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What organization did All India Football Federation join in 1948?
All India Football Federation The All India Football Federation , simply known as the AIFF , is the governing body of association football in India and is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs , Government of India . Formed in 1937 , the federation was one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation , the overseer of football in Asia . The AIFF sanctions and runs all competitive football tournaments and leagues at a national level , namely the Indian Super League , I-League and Super Cup . The federation also indirectly manages local football competitions through the state associations . The federation is also responsible for managing the India national football team , as well as the womens team and the various youth national sides . The AIFF is also part of the South Asian Football Federation , the organization that runs football in South Asia . The federation is currently based in Dwarka , Delhi . History . Before the formation of the All India Football Federation ( AIFF ) , the de facto ruling body for association football in India were the Indian Football Association ( IFA ) . The IFA was founded in 1893 and ran the game in the Bengal region . The federation was mainly governed by Englishmen and served as the most powerful football body in the country during the early 20th century . Efforts to form a countrywide football federation were started in 1935 by the IFA when the federation , as well as seven other associations , met at a conference but no consensus could be reached . After differences in opinions and other conflicts were resolved , a meeting was conducted in March 1937 which would serve to be the beginning of the start of the AIFF . The AIFF was officially founded on 23 June 1937 after representatives from six regional football associations met at the Army Headquarters in Shimla . Namely , the six regional football associations were the IFA , Army Sports Control Board , United Provinces , the North West India Football Association , the Bihar Football Association , and Delhi Soccer Association . After the launch of the national football federation , the idea of an India national football team did not gain much momentum until after India gain independence in 1947 . Select Indian teams did participate in tours of Australia , Burma , Afghanistan , and South Africa but none were officially part of the national team . In 1948 , one year after independence and 11 since forming as a football association , the AIFF gained affiliation with FIFA , the governing body for football around the world . Later that year , the national team was officially formed and participated in their first official tournament , the 1948 Summer Olympics . In 1950 , the national team automatically qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup which was to be held in Brazil after all the teams in Indias qualification group withdrew . However , prior to the tournament , India themselves withdrew from the World Cup with the AIFF citing the reason as due to lack of funding . Other reasons given for Indias withdrawal included the players playing mainly barefooted and that the AIFF valued the Summer Olympics tournament more than the FIFA World Cup at the time . In 1952 , during the Olympics in Finland , India was defeated in the first round by Yugoslavia 10–1 . This defeat made the AIFF make it mandatory for players on the national team to wear football boots . In 1954 , the AIFF played an active role in promoting football in Asia when they were one of the founding members of the Asian Football Confederation . India took part in four straight Olympic football tournaments between 1948 and 1960 but have failed to qualify since . In 1985 , India started to participate in World Cup qualifiers again but have failed to make it to the tournament . In 1977 , the AIFF started the Federation Cup which was the first club based national tournament in the country . The Santosh Trophy , the national tournament for state teams , was started in 1941 . In 1996 , the AIFF began the first national league in the country , the National Football League . In 2007 , the NFL was reformed as the I-League , the countrys first professional football league . Competitions . International . - Champions Cup ( Senior Mens ) - AIFF Youth Cup ( U-16 ) - 2019 Intercontinental Cup ( India ) Mens . - Indian Super League - I-League - I-League 2nd Division - Super Cup - Santosh Trophy - AIFF Futsal Club Championship Womens . - Indian Womens League - Indian Womens Football Championship Mens Youth . - Elite League ( U-18 ) - Junior League ( U-15 ) - Sub-Junior League ( U-13 ) - B.C . Roy Trophy ( U-19 ) - Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy ( U-16 ) Womens Youth . - U-17 Womens Championship - Junior Girls National Football Championship ( U-19 ) - Sub–Junior Girls National Football Championship ( U-16 ) Defunct . - Rovers Cup - Indian Super Cup - Nehru Cup - Federation Cup States Mens Leagues . - Assam State Premier League - Bangalore Super Division - Calcutta Football League - DSA Senior Division - FAO League - Goa Professional League - Kerala Premier League - Manipur State League - Mizoram Premier League - Nagaland Premier League - Punjab State Super Football League - Rajasthan State Mens League - Shillong Premier League - Sikkim Premier Division League States Womens Leagues . - Calcutta Womens Football League - FAO Womens League - Karnataka Womens League National teams . Men . - India national football team - India national under-23 football team - India national under-20 football team - India national under-17 football team - India national beach soccer team Women . - India womens national football team - India womens national under-20 football team - India womens national under-17 football team State federations . There are currently 36 state associations affiliated with the All India Football Federation . - All Manipur Football Association - Andaman & Nicobar Football Association - Andhra Pradesh Football Association - Arunachal Pradesh Football Association - Assam Football Association - Bihar Football Association - Chandigarh Football Association - Chhattisgarh Football Association - Daman & Diu Football Association - Delhi Soccer Association - Football Association of Odisha - Goa Football Association - Gujarat State Football Association - Haryana Football Association - Himachal Pradesh Football Association - Indian Football Association ( West Bengal ) - Jammu & Kashmir Football Association - Jharkhand Football Association - Karnataka State Football Association - Kerala Football Association - Madhya Pradesh Football Association - Meghalaya Football Association - Mizoram Football Association - Nagaland Football Association - Pondicherry Football Association - Punjab Football Association - Railways Sports Promotion Board - Rajasthan Football Association - Services Sports Control Board - Sikkim Football Association - Tamil Nadu Football Association - Telangana Football Association - Tripura Football Association - Western India Football Association ( Maharashtra ) - Uttar Pradesh Football Sangh - Uttarakhand State Football Association Corporate structure . Board of directors . The following are on the board of the directors at the AIFF . Technical committee . - Shyam Thapa – Chairman - Henry Menezes – Deputy Chairman - G.P . Palguna - Abhishek Yadav - Pradip Dutta - Ishfaq Ahmed - Prosanto Banerjee - Sundar Raman