Tata Football Academy Explained

Clubname:Tata Football Academy
Fullname:Tata Football Academy
Nickname:TFA
Founded:[1]
Ground:JRD Tata Sports Complex
Tinplate Sports Complex
Capacity:24,424
5,000
League:Development League
Indian Elite League U–18
Indian Elite League U–15
Indian Elite League U–13
Website:http://www.tatafootballacademy.com/

Tata Football Academy (Tata FA or TFA) is a football academy based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand,[2] [3] sponsored by Tata Steel, which owns ISL outfit Jamshedpur FC.[4] [5] It is one of the renowned and leading football academies in the country.[6]

History

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata envisaged not only Asia's first fully integrated Steel Plant but also the model township of Jamshedpur. He advised his son, Sir Dorab Tata, to earmark "areas for Football, hockey and Parks... ". Tata Steel's commitment to sports, in fact, preceded the building of the township. The aforesaid letter was written in 1902 and the site for Jamshedpur selected in 1907.

Indian footballers Chuni Goswami and Arun Ghosh served as director of TFA from 1986 to 1989 and 1997 to 2003 respectively.[7] [8]

In November 2017, it was announced that TFA will tie-up with La Liga giants Atlético Madrid,[9] to enhance and strengthen its existing programmes for promoting Indian football. It was also announced that, TFA is to be renamed as Tata Atletico Football Academia.[10]

In March 2019, Carlos Santamarina was appointed as the head coach of TFA.[11] Santamarina has been involved with Atlético Madrid's youth coaching set up, which includes development and coaching of kids in the age group of U-15, U-14, U-13 and U-12.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Partnerships

See also

Notes and References

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  4. News: Tata Steel successfully bids for the Jamshedpur team of ISL. 28 March 2019. The Economic Times. 12 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Tata Football Academy . 12 January 2008 . 8 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080108222601/http://www.indianfootball.com/team/tfa.html . live .
  6. Web site: Federation declares PK Banerjee's birth anniversary as AIFF Grassroots Day. the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 12 May 2023. 12 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230512143401/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/federation-declares-pk-banerjees-birthday-as-aiff-grassroots-day. 12 May 2023. AIFF. Media Team. New Delhi.
  7. Web site: G. C.. Das. Indian Legendary Football Players Profile: CHUNI GOSWAMI. https://web.archive.org/web/20080914072626/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kolkatafootball_indian_legend_footballers_profile.html. 14 September 2008. 14 September 2008. 25 January 2011. www.kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football.
  8. Web site: Gautam. Roy. Swapan. Ball. 2007. East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players. 25 February 2009. www.eastbengalfootballclub.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20090221072434/http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers3.asp. 21 February 2009.
  9. News: TFA tie-up with Atletico de Madrid. 28 March 2019. Tata Steel Official Website. 20 November 2018.
  10. News: TFA Re-named to TATA Atletico Football Academia After Tie-up With Atletico de Madrid. 28 March 2019. News 18. 22 November 2018.
  11. News: TFA ties up with Atletico, names Santamarina as coach. 28 March 2019. News 18. 7 March 2019.
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  14. Web site: IFA Shield: Tata Football Academy wins the 120th IFA Shield. 7 March 2016. 14 March 2016.
  15. Web site: List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup. indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. 16 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006211012/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/sikkimgoldcup.html. 6 October 2021. dead. Arunava Chaudhuri.
  16. Web site: List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Independence Day Cup. https://web.archive.org/web/20181019212053/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/independencedaycup.html. dead. Arunava. Chaudhuri. www.indianfootball.de. 7 September 2015. 19 October 2018.
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  18. Web site: Arunava Chaudhary. List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Airlines Gold Cup. Indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. 2 March 2021. 24 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024223328/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/airlinesgoldcup.html. live.
  19. Web site: Arunava. Chaudhuri. List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup. indianfootball.de. 15 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315014206/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/lalbahadurshastricup.html. 15 March 2016. Indian Football Network. dead.
  20. Web site: 14th All India Darjeeling Gold Cup: PREVIOUS WINNERS. kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football. 3 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210713084014/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/darjeeling_gold_cup2014/index.html. 13 July 2021.
  21. http://www.indianfootball.de/data/hotweathercup.html List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Hot Weather Football Championship: Himachal Pradesh
  22. Web site: Chaudhuri. Arunava. List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup. indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. 2008. 2 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20180903180048/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ltgovernorscup.html. 3 September 2018. dead.
  23. Web site: 10 Partnerships between Indian and European football clubs which broke down. 28 June 2019. 15 January 2022. sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Abhishek. Kundu. https://web.archive.org/web/20231229133036/https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/10-partnerships-between-indian-and-european-football-clubs-which-broke-down. 29 December 2023.