think fifa contributes quite a bit of d moolah...lots of grants involved..
<div><br></div><div>Agree. Would not be surprised if FIFA is also paying the u22 and senior coach.</div><div><br></div><div>We all know AIFF can not pay Rob Baan, Raymond and a senior coach along with funding a league, fed cup, santosh, u20 league, BC Roy, Mir Cup and all. </div>
good article lot of academies names<div style="font-weight: normal; ">and interesting thing aiff releases i-league booklet with attendance all that stuff</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Droid Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font color="#ff0000">The AIFF’s statistical booklet on the 2010-11, I-League reveals that the average attendance per match (182 matches were played) was just 3,913. Even in Kolkata, with the two biggest supporter based teams in India the total attendance was just 3, 18,700 and the average 8,172. This figure also got boosted by the 80,000 people who witnessed the Round 13 tie between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. Pune FC, a supposedly well supported team had an average attendance of just 1,925 in their 13 home matches.</font></b></span>
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<h6 style="font-size: 20pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">AIFF academy to hold selection trials on June 11</h6><div class="detail-right-box" style="float: right; padding-left: 10px; overflow: hidden; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div id="gkfontholderP" style="padding-left: 195px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1px; "><div id="gkfontholder" style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border: 1px solid rgb(68, 68, 68); width: 100px; height: 32px; "><a href="http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Jun/7/aiff-academy-to-hold-selection-trials-on-june-11-23.asp"; class="smallFont" title="Smaller" style="color: rgb(17, 91, 203); outline: none; background-image: url(http://www.greaterkashmir.com/images/font-down.png); text-indent: -9999px; display: block; float: left; width: 32px; height: 32px; ">Smaller</a><a href="http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Jun/7/aiff-academy-to-hold-selection-trials-on-june-11-23.asp"; class="defaultFont" title="Default" style="color: rgb(17, 91, 203); background-image: url(http://www.greaterkashmir.com/images/font-default.png); text-indent: -9999px; outline: none; display: block; float: left; width: 32px; height: 32px; ">Default</a><a href="http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Jun/7/aiff-academy-to-hold-selection-trials-on-june-11-23.asp"; class="largeFont" title="Larger" style="color: rgb(17, 91, 203); background-image: url(http://www.greaterkashmir.com/images/font-up.png); outline: none; text-indent: -9999px; display: block; float: left; width: 32px; height: 32px; ">Larger</a></div></div><iframe src="http://www.greaterkashmir.com/Adds_A/FullStory_ADD.asp"; width="300" height="250" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div><div align="justify" id="textcontent" class="Storypage" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Arial, 'Times New Roman', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; min-height: 500px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p></p><p>Srinagar, June 6: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is going to conduct select ion trials for players born in 1997 and 98 for its residential academies on June 11 and 12 at Polo Ground here.<br> Three- member expert committee of AIFF is visiting Srinagar on June 11 and 12 and Jammu on 13 and 14 for selecting talented football players born in 1997 and 1998 for their admission in AIFF residential academies at various centres of the Country.<br> Interested players have been asked to register their names in the office of the Association at Abiguzar, Srinagar and deposit their attested DOB certificate issued by Srinagar and Jammu Municipal Corporations or the School concerned with photographs.<br> The trials shall be held at Polo Ground Srinagar from 9AM onwards.</p><p>Source - GK</p></div>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/article3511216.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/article3511216.ece</a><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(59, 58, 57); line-height: 18px; "><h1 class="detail-title" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; display: block; color: rgb(31, 87, 165); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(59, 58, 57); font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; "><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">Two years ago, K. Prashanth rooted for Spain in the World Cup. Little did he imagine then that he would actually get an opportunity to play there.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">Prashanth is<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"> the only player from Kerala to make it to the FIFA-AIFF Academy</span> in Navi Mumbai; the academy's 14-member squad will go on a tour of Spain next month.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">“We will be playing a few matches in Spain but we have not got the itinerary yet,” Prashanth said here on Saturday. He is now enjoying holiday at his house in the city.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">It is only a month since he has joined the Navi Mumbai academy, the first of the five FIFA academies in the country, a month ago, but he believes he is already a better player.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">“The academy, which is based at Fr. Agnel School (Vashi), is fantastic,” the 14-year-old midfielder said. “We have <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">excellent facilities</span> and were trained by Arthur Pappas, an Australian coach, whose training methods were a revelation. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">For two weeks, he made us play purely with short passes, nothing else.”</span></p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">Prashanth made it to the academy from the selection trails held in Pune in April for 54 prospects. “It was after the South Zone under-16 championship held at Hosur earlier in the year that I was selected for the Pune camp,” he said. “I had scored six goals against Puducherry.”</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Athlete to footballer</b></p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">He played for the State under-14 team in 2010. It was only four years ago that he turned to football, from athletics. “I won the bronze in the 50m at the State meet three years ago and was the Kozhikode District individual champion,” he said.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">“It was my elder brother Pramod who advised me to play football. I became serious about the sport after I trained with coach Rishidas under the Vision India scheme.”</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(59, 58, 57); font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; ">He considers himself lucky that he could join the FIFA academy. “<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">We are being trained there with an eye on the under-17 World Cup in 2015,</span>” he said. “It is my dream to play for India."</span></h1><div><br></div></span></div>
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/article3511216.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/article3511216.ece</a><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(59, 58, 57); line-height: 18px; "><h1 class="detail-title" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; display: block; color: rgb(31, 87, 165); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(59, 58, 57); font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; "><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">Two years ago, K. Prashanth rooted for Spain in the World Cup. Little did he imagine then that he would actually get an opportunity to play there.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">Prashanth is<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"> the only player from Kerala to make it to the FIFA-AIFF Academy</span> in Navi Mumbai; the academy's 14-member squad will go on a tour of Spain next month.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">“We will be playing a few matches in Spain but we have not got the itinerary yet,” Prashanth said here on Saturday. He is now enjoying holiday at his house in the city.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">It is only a month since he has joined the Navi Mumbai academy, the first of the five FIFA academies in the country, a month ago, but he believes he is already a better player.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">“The academy, which is based at Fr. Agnel School (Vashi), is fantastic,” the 14-year-old midfielder said. “We have <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">excellent facilities</span> and were trained by Arthur Pappas, an Australian coach, whose training methods were a revelation. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">For two weeks, he made us play purely with short passes, nothing else.”</span></p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">Prashanth made it to the academy from the selection trails held in Pune in April for 54 prospects. “It was after the South Zone under-16 championship held at Hosur earlier in the year that I was selected for the Pune camp,” he said. “I had scored six goals against Puducherry.”</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; "><b style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Athlete to footballer</b></p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">He played for the State under-14 team in 2010. It was only four years ago that he turned to football, from athletics. “I won the bronze in the 50m at the State meet three years ago and was the Kozhikode District individual champion,” he said.</p><p class="body" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; ">“It was my elder brother Pramod who advised me to play football. I became serious about the sport after I trained with coach Rishidas under the Vision India scheme.”</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(59, 58, 57); font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; ">He considers himself lucky that he could join the FIFA academy. “<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">We are being trained there with an eye on the under-17 World Cup in 2015,</span>” he said. “It is my dream to play for India."</span></h1><div><br></div></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div>tour of spain wow!! never thought of such a tour...but who d head coach still undecided...we should get a top youth coach... anyways FIFA is paying <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">>:)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="4">300 players turn up for AIFF trials</font></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="4"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Arial, 'Times New Roman', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Srinagar, June 11: On the inaugural day of All India Football Federation (AIFF) around 300 budding footballers from all over Valley turned up at Polo ground here on Monday.</span><br style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Arial, 'Times New Roman', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Arial, 'Times New Roman', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> The trials were scheduled to be conducted by three member AIFF selection panel. However, due to some problem, the team couldn’t land in Srinagar on scheduled date. In absence of AIFF team, the preliminary selection was held under the supervision of former Indian team captain Abdul Majeed Kakroo. The trials will continue on Tuesday also from 1PM onwards.</span><br style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Arial, 'Times New Roman', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: Arial, 'Times New Roman', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> The AIFF team will now arrive in Valley on June 13 and will conduct final trials themselves</span>
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i am 17 running now..can i join the academy which is located as vashi..i want to be trained and play for my country..as all say football is nothing in india i want to change it..i want my country team to be at top..please help me out can i join the training academy
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