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Hosting two FIFA World Cups in under four years, and top-notch performances by National Teams in International competitions have defined Indian Football in the last 5 years.<\/p>\nHosting two FIFA World Cups in under four years, and top-notch performances by National Teams in International competitions have defined Indian Football in the last 5 years.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the sidelines of FICCI\u2019s GOAL Summit 2019, AIFF\u2019s Senior Vice President, Mr Subrata Datta said: \u201cIndian Football his growing exponentially. It has grown by leaps and bounds. The holistic development of Indian football over the last few years has been a major achievement, and all associated with it should be proud.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIndian football is being talked about in the nook and corner of the world, be it in terms of our National Teams, or the FIFA World Cups that we have hosted, and will host,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
India hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 in 2017 and is slated to the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in 2020. The performances of the Indian National Teams have been noteworthy as well, especially the senior team\u2019s 4-1 win against Thailand in the AFC Asian Cup, the women\u2019s team clinching the 5th successive SAFF title in a row, and the U-16 team reaching the quarterfinals of the AFC U-16 Finals, before going down by a solitary goal against Korea Republic.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have six FIFA approved stadiums, and we plan to add four more to them by 2022. The National Centre of Excellence which is coming up in West Bengal will be a state of the art centre which will help in the training of players, coaches, referees and officials,\u201d the Senior Vice President explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we have 60 accredited academies coupled with youth leagues and baby leagues. There are over 650 baby leagues being conducted with over 30,000 kids participating and this number will double over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hosting two FIFA World Cups in under four years, and top-notch performances by National Teams in International competitions have defined Indian Football in the last 5 years. Speaking on the sidelines of FICCI\u2019s GOAL Summit 2019, AIFF\u2019s Senior Vice President, Mr Subrata Datta said: \u201cIndian Football his growing exponentially. It has grown by leaps and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news"],"yoast_head":"\n