Mumbai Football Association

Mumbai Football Association (MFA),^[2] formerly known as Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA),^[3] is an organisation that governs the football in and around the Indian city of Mumbai.^[4][5][6] It is a member of the Western India Football Association, which is affiliated to the All India Football Federation (AIFF).^[7]

The Mumbai Football Association (MFA), which is a non-profit organization, was established in 1983.^[2] From a beginning of 57 football clubs affiliated to it, the association now caters to and conducts football activity for more than 10,000 players. Mumbai had been a center of football on the western coast of India since the British rule. After the foundation of the Western India Football Association as a result of the merger between the Bombay Football Association and the Bombay Rovers Cup Committee in 1911, it conducted the Harwood Football League and the prestigious Rovers Cup, an all India tournament^[8] which has come as a legacy to MFA.^[9]

The MFA is managed by the Executive Council consisting of a president, 4 vice presidents, general secretary, treasurer, 4 assistant secretaries and 15 committee members. In addition to these, six members whose services would be beneficial to the association are also co-opted on the executive committee. The term of the executive Council is four years.

Mumbai has produced several Olympians and international players who have represented India. Two-time olympian S. S. Narayan served as the vice-president of the MFA. Other Olympians from Mumbai include Sanjeeva Uchil and Fortunato Franco. International players associated with the MFA include Mario Gracious, Bandya Kakade, Derek D'Souza, Ranjit Thapa, Amar Bahadur, Yusuf Ansari, Godfrey Pereira, Khalid Jamil, Henry Menezes, Akhil Ansari, Bernard Pereira, Arthur Pereira, Santosh Kashyap, Steven Dias and Abhishek Yadav.

MFA conducts most of their events on the following grounds.