Federation of Football Coaches in India
India loves footballmore than it teaches it.
Every evening — on maidans, school grounds and colony streets — someone is teaching this game. A PE teacher. An elder brother. A volunteer who stays after work. They give everything they have. Most were never taught how. FFCI exists to change that.
442 coaches trainedAIFF & AFC course pathwaysSince 2017
Who we are
We teach theteachers of the game.
The Federation of Football Coaches in India brings the people who teach football together — and moves them up the recognized AIFF and AFC pathway. Courses organized. Candidates prepared. A professional standard held for life. Because when one coach learns, every player they ever stand in front of feels it: the first touch taught right, the talent spotted, the child who comes back next week.
The gap
The coach who needseducation most can least afford it.
01
Workshops bring it to the ground.
Short, practical coaching workshops — carried into districts and communities a course fee could never reach.
02
Events open the game.
Football days, festivals and community events where players and coaches meet taught football for the first time.
03
Scholarships clear the fee.
Sponsored seats that put deserving coaches through formal courses they could not reach alone.
And more people get to play— at every age, at every level.
How it is funded
Coaching for those whocan't pay is paid forby those who can.
Course fees keep the federation running — and partners take the work where fees cannot go. One sponsored seat sends a deserving coach through a formal course, and every ground they teach on feels it for years. Every partnership is defined, measured and reported.
Companies
fund programs — structured CSR with defined delivery, safeguarding and reporting.
Institutions
host them — schools, clubs and grounds that open their doors to the game.
Donors
keep the doors open — contributions that carry coaching past the fee barrier.
Eight years on the ground
The record, seasonby season.
It started with one course.
West Bengal — and before the season was out, Gangtok hosted the first course outside Bengal.
A company funded the coaches.
Ranchi — the first course in collaboration with Central Coalfields Ltd. The AFC C Diploma in New Delhi followed.
The game reached the children.
Baby leagues, girls' programs and community projects — from Jharkhand to grounds across the map.
The pathway went further.
AFC C-License courses at Haldia beside a steady run of AIFF D-License courses at Raiganj and Jyotirmoy Public School.
The next season is being written.
The community keeps growing — and the record with it.
How we calculate this
442 coaches have completed FFCI-organized courses (max 24 seats per course; totals summed per course). Reach is estimated at roughly 60 trainees per coach per year; some coaches step away from active coaching, so the true figure may be lower.
Happening now
The season in motion.
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