Mumbai Football Association (MFA), formerly known as Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA), is an organisation that governs the football in and around the Indian city of

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

. It is a member of the

Western India Football Association Western India Football Association (WIFA) is the state governing body for football in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national governing body. History The Bombay Football Assoc ...

, which is affiliated to the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The MFA organises

Mumbai Football League The Mumbai Football League, also known as the Harwood League, is organised by Mumbai Football Association (MFA) as a ladder-based competition involving a total of five divisions and over 300 teams. It is the top football league in Mumbai and ...

, overlooking promotion and development of football in the bustling city of Mumbai.

History

The Mumbai Football Association (MFA), which is a non-profit organization, was established in 1983 and is the official district body for development, conduct and organization of football in the city of Mumbai and its suburbs. The MFA is affiliated with the

(WIFA), a state association of Maharashtra. From a beginning of 57 football clubs affiliated to it, the association now caters to and conducts football activity for more than 10,000 players. Mumbai had always been a center of football on the western coast of India from since the British rule. After the foundation of

as a result of the merger between Bombay Football Association and Bombay Rovers Cup Committee in 1911, it conducted the Harwood Football League and the prestigious

Rovers Cup The Rovers Cup was an annual football tournament held in India, organized by the Western India Football Association. It was the second oldest tournament in India after Durand Cup. History Rovers Cup was incorporated by some British football ent ...

, an all India tournament, which has come as a legacy to MFA. The MFA is managed by the Executive Council consisting of a president, 4 vice presidents, general secretary, treasurer, 4 assistant secretaries and 15 committee members. In addition to these, six members whose services would be beneficial to the association are also co-opted on the executive committee. The term of the executive Council is four years.

Olympians and internationals of MFA

Mumbai has produced a number of olympians and international players of high repute, who have proudly represented our country with excellence. Double olympian S. S. Narayan was the vice-president of MFA. Olympians Sanjeeva Uchil and Fortunato Franco also hail from Mumbai. Many international players have been produced under the aegis of MFA. They are Mario Gracious, Bandya Kakade,

Derek D'Souza Derek D'Souza is a former Indian footballer. D'Souza is known for scoring the first ever goal for the India national football team in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in the 1960 qualifiers in which he scored the only goal in India's 1–0 victor ...

, Ranjit Thapa, Amar Bahadur, Yusuf Ansari,

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, Henry Menezes, Akhil Ansari, Bernard Pereira, Arthur Pereira,

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, Steven Dias and Abhishek Yadav ,to name a few.

Mumbai football pyramid

Men

* Elite Division * Super Division * First Division * Second Division * Third Division

Women

* MFA Women’s League * Girls U-17 * Girls U-14

Youth

* U-18 Boys * U-16 Boys Division I * U-16 Boys Division II * U-14 Boys Division I * U-14 Boys Division II * U-12 Boys * U-10 Boys * U-8 Boys

Knockout tournaments

Men's

Football grounds

MFA conducts their events on the following grounds.

References

{{Football in India Football governing bodies in India Football in Mumbai Football in Maharashtra Organisations based in Mumbai 1983 establishments in Maharashtra Sports organizations established in 1983