# All India Sevens Football

All India Sevens Football was a sevens football tournament held in South India. Professional sevens football is predominantly popular in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, especially in the Malabar regions, and in other parts of South India. The matches in Sevens tournaments are often played to fully packed stadiums. All India sevens players have more technical ability than elevens players and games can be physical, In All India Sevens Football, new clubs cannot be formed and existing clubs can be sold All India Sevens tournaments have also attracted players from other parts of India, as well as international players including some from Africa. Matches are held from November to May (suspended during the monsoon break).

## Format

The All India Sevens Football is a 60 minute game with two halves of 30 minutes each. The maximum number of substitutions that can be made in a match is three, A club can register 6 foreign players and 10 domestic players. Three foreign players can play simultaneously. Two unsigned guest players can be fielded. Clubs spend between one lakh (Rs. 1,00,000) to seven lakh to sign one player, the leading team, Al Madeena Cherpulassery, spent around one crore (Rs. 1,00,00,000) for the 2022-23 season alone. The marketing potential of the All India Sevens is endless, so clubs have no difficult to get sponsorship

## Venue

Matches are played on a field completely surrounded by galleries, matches of big teams like Al Madeena Cherpulassery, Fifa Manjeri, Super Studio Malappuram fetch ticket revenue of Rs 5 lakh to 7 lakh per day for a single match.

## Clubs

| Club | Location |
| Al Madeena Cherpulassery | Cherpulassery |
| Fifa Manjeri | Manjeri |
| Super Studio Malappuram | Malappuram |
| Royal Travels Kozhikode | Kozhikode |
| Town Team Areacode | Areacode |
| Mediguard Areacode | Areacode |
| KRS C Kozhikode | Kozhikode |
| FC Perinthalmanna | Perinthalmanna |
| FC Trikaripur | Trikaripur |
| Hitachi Trikaripur | Trikaripur |
| FitWell Kozhikode | Kozhikode |
| FC Kondotty | Kondotty |
| Essa Group Base Perumbavoor | Perumbavoor |
| Linsha Medicals Mannarkkad | Mannarkkad |
| Abhilash Kuppooth | Kuppooth |
| Soccer Shoranur | Shoranur |
| Gymkhana Thrissur | Thrissur |
| Usha FC Alukkas Thrissur | Thrissur |
| Sastha Medicals Thrissur | Thrissur |
| Jawahar Mavoor | Mavoor |
| Saban Kottakkal | Kottakkal |
| United FC Nellikkuth | Nellikkuth |
| KFC Kalikavu | Kalikavu |
| Real FC Thennala | Tennala |
| Euro Sports Padanna | Padne |
| AFC Ambalavayal | Ambalavayal |
| FlyWorld Sky Blue Edappal | Edappal |
| KDS FC Kizhisseri | Kizhisseri |
| Lucky Soccer Kottappuram | Kottappuram |
| Udaya ParambilPeedika | Parambil Peedika |
| Town Sports Club Valapattanam | Valapattanam |
| Hunters Kuthuparamba | Kuthuparamba |
| KMG Mavoor | Mavoor |
| BFC Pandikkad | Pandikkad |

## Club ownership and sale

New clubs cannot be formed in All India Sevens Football and the Sevens Football Association (SFA) is not ready to induct another permanent member as there are 31 clubs with permanent registration. So those who need clubs should buy existing clubs by paying money. Under Sevens Football Association rules, a club must be owned by a single person. Owners of smaller clubs have also raised the base value of their clubs to Rs 20 lakh as the big money investor Essa Group, who were sacked from Al Madeena Cherpulassery for the 2023 season, sought a club of their own. Essa Group then acquired the ownership rights of Base Perumbavoor. New owners are not allowed to change the name of a club they own, and under Sevens Football Association (SFA) rules, the club must play a minimum of 3 seasons under the old name after the club has been sold. SFA does not allow another club to register to Malappuram district as there are more clubs from Malappuram district.

## Sponsorship and branding

The front, back and sleeves of the shirt can be sold for advertising by various companies The shirt must have the Sevens Football Association (SFA) badge on the sleeve and the club name must be printed on the front or back of the shirt. A club may accept only one annual sponsor per season, and that sponsor may be contracted for any number of years. A club with an annual sponsor may only accept a maximum of 6 regional sponsorships per season, but a club without an annual sponsor may accept a maximum of 12 regional sponsorships per season.