The All India Football Federation being banned by the world soccer governing physique FIFA means nationwide groups won’t be able to contest on the worldwide degree. But it additionally meant that Indian golf equipment wouldn’t have the ability to take part in continental competitions, together with the Gokulam Kerala FC ladies’s crew within the AFC Women’s Club Championship.
The membership has now written a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office, requesting it to intervene within the ban and assist them take part in Asia’s premier membership competitors.
Gokulam Kerala FC CEO Ashok Kumar wrote, “Our team reached Tashkent, Uzbekistan from Kozhikode in the early hours of 16 August 2022.” “On arrival, we heard through various media outlets that FIFA has banned the AIFF (All India Football Federation) and therefore clubs are not entitled to participate in international competition until the suspension is lifted. “
“In the light of the above, we request the good officials of the PMO to intervene in this matter and make all efforts to revoke the FIFA ban and include us as the champion club of India in the AFC Women’s Club Championship. “
The 23-player Gokulam Kerala FC squad traveled to play for Iranian membership Bum Khatoon FC on 26 August however have been placed on maintain within the Uzbekistan capital following information of the ban.
Kumar additional wrote within the letter, “The dream of our Prime Minister is to make India a super power and become No. 1 in the world.” “In a small means, our membership is main the efforts to deliver ladies’s soccer to India by turning into the Indian Champion Club from 2019. Such an sudden ban shouldn’t be detrimental to our efforts to make India proud to be the primary ladies’s footballer. Nations in Asia. ,
FIFA had stated that the suspension on the AIFF can be lifted after the order to arrange a committee of directors to imagine the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee and the AIFF administration to have full management over the day-to-day affairs of the AIFF.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
