All-India Football Federation to revive Federation Cup

BENGALURU: The All-India Football Federation (AIFF) on Monday inducted five new clubs for the next edition of the I-League and also decided to revive the traditional annual club competition Federation Cup.

The executive committee of the AIFF, which met in Bengaluru on Monday with President Kalyan Chaubey presiding over, in its first order of the day, decided to accommodate all five bidders into the I-League, with the vision of expanding the competition to a stronger league. The new clubs will be based in Varanasi, UP, Punjab, Bengaluru and Ambala, Haryana.

“The Committee, in line with AIFF’s long-term plan, Vision 2047, felt it would be prudent to revive a legacy competition like the Federation Cup. To that extent, it decided that the Federation Cup will be the premier cup competition in India from the 2023-24 season onwards,” the AIFF said in a release. (IANS)

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