AIFF’s Club Licensing Committee decides not to grant licenses to seven clubs due to multiple ‘A’ criteria failures

New Delhi, June 10 (Agency) AIFF’s Club Licensing Committee has decided not to grant licenses to any of these (seven) clubs due to multiple ‘A’ criteria failures. The seven clubs who applied for the Premier 2 license were Real Kashmir FC, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Gokulam Kerala FC, Sreenidi Deccan FC, Rajasthan United FC, Churchill Brothers FC Goa and Aizawl FC. ” The Licensing Committee on Friday decided not to grant licenses to any of these clubs due to multiple ‘A’ criteria failures,” the All India Football Federation said in a statement on Saturday.

However, considering the challenging circumstances prevailing in Manipur, that have led to severe communication problems, the committee decided to postpone the assessment of the applications for the two Manipur clubs (NEROCA FC and TRAU FC) till normalcy was restored, the statement added. The Licensing Committee, chaired by Dr Girija Shankar Mungali, on Friday, met via video conferencing to determine the status of the License applications in the ‘ICLS (Indian Club Licensing System) Premier 2’ for the 2023-24 season. Other committee members, including Ravishankar Jayaraman, Yash K Nayak, Shekhar Nagar and Anirban Gupta were present in the meeting. The licensing meeting was held to evaluate applications from Hero I-League clubs for the ICLS Premier 2 license, which would entitle the clubs to participate in the Hero I-League. Among the nine clubs that submitted applications, the committee reached a decision about seven clubs.