Kolkata : With AIFF being suspended by FIFA, the future of India along with Indian football clubs are under scrutiny. Gokulam Kerala FC became national champion to qualify for AFC Women’s Club Championship.
Ashok Kumar, CEO of Gokulam Kerala FC wrote to PMO office to intervene regarding FIFA suspension on AIFF to enable the women’s team to play in AFC Women’s Club Championship.
Gokulam Kerala FC are in Tashkent at the moment and, along with the other participating teams and officials, will travel tomorrow to Qarshi for AFC Women's Club Championship 2022. The FIFA ban means no Indian club can take part, till the suspension is lifted. #IndianFootball
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The team of 23 players practiced for 2 months for this championship, flew to Tashkent and got grounded. This deeply affects the physical and mental confidence of the players along with team management. They would have been facing Iran on August 23, 2022. The Asian Football Confederation sent a letter to the All India Football Federation stating that Gokulam Kerala FC is no longer eligible to take part in the AFC Women’s Club Competition 2022. However, AIFF has not sent any mail or letter to the club anticipating that the suspension might be lifted by FIFA within a couple of days.
Kumar wrote, ” Our Prime Minister’s dream is to make India a Super Power and become number 1 in the world. In a small way, our club is spearheading the efforts to bring women’s football in India by being the champion club of Indian since 2019. Such an unforeseen ban should not be detrimental to our efforts in making INDIA proud to become the number one women’s football nati
