Nita Football Academy Explained

Clubname:Nita Football Academy
Fullname:Nita Football Academy
Short Name:NFA
Ground:Dhabaleswar Institute of Polytechnic Ground
Owner:Nita Football Trust
Chairman:Subrat Das
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Paromita Sit
League:Indian Women's League
Odisha Women's League
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Website:https://nitafootball.com/

Nita Football Academy is an Indian women's professional football club and academy based in Radha Damodarpur, Cuttack, Odisha. It is the first private residential football academy of Odisha, dedicated to promoting football among underprivileged girls. They are the current champions of the Odisha Women's League and Khelo India State Championships U-17. Many of the academy students have represented at sub-junior, junior, and senior national levels. They finished runners-up in the 2023–24 season of the Indian Women's League 2, which enabled promotion to the top tier Indian Women's League.[1] [2] [3]

Academy

Established in 2011, Nita Football Academy was founded by the Nita Football Trust with the mission of promoting football, particularly among underprivileged girls. The academy is affiliated to Cuttack District Athletic Association, Football Association of Odisha (FAO), and were conditionally accredited as an Advanced Private Residential Academy by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).[4] [5] Its headquarters are located at Dhabaleswar Institute of Polytechnique, Radha Damodarpur, Khuntuni, near Cuttack, and they will be playing the Indian Women's League 2024-25 at the Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium at Rourkela as their home ground.[6]

The academy has girls in under-19, under-17, and under-15 categories training under supporting coaches, administrative staff, matron, hostel facilities, full-fledged canteen, physiotherapist, ambulance services, on-call doctor and an advanced gymnasium. The academy also takes care of the player’s education by providing facilities in the technical education and in nearby school and colleges. The academy also operates in Puri to train students using the infrastructure facilities of Puri Zilla School.

Squad

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Management

PositionName
Chairman Subrat Das
President Bhakta Ballav Das
General Secretary Arun Parija
Chief Technical Advisor Mohammad Shahid Jabbar

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sreebhumi FC, Nita Football Academy earn promotion to IWL . AIFF . 29 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Nita Football Academy (NFA) makes history, qualifies for coveted Indian Women’s League (IWL) 2024-25 . The Financial Express . 30 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Sreebhumi FC, Nita Football Academy earn promotion to IWL . Football Counter . 30 May 2024.
  4. Web site: NITA FOOTBALL ACADEMY . All India Football Federation . 10 February 2024.
  5. Web site: NITA FOOTBALL ACADEMY . Nita Football Academy . 10 February 2024.
  6. Web site: Indian Women's League 2024-25 Fixture. 24 October 2024. New Delhi. AIFF. Media Team. 24 October 2024. the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation.
  7. Web site: IWL 2 2023-24. AIFF. 28 May 2024.
  8. Web site: OWL 2023-24: OGP Club, Sports Odisha post wins . Orisports . 4 January 2024.