XtraTime Web Desk: Great News for Indian Football as the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been conferred with full membership of the AFC Elite School Scheme by the Asian Football Confederations (AFC). The General Secretary of the AFC Dato Windsor John informed the AIFF that their application for full membership of the AFC Elite Youth Scheme has been approved by the Youth Panel of the AFC.
The letter which was sent to the AIFF read,”We are pleased to inform that your application for full membership of the AFC Elite Youth Scheme has been approved by the AFC Youth Panel.”
“In this regard, we are delighted to confer to the All India Football Federation the AFC Elite Youth Scheme full membership status and the Reliance Foundation Young Champs Academy and JSW Bengaluru FC Academy the two-star academy status, which is subject to re-evaluation after three years as per Article 6 (Renewal) of the AFC Elite Youth Scheme Regulations and Guidelines,” the statement as quoted by IANS said.
Kushal Das, the AIFF General Secretary thanked the AFC for recognizing the efforts and said, “The AFC Elite Youth Scheme has set a benchmark for all member associations to evaluate their youth football structure. We are thankful to the AFC for recognizing our effort and acknowledging us as a full member of the AFC Elite Youth Scheme. AIFF is working towards fulfilling all the criteria to bolster the youth league structure and further strengthen the qualities of footballers in India.”