The Club Licensing Committee of the All India Football Federation met on the Football House on Saturday, July 8, 2023, underneath the chairmanship of Dr. Girja Mungali.
Present every so often have been the AIFF Secretary General, Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran and different members of the committee, which included Mr. Shekhar Nagar, Mr. Jayaraman Ravishankar and Ms. Madhu Kumari.
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The AIFF Secretary General mentioned: “Our licensing committee is an independent committee, working for the best interest of the game. The work put in by this committee is extremely valuable for improving the domestic structure of club football. Through licensing, we are trying to improve the overall value of competitions, be it ISL or I-League. This will also improve each club that will be operating in the Indian Football ecosystem.”
The committee mentioned the exemption requests submitted by three Premier 1 golf equipment (Hyderabad FC, North East United FC, and East Bengal FC), in addition to seven Premier 2 golf equipment (Sreenidi Deccan FC, Gokulam Kerala FC, Mohammedan SC, Real Kashmir FC, Rajasthan United FC, Churchill Brothers FC, and Aizawl FC).
Additionally, the committee deliberated on the sanctions to be imposed on golf equipment (ATK Mohun Bagan, Bengaluru FC, FC Goa, Jamshedpur FC, and Mumbai City FC) that had been granted licenses with B standards failures.
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After detailed deliberations, the committee granted exemptions to 9 out of the ten candidates, besides Rajasthan United FC, on account of its failure to submit the title of the house stadium throughout the licensing course of. Furthermore, the committee imposed numerous monetary sanctions on the golf equipment that had sought exemptions.
Rajasthan United FC might want to present the Committee documentation in regards to the stadium that it proposes to play out of for the upcoming season. Post this submission; the committee will take a closing name on its exemption request.
