Indian Football Association

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Indian Football Association (West Bengal)
ভারতীয় ফুটবল এসোসিয়েশন
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Abbreviation IFA
Formation 1893
Type Sports
Purpose Football
Headquarters Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Region served
West Bengal, India
Membership
All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Official language
Bengali, Hindi, English
President
S.B.Ganguly
Vice-President
Subrata Dutta
Biswadeep Gupta
Affiliations All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Website www.ifawb.com

The Indian Football Association (Bengali: ভারতীয় ফুটবল এসোসিয়েশন), [abbreviated as IFA] is the organization that administers association football in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the oldest Football Association in India and was founded in 1893. Among the founders was former England international Elphinstone Jackson.[1]

Contrary to the name, the association does not administer the game in India, a task that falls to the All India Football Federation (AIFF). However before the formation of the AIFF the IFA was in de facto control of football in India by virtue of its administration by Englishmen as well as its affiliation to the Football Association of England. The IFA was instrumental in creating the AIFF to govern football on a national basis.

Clubs from outside West Bengal complained about the lack of neutrality in the affairs of the IFA. This disillusionment of clubs and patrons led to the formation of associations such as the Western Indian Football Association, which preferred to be governed by themselves rather than by the IFA. Later, the IFA helped form the AIFF.

The IFA organizes tournaments such as the Calcutta Football League and the IFA Shield

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