PIFA Updates
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PIFA Champions tour kicked off on 1st May with training by Gary Judge (UEFA A) and Hannah Connnor from Liverpool.
The camp included one day training at EPL academies - Liverpool, Manchester City, West Bromwich & Manchester United.
EPL Match West Brom vs Wigan
The campers meet Manchester United Champion - Wayne Rooney
PIFA All Center Tournament (PACT) was held on 13 April 2013 in two locations this time. Children below 13 played at the Santa Cruz center, while children above 13 played at the Bandra centre.
It was a day for all students to show their skills and perform in a stress free environment.
PIFA Summer Camp
29 Apr - 3 May and/or 6 May 11 May 2013 8 am to 10 am
Boys & Girls, 6-18 yrs old.
5 or 10 days training, 2 hours a day
Participation certificate
Venues :
1. Juhu
2. Opera House
Contact : 808 037 8006
PIFA Sports (Colaba) FC - I league 2nd div 2013
Following are the names of Indian players :
James Swamy (GK) , Neeraj Sharma (GK), Shabbir Ali, Aavesh Shaikh, Nihal Chandran, Roshan Karmaran, Sam Cruz, Jacky Khaidem, Varin Mehta, Nagesh Swamy, Dashyanng Kachru, Akash Jain, Tushar Poojary, Nishant Rana, Priyo Kumar, Ravindra Tamatta, Ketan Kalgutkar, Neel Shah, Clifford Garette, Sushil Kawade, Kenneth Desena, Ramakant Pawar, Ashish Pawaskar, Titus Uttankar, Roger Sam,
Foreigner’s: Vincent Asuquo (Nigeria), James Phiri (Zimbabwe), Emmanuel Okoye (Nigeria)
The team will be coached by Faruk Ahmed (UEFA A licensed) and Physio Manish Dhabliya
Team Manager Mr Sudhakar Rane, Assistant Team Manager Mr Tejesh Sharma.
LIVE YOUR DREAM
Watch Barcelona vs Real Valladolid at Nou Camp. (May) / Amusement park (June)
Participate in an International Youth Tournament in Barcelona
Training with the best football academy
And go with the most experienced and qualified academy.
CAMPS DATES :
1. May 15-25, 2013
2. June 18-29, 2013
For more details email : anjali@pifa.co.in
Colaba girls trained by PIFA Coach Sumeet for the PIFA Foundation won the U16 ONGC NGO Cup.
The Premier Football League / Junior Football League organsied by PIFA came to grand finaleon 23 February 2013.
This is a culmination of 11 weeks of hard fought exciting matches on a Saturday morning.
- 34 teams, 250 players.
FINALE - SCORES
JFL 1 Falcons 6 : 5 Dolphins
JFL 2 Panthers 5 : 6 Alligators (3:3 FT)
JFL 3 Titans 11 : 1 Terminators
JFL 4 All Stars 0 :3 Bombay Bullets
PFL 1 Buca 5 : 1 Tom Boys
PFL 2 Black Panthers 23 : 1 Cubs
Premier Football League for the Junior & Senior girls came to an end with the Ballerinas & the Spice Girls winning their respctive groups.
The league kicked off on 17 November 2012. 60 girls participated in this Saturday morning league.
Saaya Metha was adjudged the player of the Tournament. She was presented a NIKE Football.
Website - www.pfleague.in
PIFA Director Nirvan Shah with Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Technical Director, Jim Shelby.
"The Asian Football Confederation is aware of the potential of success which lies within India. I have had discussions with both Rob Baan and Scott O’Donell and some strategies have been chalked out which will be implemented in 2013. The global trend stays to develop the local instructors."
PIFA Director Nirvan Shah (UEFA / AFC licensed coach) conducted the AIFF D License course for 25 coaches at the WIFA, Cooperage ground in Mumbai form 20-25 January 2013.
PIFA will complete 10 years of training in 2013. The academy has a very long list of accomplishments. being pioneers in professionalising youth development football training programs in Mumbai & India.
The academy has planned some great programs for 2013, starting with a change in the training structure at all the academy centers. Students will be assessed and certified after each 3 month module.
So keep a look out on the ewebsite and face book page for announcements - https://www.facebook.com/PIFA.India
PIFA Foundation U16 boys lifeted the runners up cup KICK STARS Tournament after losing to KSA on penalty shoot out 0-1.
PIFA is launching an exciting new program to help develop skills that are so important to help young kids develop into outstanding players.
Starting January 2013, the latest training methods employed by our international affiliates in Barcelona, Liverpool and Milan will be enforced. The skills will bundled into modules to help the kids develop and harness their skills. 24 hours training session completed in 12 weeks.
The program is designed by UEFA licensed coaches.
The DRIBBLING MODULE - PLAY LIKE MESSI will be the first module to be launched.
PIFA participated in the Kids Central Expo held at World Trade Center on 24-25 November 2012.
Pictures of the event can be seen on the facebook site.
Coaches from UK Vlad & Tony both experienced youth coaches kicked off the PIFA International Camp in Dehra Dun at the Unison World School from 22-25 November 2012.
Thirty one girls enrolled for this camp, this camp being the 32nd camp in India in 8 years.
Rarely do you hear Bollywood children being Chief Guests and that to for a sporting event.
PIFA collabrated with the South African consulate team - Bombay Bafan to win the Bombay Gymkhana Blitz Plate.
PIFA TODDLERS is a fun filled pre-school introductory program in football and fitness.
It is broken down into multiple modules of 12 sessions each and is conducted in a pressure free and play group environment.
The Programme:-
- Follows the ‘fun, motivate then challenge’ pattern
- Fine-tunes a child’s basic balance, agility and co-ordination
- Develops important social skills like listening, sharing, taking turns and teamwork
- Works on improving a child’s physical dexterity, particularly in the lower limbs and feet through a variety of ball-balancing games
- Is conducted in a safe and friendly environment with ‘fun play equipment’
- Each session is a 45 minute fun filled class and has a 1:6 coach to child ratio.
Nirvan Shah, PIFA Director & UEFA coach successfully completed Mr Lutz Pfannenstiel's - Goalkeeping course, the 'Art of German Goalkeeping' organised by AIFF in association with the Deutscher Fußball-Bund -DFB and the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB -German Olympic Sports Confederation)
The training was held at the Cooperage Football ground from 8-15 October 2012 and hosted by WIFA.
NSCI hosted the first ever football tournament for the members. Football was introduced to the club by PIFA 2 years ago. PIFA organised this one day football fest for over 50 member children on 14 Oct at the West lawn.
This edition had only 2 age groups U8 & U12.
PIFA was the Soccer Skills Partner of the Rotaract Club - H. R. College festival "We are the World" held at St Stanislaus School.
The event was held on 6-7 October 2012 at St Stanislaus School.
PIFA Director Nirvan Shah And Technical Director Faruk Ahmad were both invited to participate with 63 other AIFF recognised elite coaches and selectors for a week long AIFF Coaching Seminar at the AIFF Regional Academy in Vashi.
Mr Rob Baan, All India Football Federation, Technical Director, wanted PIFA to promise him, that we will come back to him within a month with a kid who we believe has the potential to play for India in the future. He has appointed PIFA as his scouts.
Indian National Coach Wim Koevermans has stressed that the Indian team will be playing 4:3:3 system.
Within a month of being appointed football training partners to Holy Family High School, Chakala, the school lifted the 5th Derek D'Souza Memorial Football - Runners up trophy. The school also won the best striker award.
Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) have opened another center in Mumbai. The new center in Andheri (E) will be operational from July 10, 2012.
Days : Tuesday & Thursday
Time & Age : 5-6pm for U12 : 6-7pm for U17
Venue : Holy Family High School, Chakala, Andheri East.
To register call 98209 68365
PIFA Champions Tour - Manchester
Jun 10-19, 2012 @ Manchester
PIFA kicked off its 27th European camp this time to Manchester. The campers werer treated to a training session at Liverpool academy.
HIGHLIGHT : Training at Coaching Connexions Academy, Tour of Manchester United's Old Trafford, Liverpool's Stadium Anfield & Everton's Goodison Park & Museum and Alton Tower amusement park.
PIFA have been appointed as traininig partners for the Bombay Gymkhana Women and U19 Boy's Colts Team for the year 2012-2013.
The training will be headed by UEFA Coach Nirvan Shah and PIFA coach Kanu. The aim of the training is to develop a tactically & technically strong team to compete in various tournaments in and out of Mumbai.
PIFA Champions Tour - Spain
May 1-10, 2012 @ Barcelona.
Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) under 15 students from the Elite training entered the finals of the NIKE - Manchester United Premier Cup tournament played at the SESA Academy football ground Goa from 7-10 May 2012.
This was a fantastic result for PIFA considering this was their first appearance as a team in this tournament. Teams representing Kerala, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Goa fought for the West & South zonal title along with last years winner Salgaocar SC.
PIFA Colaba FC, Maharashtra topped their group by beating Youth Club Soccer Academy, Gujarat 4-1, Dunes FC, Goa 3-0 and drew 1-1 with Idukki Football Academy, Kerala. In the Zonal (west & south) semi-finals they beat Narmada FC, Madhya Pradesh 4-0 and in the finals beat defending champions Salgaocar SC 3-0.
In the All India semi finals they beat Idukki Football Academy, Kerala 3-0 PIFA Colaba FC after playing 6 matches in 3 days had to play the finals against a fresh Chandigarh FA side that had only played one match in the last 5 days. The exhausted PIFA Colaba boys conceded 2 goals in the 2nd half of extra time.
CFA were the winners of the North, Northeast and East Zonal leg which was earlier held at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur and consisted of teams from Assam, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Orissa, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
TEAM : Tejas, Pritam, Faizaan, Mrunal, Sherwyn, Kshitij, Al-Umair, Sohail, Hemant, Kamlesh, Dheeraj, Sushant, Judon, Prathamesh, Suraj,Thoichan.
Mr Faruk Ahmad (Coach)
Mr Nagesh Swamy (Assistant Coach)
Ms Nivedita Vishwanathan (Physio)
Mr Tejesh Sharma (Manager)
PIFA Champions Tour - UK
May 7-15, 2012 @ Manchester.
HIGHLIGHT : Training at Coaching Connexions Academy, Tour of Manchester United & Manchester City Stadium. & Museum. Watch FC Everton play New Castle at Goodison Park. Visit to Liverpool Academy.
PIFA successfully conclude the football training for NSS Hill Spring International School 2011-2012 with presentation of certificates and prizes to the students. This was the 3rd year.
The U16 team attained promotion from the 4th Division to the 2nd division in 2 years. They finished runners up in they 3rd division this year. All the school teams reached the quarterfinals.
Best Players for the year 2011-2012 at the MSSA :
U-10 Boys - Vraj Shah
U-12 Boys - Shaan Navani
U-14 Boys - Amar Patel
U-14 Girls - Sabiha Officewala
Best Player Girls - Naomi Kasbekar.
Best Player Boys - Arnav Kasbekar.
PIFA children were invloved in a film shooting at Bnadra centre for Zoya Akhtar's new film.
PIFA have launched a new exciting training program for children 8-16 years.
Classes will be held at the Race Course on Wednesday & Friday.
5pm - 6 pm for under 10 years & under 16 years
For more details contact 98209 68365
The First edition of the Premier Football League (PFL) ended on 3 March 2012.
It all came down to the final round match between Panthers and Cara Mitiez. The match was won by Panthers 2-1 and thereby winning the league.
PFL kicked off on 3rd December 2011, with 6 teams participating in this invitational league. Each team played one on Saturday mornings.
The first edition had 60 boys in the 14-15 years age group (U16) category participating in this fast paced 5 a side tournament.
The best player award was won by Jason Norohna and Fair play Award to Vikramaditya Joshi. Both players won prizes from NIKE.
Premier India Football Academy organised their annual PIFA All Centre Tournament (PACT) at Parel.
Around 180 children from all the PIFA centers participated in 3 age groups. The students were mixed and got to make new friends.
The children got a chance to show their skills in a stress free environment. Parents attended in huge numbers.
Music, food and loads of smiles.
Everyone was the winner.
NIKE were the official football's.
PIFA Colaba FC won the Abhijit Kadam Memorial Cup 2012 in Pune on 11 March 2012. They b
eat Prayag United 1-0 ( Nagesh Swamy) in the finals. The team beat Deccan XI Pune in semifinal. In the group stage they drew with Mumbai FC 0-0 & Sesa Goa 1-1
Coach : Nirvan Shah
Team : Kishan Sulegai, Clifford Garrett, Vincent Bassey, Vinay Jadhav, Dheeraj Meher, Hantoba Singh, Jackie Singh, Sushil Kawde, George Wamou, Nagesh Swamy, Dashanng Kachru, Godpower Canopy, Gautam Kanojia, Mohsin Khan, Jeevan Nalge, Ravindra Tamatar, Ganesh kamat, Subhash Mondal — at Bharati Vidyapeeth University Football Ground
Premier India Football Academy were invited by Ecole Mondiale World School, Juhu to organise a football activity for the students at the Ecole Christmas Carnival held on 20 December 2011.
PIFA Colaba FC team are Runners UP of the Abhijit Kadam Memorial Shield losing on penalties to the host and organising Pune team. 0-0 (5-4)
In the semifinals they beat Rabbani FC (Nagpur) 1-1 (5-4) (Vicent).Quarter fianls - Pune's Thunder Catz 6-1 (George 2, Manick, Jeevan, Sam & Ramakant. Man of the Match George)
Earlier they kicked off their campaign with a 1-0 win over Pune FC A on 9 December to enter the quarter finals. (Goal Scored by Manik, Man Of the Match was Sushil.)
Premier Football League for U16 group kicked off on Dec 3, 2011.
Results Day 1 : 3 Dec 2011
* Buca 8 : 0 Baltic Warriors
* Caramitiez 3 : 0 Panthers
* Street Boys 0 : 2 Stars
Next Round on Dec 10, 2011
PIFA Colaba FC U16 team lifted the Colaba Junior Football Trophy for the 2nd time in a row by beating Oscar Foundation 2-0 in the Finals.
Thirty teams participated in this 9 a side tournament specially organised by Mr Krishna Pawle, President of Aadhar Pratisthan to support the Colaba Backgardens football ground.
PIFA Colaba players won : the player of the tournament - Pratamesh Kasare & the best midfielder - Arjun Mehra.
PIFA conculded their 30th PIFA International camp in India at the Unison World School, Dehra Dun.
It was held from 3-6 November 2011.
Skills winner with 630 points was Krishna Rathore
Coach's James Quinn & Hannah Connor have flown down from Manchester to conduct 4 days of exciting football training program.
Both coaches have vast experience with Academies in England.
Mumbai Skills Winner with 740 points - Ritwik Dutta
Power Shot 89 kmph by Rohaan Vardhan
PIFA Colaba FC kicked of their pre-season Elite campaign playing the Nadkarni Cup tournament at RCF ground, Chembur.
They beat Central Railway on penalty shoot out (7-6) after being held to a goalless draw. The team then beat Mumbai FC U19 2-1 in the quarter-finals and Akbar Travels 3-1 in the semifinals.
The team is in the 104th Nadkarni Cup finals in their 1st appearance. They lost to i League team Mumbai FC in the finals.
PIFA trained NSS Hill Spring International School boys U16 playing MSSA III division have finished in 2nd place, they have earned a promotion into the 2nd division. This is the 2nd promotion for this team in 3 years.
BEST PLAYER was Yash Advani
The team had a great start and have qualified for the play offs.
They drew with RN Shah 1-1 beat Sacred Heart 5-1, Swami Vivekanand (Kandivali) 3-0 qualified for play off stage.
beat St Andrews 0-0 (4-2)
beat Victoria 1-0 (Qtr Final)
beat Swami Vivekananda (Borivali) 0-0 (5-4) (semi final)
lost St Pius X 0-0 (1-3) Finals
PIFA trained NSS Hill Spring Interntaional School U17 girls team have won third place in the DSO tournament by beating St Annes 2-0, G.D Somani 1-0 & Activity 0-0 (4-3 on penalty)
Premier India Football Academy flagship team - PIFA Colaba FC Mens team finished the MDFA ELITE division season 2010-2011 in 3rd place.
The team finished with 14 points, ONGC finished 2nd on 15 points. Mumbai FC finished 1st.
Both the top 2 teams are AIFF - i league 1st divsion teams.
The MDFA Elite Division team had the following teams participating. Mumbai FC, Air India, ONGC, Union Bank of India, Akbar Travels, RCF, Central Railway, Kenkre FC, Mumbai Customs & Western Railway.
PIFA Colaba womens football team kicked off their season playing the the Bandra Womens League beating United Athletes 1-0 and holding Bodyline 0-0
The South African consulate team coached by PIFA director Nirvan Shah won the SUPER Cup at the Corporate Tournament held at WTC, Cuffe Parade on 24 July 2011.
They beat Baskin Robbins 6-3 in the final game.
Premier India Football Academy director Nirvan Shah has been certified to be an AIFF Instructor for grass root coaches. He attended the AIFF instructors course organised by WIFA in Mumbai from 11-20 July, 2011.
The skills winner of the PIFA Champions Tour 2011 to Liverpool Academy was Neel Shah with 730 points, runner up was Yudi Jaising with 620 points.
This was PIFA's 24th camp to Europe and is slated to be one of the best camps ever. The camp had quite a few surprises included by Liverpool Academy. Lunch at the "Boot room" at Anfield as well as at "Cafe Sports" which is owned by Liverpool's Jamie Carragher, meeting Liverpool academy player John Flanigan, an hour session at Reducate, photographs with the UEFA Champions League Trophy plus the high level training conducted by Liverpool coaches on the astro grass pitches both indoor and outdoor and certificates signed by Ian Rush and Steven Gerard gift box for all campers.
The tour also included the usual visits to Anfield Stadium, Old Trafford Stadium and Alton Towers
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PIFA Champions Tour to London finished with a skills contest which was closely won by Nimesh Solanki 630 points and Yash Agarwal 620 points came 2nd, both are PIFA students.
Akshay Mahimtura won the outstanding player of the camp and was gifted Gary Taylor Fletcher's playing jersey form the Tottenham match, it was signed by the Blackpool team.
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Children on the PIFA Champions Tour to London 2011 watched a very exciting Tottenham v Blackpool match at White Hart Lane Stadium which ended in a 1-1 score.
PIFA friend, England & Tottenham striker Peter Crouch and Blackpool mid Gary Taylor Fletcher came specially to meet the children.
NSS Hillspring International Prize day was held on 21 April 2011 for the junior school (PYP) all students were given a certificate and a progress card. Prizes sponsored by NIKE
The best player award was won by Areeb Merchant & Tanya Poonawala
BEST MSSA PLAYER
1. U10 – Parth Doshi
2. U12 – Areeb Merchant
3. U14 – Rahil Doctor
4. U16 – Neel Shah
5. U16 Girls – Amrata Mehta
Most Improved Player
Boys Girls
1. U8 – Manav Doshi 1. U8 – Henna Lakhani
2. U10 – Shaan Navani 2. U12 – Karyna Atha
3. U12 – Sushrut Mirashi 3. U16 – Sabiha Officewala
4. U16 – Yuvraj Ruia
PIFA Colaba FC picked up 6 points at the AIFF i League 2nd Divsion group C tournament being held in Madurai. And have finished 5th in their group.
They beat Chandni FC 3-1 & BEML 2-0
These a great victory for the team as they have being really playing well but have been unfortunate not to have beaten the first three teams.
PIFA are proud to announce their association with Liverpool International Football Academy Soccer Schools. This association will help PIFA organise camps to Liverpool Academy facilities at Kirkby, Liverpool and maybe an opportunity to bring coaches from Liverpool to India.
The camp will give an opportunity for talented Indian children to be trained by UEFA / FA licensed Liverpool coaches and a chance to be spotted by the scouts.
This is truly a lifetime experience to train at the greatest club.
The following players will represent PIFA Colaba FC in the I league 2nd division organised by AIFF.
Players :
(GK) Harshad M; Kishan Sulegai; Gautam K
(DEF) Clifford Garrett; Vincent Asuquo; David D'souza; Abishek M; Sushil K; Dheeraj Meher; Siddeshwar Shinde
(MID) Canopy Godspower; Nitesh Munde; Ajit B; Dashyang Kachru; Ganesh Kamath; Kundan Chandra; Mintu S.
(FWD) Nagesh Swamy; Sam Cruz; George Udo; Prakash K
Manager : Sudhakar Rane
Coach : Nirvan Shah
Physio : Sandesh Rangnekar
The team will leave for Madurai by train on Sunday, 27 March 2011.
Premier India Football Academy’s event – ‘The Football Carnival’ benefited over 3000 people including kids, parents, coaches and the sports industry. The theme of the event was ‘Participate’ ‘Learn’ and ‘Enjoy’.
Over 800 kids participated in various contests such as a 5 a-side tournament, a Skills contest and a Freestyle contest. The Tournament consisted of two age groups; U-14 for boys and U-17 for boys and girls. The matches were played in a healthy and competitive spirit and officiated by quality referees. The ‘NIKE’ skills contest was divided into four zones; passing, shooting, dribbling and chipping. This tested the players’ true skill as their efforts were based on accuracy as well as time. Players with high scores won some exciting Nike goodies like shin guards, caps and t-shirts. There was also an entertaining Freestyle contest in which youngsters showed off their skills to rapturous applause from the watchingaudience. This contest hugely enhanced the entertainment factor as it brought an air of fun and excitement to the occasion. Prior to the carnival, hundreds of young kids took part in the online competitions such as ‘Design a PIFA Football kit’, ‘Create a Mascot’ and an essay on ‘India at the 2022 World cup’
PIFA Colaba FC mens team will play the I league 2nd division, this year.
With this the club and academy opens a new chapter. It will now be playing on an all India level.
PIFA Colaba U-19 kicked off the BFRA Fairplay Trophy in style with a 2-0 win over Compenaroes in the first round with goals from Noel and Siddharth Singh.
The tournament which was held at St.Xavier's in Parel then pitted the PIFA side against Kenkre who they comfortably beat 3-0 to enter the finals. The winning trophy eluded the side though as they finished runners-up which is no mean feat in itself. Some excellent football was on display and the U-19 side were a joy to watch.
PIFA Colaba U-16 team won the Akhil Colaba Football Tournament held on 26 January 2011.
The young team did themselves proud by beating Magic Bus in the finals with Bandiya winning the Man of the Match award. The team's goalkeeper Pritam was adjudged to be the tournament's best goalkeeper. The Colaba Community tournament prize is an impressive addition to the team's trophy cabinet.
The Elite team this season played extremely well and were on the verge of a historic 3rd place finish in Mumbai's top division but a an unfortunate result will see us finish in the top 5, which is a superb result in its own right.
They also ended the I-League 2nd Division qualifying campaign on a high after beating Akbar Travels 2-1 in the playoff round to finish 3rd overall. The Colaba outfit were unfortunate to be defeated on penalties in the semi-finals but showed character to win at Cooperage on Wednesday. The goals came from Canopy Chu and Souvaid Ansari.
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PIFA Colaba FC - Elite division team kicked off the MDFA season with a 2-1 win over Union Bank of India.
Match 1 : vs Union Bank - won 2-1 (Nasar Syed & Sam Cruz)
Match 2 : vs Akbar Travels of India - lost 0-1
Match 3 : vs Rashtriya Chemical & Fertilisers (RCF) - won 2-1 (Sam Cruz & George Udu)
Match 4 : vs Central Railway - won 2-1 (Suovaid Ansari & George Udu)
Match 5 : vs Air India (I league) - lost 0-3
Match 6 : vs Mumbai FC - draw 0-0
Match 7 : vs ONGC - lost 0-1
Match 8 : vs Kenkre FC - draw 0-0
Match 9 : vs Mumbai Customs - won 1-0 (George Udu)
Match 10 : Vs Western Railway - To be played
Our Lady Of Nazareth Church U-15 girls being trained by PIFA coaches picked up the Runners up Cup at the 2nd Inter NGO Tournament organised by Concern India held at PDP on 2 October 2010.
The 2nd edition of Concern India's - Inter NGO tournament was once again organised by PIFA at PDP on 2nd October 2010.
Thirteen teams registered for this edition.
To be the best, train with the best
PIFA student Kunashni Parikh is India's No 1 Goalkeeper & Vice Captain for India U-16 national team. She will be playing the AFC Tournament to be held in Jordan.
This is the 3rd year in a row that players from Maharashtra selected to play for India have been associated with PIFA.
Earlier, Indian players were Hussain Vahanvaty, Aryaman Sethi, Calvin Lobo U-14, Natasha Merchant U-15, Harshad Meher & Ajit Bhoir U-16.
Read PIFA Director - Nirvan Shah interview by Harmit Kamboe for Sportskeeda, click on the logo.
All three boys featured in the Maharashtra U-13 team that won the National Football Festival held in 2009 in Jamshedpur.
We are indeed proud to have 2 boys from PIFA CYFC - Ajit Bhoir and Harshad Meher played for India.
The Ma
harashtra girls team that competed at the AIFF Under-14 Football Festival held in Chennai from 23 December 2008 to 1 January 2009 and finished second was felicitated by His Excellency S.C. Jamir, the Governor of Maharashtra on 3rd March at the Cooperage Stadium.
This is the first time in the history of Maharashtra football that a Maharashtra team has finished at such a high rank.
Mr Wali Mohammad (Asst Secretary of WIFA) announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for the team.
PIFA Director Mrs Anjali Shah was Team Manager, while Nirvan was the Maharashtra Coach.
PIFA was invited to play the Gauteng Future Champions U-17 from 23–28 March 2009, organised by South African Football Federation.
The tour was fully sponsored. The team was coached by PIFA Director Nirvan Shah.
The team did extremely well in the entire tournament, they scored one past Inter Milan. The tournament was won by Boca Juniors (Argentina), Esperance FC (Tunisia) came 2nd and Inter Milan came 3rd.
South African Airways sponsored the air tickets. NIKE was the official playing kit for the team.
Midday : Mar 21 
; DNA : Mar 21 ; Mumbai Mirror : Mar 21, 2009
PIFA stu Both boys finished in the top 4 of their class in their assessments and have been asked to do their Level 2 immediately. The boys are also certified in FA Child Protection and FA Emergency First Aid. PIFA welcomes these young lads as coaches into the academy. 
dents Aryamann Shah (17) & Crish Shah (17) completed the FA Level 1 Certificate In Coaching Football at the Inspire Academy in England.
Pr He was among the 20 boys and 6 girls selected from the South Mumbai Junior Soccer Challenge 2009 tournament held at the Cooperage Stadium to attend the camp conducted by QPR coaches in Mumbai. (Rhea Jaffer was ranked 7th, making her the best player in the camp)
emier India Football Academy student Hussain Vahanvaty was ranked first after a 4 day intensive Queens Park Ranger camp that ended on 4th January 2010 at the Karnatak Football ground, Mumbai. He has won a six to eight week all expense training at the QPR academy in England.
PIFA Calendar for 2012-2013
PIFA Director meets Sepp Blatter.
PIFA Director Nirvan Shah was specially invited to attend a seminar on "India -The awakening of a sleeping giant" organised by IFA held at the FIFA HQ in Zurich, Switzerland in Nov 2008.
"Football is popular throughout the world and it can help us to build a brighter future, to aid understanding and bring different societies together. Football belongs to the world and above all to children" - Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA.
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