NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with German Football Association (DFB) at its headquarters here.
The signing of the agreement coincided with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to India for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The MoU covers a wide range of areas pertaining to Indian football such as coach education (including grassroots), talent scouting and promotion, deployment of professional referees to India, exchange between national teams and a visit of a DFB all-star team (if feasible), joint marketing initiatives and sports administration via discussions on their competition management solutions. Football cooperation among states is also one of the agendas in respective government’s discussion.
AIFF general secretary Kushal Das and DFB general secretary Friedrich Curtius signed the document to formalize the relationship between the two football governing bodies. The MoU was signed in the presence of Joint Secretaries Inderjit Dhamija, and LS Singh. AIFF general manager Swati Kothari and DFB head of International Relations and Strategic Projects Dr Fabian Ulrich were also present on the occasion.
Das said: “It is a great honour for AIFF to get into this agreement with DFB. I am sure this will benefit Indian football significantly.
“Germany are renowned for their footballing prowess, and the work done by them at the grassroots level stands out. The MoU represents a great opportunity to learn from their experience and expertise through mutual cooperation and collaboration.”
