Poona Football Association (PDFA) is an organisation that governs the
football
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in and around the Indian city of
Pune. It is one of the district associations 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 ...
, affiliated to the
All India Football Federation
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is the national governing body of football in India. It is a member of FIFA, the international governing body of football and affiliated to Asian Football Confederation.
It is affiliated to Ministry o ...
(AIFF). The PDFA organises
Pune Football League, overlooking promotion and development of football in the district of
Pune.
The TRNA INDIA Pune Football League is an organized competitions overseen by the Poona District Football Association in
Pune District of
Maharashtra
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. It follows a ladder-based structure and includes four divisions with over 100 teams. The league encompasses teams from various locations across Pune District, the city of
Pune, spanning from
Pimpri-Chinchwad to
Hadapsar.
History
The Poona District Football Association came into inception from the year 1972 with motive of promoting, developing and popularising the game of football at grass root level. It was heard that football lovers like Robert Gabriell, Benjamin Fernandes and many more contributed in running the association for years in the Poona region and this continued till we formally launched to form the Poona District Football Association in the most concrete manner from the year 2006 under the Leadership of President – Dr. Vishwajeet Kadam. At present there are more that 230+ teams & nearly 5000+ players registers with PDFA, which is spread across 4 divisions of Boys’ Teams ( Super Division, First Division, Second Division and Third division Teams ), Women's Division Teams and Under age group teams. These 230+ teams play Pune District football league. The total of more than 1000 matches are conducted year round.
Competitions
* Men's competitions
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PFL Super Division
The Pune Football League is an organized competition overseen by the Poona District Football Association in Pune District of Maharashtra. It follows a ladder-based structure and includes four divisions with over 100 teams. The league encompass ...
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PFL Division One
The Pune Football League is an organized competition overseen by the Poona District Football Association in Pune District of Maharashtra. It follows a ladder-based structure and includes four divisions with over 100 teams. The league encompass ...
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PFL Division Two
The Pune Football League is an organized competition overseen by the Poona District Football Association in Pune District of Maharashtra. It follows a ladder-based structure and includes four divisions with over 100 teams. The league encompass ...
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PFL Division Three
The Pune Football League is an organized competition overseen by the Poona District Football Association in Pune District of Maharashtra. It follows a ladder-based structure and includes four divisions with over 100 teams. The league encompass ...
Grounds
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Pune District Football Association Stadium
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Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
See also
Pune Football League
External links
Official Website- Official website
References
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