NEW DELHI: The Technical Committee of All India Football Federation unanimously recommended the implementation of 3+1 rule on foreign players for all domestic tournaments from 2021 season onwards.
The AIFF acted as per the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) regulations for participation in the Asian club competitions.
However, if AFC change the rule, it will be implemented for domestic league matches.
The committee also felt that it isn’t appropriate to discuss the PIO/OCI rule allowing players of Indian origin to represent India at present.
“It’s appropriate for it to be discussed at a later stage once clarity is provided by the Minisiter of Youth Affairs & Sports,” the AIFF said in a statement on Friday.
The technical committee discussed the agendas through video conference.
They were also briefed about the postponement of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 by the FIFA-Confederations working group, and that the future dates for the tournament haven’t yet been finalised.
It was also decided that the chairman and the deputy chairman would be a part of all of AIFF-SAI technical discussions for the betterment of Indian football.
TC chairman Shyam Thapa, deputy chairman Henry Menezes, Prasanta Banerjee, Ganapati Palguna, Pradip Kumar Datta, Ishfaq Ahmed and Sundar Raman and Abhishek Yadav attended the meeting.
