PIFA Colaba FC's first attempt in the Nadkarni Cup resulted in the team reaching the finals and finishing runners up to I league club - Mumbai FC.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Sundays will never be the same again.
Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) is back again with a football league for children.
The Premier Football League (PFL) is a 7 a side children’s Sunday league for boys and girls aged 5 to 15 years. This league will be played over 8 weeks.
AGE GROUP CATEGORIES
MIDGETS Age 5 - 6 years - born in 2005 or 2006
SUB JUNIORS Age 7 - 8 years - born in 2003 or 2004
JUNIORS Age 9 - 10 years - born in 2002 or 2001
INTERMEDIATES Age 11 - 12 years - born in 1999 or 2000
SENIORS Age 13 - 15 years - born in 1996, 1997 or 1998
MIDGETS Age 5 - 6 years - born in 2005 or 2006
SUB JUNIORS Age 7 - 8 years - born in 2003 or 2004
JUNIORS Age 9 - 10 years - born in 2002 or 2001
INTERMEDIATES Age 11 - 12 years - born in 1999 or 2000
SENIORS Age 13 - 15 years - born in 1996, 1997 or 1998
The Sunday morning league will initially be held at a location in South Mumbai. It is an opportunity for children of all abilities to participate in a football tournament. Children are encouraged to form teams made up of players from their building society, locality, community or school. The children will have the option to train on Saturdays for the league.
The PFL is schedule to kick off on 19 November 2011 with the first training session on Saturday, 18 November 2011.
The league will have all the elements of the beautiful game competition, skills, teamwork, mentoring and humility.
Two unique features of this league are;
The Parent Coach
Parents looking at spending quality time with their children doing something that interests both. Parents will manage and coach their child’s team.
Football Buddy
Each team will consist of 2 underprivileged children from the PIFA community project. The aim of PFL is to demonstrate to children the charm of the beautiful game where everyone is equal on the field and the only language spoken is that of Football.
In this edition, there will be 5 age groups, each age group having 8 teams. Each team will play one another over seven weeks. The 8th week will decide the winners between the top 2 teams and prizes will be awarded to the finalists and a best player awards. The best player of the league will win a free trip to UK.
The PFL will start on November 19th with the first training session on Saturday 12th November.
Nike will be the official football for the league. Winners will get a gift set from Nike and get once a week free training at any one of the PIFA centres for one year. Talented players will be scouted for the various PIFA teams.
PIFA's efforts in India have been recognized by Asian Football Confederacy (AFC) Deputy General Secretary - Dato Paul Mony Samuel, An excerpt from the letter- "I thank you for your work for football in India and encourage you to support and follow the football development path set out in Vision India"
It is an ideal event for corporate companies to associate with this annual event.
NIKE will be the official footballs.
More info can be obtained on the website http://www.pfleague.in
or contact 98202 68365
Sunday, October 09, 2011
English coaches to conduct football camps in India.
Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) will be bringing UEFA/FA coaches for the 8th year in a row to India to conduct football training camps.
Coach James Qiunn & Coach Connor Hannah will be flying in from Manchester to conduct training similar to premiership academies in Europe. Both these licensed coaches from England will conduct training session for Premier India Football Academy (PIFA).
PIFA International camps will be held in Mumbai, Dehra Dun and Amritsar.
- · 27 October to 30 October at Karnataka Football Ground, Churchgate, Mumbai.
- · 3 November to 6 November at Unison World School, Dehradun.
- · 10 November to 13 November at University Ground, Amritsar.
The camps are open to boys & girls of all skill abilities, 10-18 years of age.
The camps are of four days duration. Each day is dedicated to one of the four basic techniques of football - Shooting, Dribbling, Passing & Control. Each technique will culminate in a skills test. Fitness test will be conducted like those conducted at Premiership academies, to make the children aware of the standards expected to play top flight football.
Over 1500 children have attended the 28 PIFA international camps held in the past 7 years. Camps have been held in Goa, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune & Delhi.
The camps have helped India U-16 Vice Captain Kunashni Parikh develop her game. Other India youth players Aryaman Sethi, Hussain Vahanvathy, Natasha Merchant have attended the PIFA International camps. PIFA guarantees improvement.
All the participants have performed well and helped their school to win matches. Some of the participants have been selected to play for "I" league U-15 team.
Nike will be the official football for the camp and the skill's contest winners get a gift set from Nike as well as get once a week free training at any one of the PIFA centres for one year. Talented players will be scouted for the various PIFA teams.
PIFA's efforts in India have been recognized by Asian Football Confederacy (AFC) Deputy General Secretary - Dato Paul Mony Samuel, An excerpt from the letter- "I thank you for your work for football in India and encourage you to support and follow the football development path set out in Vision India"
It is an ideal event for companies to associate with this annual event.
About PIFA
PIFA is dedicated to the development of Indian football since 2003. With their international alliances with football academies in UK and Europe, PIFA brings the latest methods of football training being used in youth academies the world over. With a vision to qualify for the FIFA World Cup of 2022, PIFA has started developing children by teaching the right techniques of playing football. PIFA Director Nirvan Shah is a UEFA/AFC licensed coach and has successfully completed the Coaches Instructor course conducted by the AIFF.
PIFA has an I-league 2nd division team PIFA Colaba FC, the team created history by being an academy based club finishing 3rd in the Mumbai Elite MDFA league.
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