See also: Indian State Leagues. The state football associations are the regional governing bodies of football in India. There are 36 state associations and 2 affiliates associations to the All India Football Federation.[1]
The state associations have their own constitutions and structure. Depending on the size of the state, some associations have affiliated sub-district associations. Each state conducts its own competitions, while the local sub-associations organise lower tier leagues.
| No. | Association | State/UT | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manipur | M. Ratan Kumar Singh | ||
| 2 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Vidya Prakash Krishna | ||
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | Kotagiri Sridhar | ||
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | Pema Khandu | ||
| 5 | Assam | Naba Kumar Doley | ||
| 6 | Bihar | Prasenjeet Mehta | ||
| 7 | Chandigarh | K. P. Singh | ||
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | Ajay Chandrakar | ||
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | |||
| 10 | Odisha | Jagmohan Patnaik | ||
| 11 | Delhi | Saraftullah (acting) | ||
| 12 | Goa | Caitano Fernandes | ||
| 13 | Gujarat | Parimal Nathwani | ||
| 14 | Haryana | Suraj Pal | ||
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | Baldev Singh Tomar | ||
| 16 | West Bengal | Ajit Banerjee | ||
| 17 | Jammu and Kashmir | Wasim Aslam | ||
| 18 | Jharkhand | Mithlesh Kumar Thakur | ||
| 19 | Karnataka | N. A. Haris | ||
| 20 | Kerala | Tom Jose | ||
| 21 | Ladakh | Tashi Namgail | ||
| 22 | Lakshadweep | K. Mohammed Ali | ||
| 23 | Madhya Pradesh | Trilok Chand Kochar | ||
| 24 | Meghalaya | Larsing Ming Sawyan | ||
| 25 | Mizoram | Lal Thanzara | ||
| 26 | Nagaland | Neibou Sekhose | ||
| 27 | Puducherry | D. Nestor | ||
| 28 | Punjab | Samir Thapar | ||
| 29 | Rajasthan | Manvendra Singh | ||
| 30 | Sikkim | Menla Ethenpa | ||
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | Jesiah Villavarayar | ||
| 32 | Telangana | Mohammed Ali Rafath | ||
| 33 | Tripura | Ratan Saha | ||
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | Arvind Menon | ||
| 35 | Uttarakhand | Amandeep Sandhu | ||
| 36 | Maharashtra | Praful Patel |
| No. | Association | Department | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. K. Gayen | |||
| 2 | Dinesh Suri |
The National Football Championships, known as Hero NFC for sponsorship ties, are inter-state knock-out competitions contested among the regional state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation, national governing body. Currently six (3 men's & 3 women's) championship competitions are held for age different groups.