Jharkhand Football Association

Jharkhand Football Association
SportFootball
Jurisdiction Jharkhand
Membership24 district associations
AbbreviationJFA
Founded2000 (2000)[1]
AffiliationAll India Football Federation (AIFF)
HeadquartersGiridih
PresidentMithlesh Kumar Thakur
SecretaryGhulam Rabbani

The Jharkhand Football Association (JFA) is the football governing body in the state of Jharkhand in India. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the national governing body.[2] It sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Rajmata Jijabai Trophy.

State teams

Affiliated district associations

All 24 district of Jharkhand are affiliated with the Jharkhand Football Association.

No.AssociationDistrict President
1Bokaro District Football AssociationBokaro
2Chatra District Football AssociationChatra
3Deoghar District Football AssociationDeoghar
4Dhanbad District Football AssociationDhanbad
5Dumka District Football AssociationDumka
6East Singhbhum District Football AssociationEast Singhbhum
7Garhwa District Football AssociationGarhwa
8Giridih District Football AssociationGiridih
9Godda District Football AssociationGodda
10Gumla District Football AssociationGumla
11Hazaribagh District Football AssociationHazaribagh
12Jamtara District Football AssociationJamtara
13Khunti District Football AssociationKhunti
14Kodarma District Football AssociationKodarma
15Latehar District Football AssociationLatehar
16Lohardaga District Football AssociationLohardaga
17Pakur District Football AssociationPakur
18Palamu District Football AssociationPalamu
19Ramgarh District Football AssociationRamgarh
20Ranchi District Football AssociationRanchi
21Sahibganj District Football AssociationSahibganj
22Seraikela Kharsawan District Football AssociationSeraikela Kharsawan
23Simdega District Football AssociationSimdega
24West Singhbhum District Football AssociationWest Singhbhum

Competitions

Club level

Jharkhand Football League pyramid

Tier Division Promotion & relegation
1
(Level 5 on Indian football pyramid)
JSA League Premier Division 11 teams
2
(Level 6 on Indian football pyramid)
JSA League Super Division 10 teams
3
(Level 7 on Indian football pyramid)
JSA League A Division 19 teams

See also

References

  1. โ†‘ "Jharkhand Football Association sacks president, joint secretary for controversial role". Lagatar news. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. โ†‘ "Jharkhand Football Association". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.