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New Delhi: It was an elite gathering as Owners and Top Officials from the Hero I-League clubs met the All India Football Federation President Praful Patel at a posh Hotel in the Capital on Thursday (July 23) evening. Besides, Kushal Das, General Secretary, All India Football Federation and Sunando Dhar, CEO, I-League, were also present.<\/p>\n
The Meeting, very much informal, unanimously decided to create a joint concerted effort for the development of the Hero I-League and “build up a hype around the League.”<\/p>\n
It was decided that the Clubs would nominate two Committees to promote the Hero I-League better. The two Committees – a Marketing and Technical Committee would be part of a joint Committee working collectively with all other stakeholders involving the League.<\/p>\n
Patel stressed that the Hero I-League stays the “primary League of the Country.”<\/p>\n
“The AIFF supports the Hero I-League to the fullest and we will continue to do so,” he stated.<\/p>\n
Dhar, recently back from an AFC Workshop in Singapore also informed about the possibility of paying a visit to top some European Leagues to “witness and learn on marketing and fan development.”<\/p>\n
“Clubs can also have a look at the match day operations, youth development programmes, etc, and it can be planned in September,” he proposed, much to the appreciation from the participating Clubs.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Patel congratulated and welcomed newcomers Aizawl FC into the Hero I-League.<\/p>\n
Robert Royte, President, Aizawl FC, the newly promoted Team into the Hero I-League invited all the Clubs to witness Aizawl FC’s opening match in the League.<\/p>\n
“We are a Club who have reaped huge benefits from our Academy system. We invite you all to come over and watch us. That would be a huge encouragement for us,” he informed.<\/p>\n
The list of representatives from the Hero I-League Clubs stay as follows:<\/p>\n
Srinjoy Bose, Debashish Dutta (McDowell Mohun Bagan); Parth Jindal, Mustafa Ghouse, Mandhar Tamhane (Bengaluru FC); Debabrata Sarkar, Amit Sen, Arunava Bhattacharya (Kingfisher East Bengal); Nandan Piramal, Chirag Tanna (Pune FC); Atul Badgamia (Mumbai FC); Peter Vaz, Victor Fernandez (Sporting Clube de Goa); Larsing Sawyan (Shillong Lajong FC); Kunal Aggarwal (Bharat FC); Robert Royte (Aizawl FC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: It was an elite gathering as Owners and Top Officials from the Hero I-League clubs met the All India Football Federation President Praful Patel at a posh Hotel in the Capital on Thursday (July 23) evening. Besides, Kushal Das, General Secretary, All India Football Federation and Sunando Dhar, CEO, I-League, were also present.<\/p>\n
The Meeting, very much informal, unanimously decided to create a joint concerted effort for the development of the Hero I-League and “build up a hype around the League.”<\/p>\n
It was decided that the Clubs would nominate two Committees to promote the Hero I-League better. The two Committees – a Marketing and Technical Committee would be part of a joint Committee working collectively with all other stakeholders involving the League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"\n