The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Thursday announced the commencement of the Men’s National Football Championship (NFC) for Under-20.
The newest age competition in AIFF’s calendar for the year 2023-24 will start in April and be known as ‘Swami Vivekananda U20 National Football Championship’. The championship will be held at the sprawling Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama in Narainpur, Chhattisgarh having an in-house full-fledged football pitch, training facilities and residential area.
Following the discontinuation of U21 competition during Covid, AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey, last July, had expressed the urgent need to restart the competition in senior boys’ category to fill in the existing void at this level.
As a next step, AIFF will invite all its State member associations for participation in the U20 NFC.
