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Karnataka State Football Association

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Karnataka State Football Association
SportFootball
Jurisdiction State
Membership31 district associations
AbbreviationKSFA
Founded1908; 116 years ago (1908)
(as Mysore Football Association)[1]
AffiliationAll India Football Federation (AIFF)
HeadquartersBengaluru
PresidentN. A. Haris
SecretaryM. Satyanarayan
Official website
www.ksfa.in

The Karnataka State Football Association (abbreviated KSFA), formerly the Mysore Football Association, is one of the 36 Indian state football associations that are affiliated with the All India Football Federation.[2] The KSFA administers football in the Indian state of Karnataka. The men's and women's professional leagues operate under it. Since January 2017, N. A. Haris has been serving as the president.[3] It sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship.

History

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Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) was started in the year of 1908, which was then known as the Mysore Football Association (MFA).

State teams

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Affiliated district associations

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All 31 districts of Karnataka are affiliated with the Karnataka State Football Association.

No. Association District President
1 Bagalkote District Football Association Bagalkote
2 Bangalore District Football Association Bangalore Urban
3 Bangalore Rural
4 Belagavi District Football Association Belagavi
5 Ballari District Football Association Ballari
6 Bidar District Football Association Bidar
7 Bijapur District Football Association Bijapur
8 Chamarajanagar District Football Association Chamarajanagar
9 Chikkaballapura District Football Association Chikkaballapura
10 Chikmagalur District Football Association Chikmagalur
11 Chitradurga District Football Association Chitradurga
12 Dakshina Kannada District Football Association Dakshina Kannada
13 Davanagere District Football Association Davanagere
14 Dharwad District Football Association Dharwad
15 Gadag District Football Association Gadag
16 Kalaburagi District Football Association Kalaburagi
17 Hassan District Football Association Hassan
18 Haveri District Football Association Haveri
19 Kodagu District Football Association Kodagu
20 Kolar District Football Association Kolar
21 Koppal District Football Association Koppal
22 Mandya District Football Association Mandya
23 Mysore District Football Association Mysore
24 Raichur District Football Association Raichur
25 Ramanagara District Football Association Ramanagara
26 Shivamogga District Football Association Shivamogga
27 Tumakuru District Football Association Tumakuru
28 Udupi District Football Association Udupi
29 Uttara Kannada District Football Association Uttara Kannada
30 Vijayanagara District Football Association Vijayanagara
31 Yadgir District Football Association Yadgir

Competitions

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Club level

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Karnataka Football League pyramid

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Men's

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Bangalore Football League
Tier Division
I
(Level 5 on Indian Football pyramid)
BDFA Super Division
↑promote (to I-League 3) ↓relegate
II
(Level 6 on Indian Football pyramid)
BDFA A Division
↑promote ↓relegate
III
(Level 7 on Indian Football pyramid)
BDFA B Division]
↑promote ↓relegate
IV
(Level 8 on Indian Football pyramid)
BDFA C Division
↑promote

Women's

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Karnataka Women's League
Tier Division
I
(Level 3 on Indian Women's Football pyramid)
Karnataka Women's Super Division League
↑promote (to Indian Women's League 2) ↓relegate
II
(Level 4 on Indian Women's Football pyramid)
Karnataka Women's A Division League
↑promote ↓relegate
II
(Level 5 on Indian Women's Football pyramid)
Karnataka Women's B Division League
↑promote

Presidents

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  • Major F. Ward (1933)
  • D. Gunabhushanam (1950–51; 1954–61)
  • Mir Iqbal Hussain (1965–76; 1981–88)
  • A. R. Khaleel (1989–2017)
  • N. A. Haris (2017–present)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kausik Bandyopadhyay (29 November 2020). "Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 1911–80". Taylor & Francis.
  2. ^ "Karnataka State Football Association". All India Football Federation. the-aiff.com.
  3. ^ Cyriac, Biju Babu (17 January 2017). "After 28 years, Khaleel steps down as KSFA president". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2017.