all the boxes. The clubs are expected to meet several legal, administrative, sporting, infrastructure and financial criteria.<\/p>\n
\u201cWahingdoh have done exceptionally well in several departments of Club Licensing in such a short time since qualifying for the I-League,\u201d Committee Chairman Dr. Girija Mungali told www.the-aiff.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey deserve a leeway given to them under the Licensing regulations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Bengaluru FC, Dempo SC, Pune FC, Salgaocar SC, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Sporting Clube de Goa, Mumbai FC, and Shillong Lajong FC have successfully fulfilled the Licensing Criteria while United SC, Churchill Brothers, Mohammedan Sporting and Rangdajied United have not been up to the mark, thus bringing down the curtains on their participation in the forthcoming Football Season 2014\/15 starting with the I-League in December.<\/p>\n
Mumbai FC and Shillong Lajong though have been granted only the National License compared to their counterparts who have both National as well as the AFC Certificate.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth these clubs do not have AFC A class Stadium, but were fully compliant of the infrastructure requirement for the National License,\u201d AIFF\u2019s Club Licensing Manager Ms. Roma Khanna stated.<\/p>\n
Hailing the remarkable progress of the clubs since last year when the Committee was formed for the first time, Dr. Mungali said: \u201cThe nine clubs who have granted the License have come a long way since last year when only Pune FC passed. They have all passed with flying colours and it is a heartening sign for Indian Football. Clubs becoming professional is the best thing that can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have taken Licensing very seriously and credit goes to AIFF. The Governing Body has played its role to perfection sensitizing the issue s very diligently,\u201d the Chairman added.<\/p>\n
FIFA Regional Developmental Officer for South and Central Asia Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran, Advocate Mr. Ushanath Banerjee, and Mr. Punkaj Jain, Chartered Accountant, and Airtel I-League CEO Mr. Sunando Dhar are the other members of the First Instance Body.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe message has gone across that AIFF is very serious on Licensing and I am glad at the progress of the clubs,\u201d League CEO Dhar said. \u201cWe have conducted two to three seminars since the First Instance Body met for the first time and gave the clubs a year\u2019s exemption. We have been there to help the clubs at all time and we are committed to further aiding them in each and every department of Club Licensing. It\u2019s nice to see most of them responding so well,\u201d the CEO added.<\/p>\n
Licensing is an annual process where all clubs eligible to compete based on sporting merit need to have a License under the AIFF\u2019s Indian Club Licensing system.<\/p>\n
Last year, only Pune FC stood tall in meeting the requirements with all other clubs being given a once in a lifetime one-year exemption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: All India Football Federation\u2019s Club Licensing Committee \u2013 First Instance Body \u2013 met at the AIFF Football House on Wednesday (May 21, 2014).<\/p>\n
Based on the documents provided by all the parties concerned and the Inspection conducted by the AIFF Inspection Team in the month of April\/May, the Committee found that nine out of the 14 applicants have made the grade while four have failed.<\/p>\n
Newly promoted Royal Wahingdoh have been given an one-time exemption applicable for a year only to tick all the boxes. The clubs are expected to meet several legal, administrative, sporting, infrastructure and financial criteria.<\/p>\n
\u201cWahingdoh have done exceptionally well in several departments of Club Licensing in such a short time since qualifying for the I-League,\u201d Committee Chairman Dr. Girija Mungali told www.the-aiff.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey deserve a leeway given to them under the Licensing regulations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n