The Assam Football Association (AFA) is one of the 37 Indian State Football Associations that are affiliated to the

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. It governs

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in the state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, India and also administers the Assam men's and

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football teams.

Naba Kumar Doley Naba Kumar Doley (born 17 July 1971) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He was elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2011 and 2016 from Dhakuakhana constituency. He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal-led ...

is in the charge of current president and Dr. Sangrang Brahma is the general secretary of Assam FA.

History

Assam Football Association was formed in 1946, but the game of football has been played since before independence of India. It is affiliated to the AIFF, Assam council of sports and Assam Olympic Association.

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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

. Its highest division league is Assam State Premier League.

Assam football pyramid

The Assam football structure is based on two state level leagues; the top division Assam State Premier League and second division Assam Club Championship, followed by the district leagues which can go on for many levels. AFA organises the following inter district tournaments for various categories:

Men's

* Khirod Baruah Senior Inter-District Football Championship

Women's

* Gobinda Ram Mour and Banarshi Devi Senior Women's Inter-District Football Championship

Youth

* 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

The Guwahati Sports Association (GSA) has a four-tier structure of leagues for the Guwahati based clubs of the state.

References

External links

Assam Football Association
at the

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