Raipur District Football Association is going to conduct Seven-a-Side Football League competition from January 21 to 24 in Raipur. Preparations for this have been started. The competition is being held on January 24 to commemorate World Women’s Football Day. According to the guide line of All India Football Federation, the competition is being conducted under the direction of Chhattisgarh Football Association.
In this, eight teams of girls (women) are being admitted. Registration of all teams is mandatory. The competition will be conducted in 10 to 14 years, 15 to 20 years and senior categories. Matches will be played in league mode. The final match will take place on 24 January on the day of World Women’s Football Day. Also, World Women’s Day will be celebrated. Raipur District President Mushtaq Ali Pradhan told that the calendar of the match will be released after meeting with the women’s team on Sunday.
He informed that right now the club championship matches are going on every Saturday and Sunday. The matches of January 23 and 24 will be carried forward. Also from the last week of January, the State Women’s Football League is being organized by the Chhattisgarh Football Association, in which eight club teams from the state will participate. The competition will be held in Raipur and Bhilai.
The winning and runners up teams will participate in the National Women’s League. The National Football League has started in the last three years. For the first time, two club teams from Chhattisgarh will participate. The All India Football Federation has made it mandatory for all state associations to have a state women’s league. Preparations for World Women’s Football Day are in full swing.