NEW DELHI: Football Delhi launched the first ever Football Delhi Youth League on the occasion of Sunil Chhetri’s birthday, celebrated as Delhi Football Day since 2018.
The youth league was officially launched by KB Chhetri, father of Sunil Chhetri while former India international and JCT FC player Sarabjit Singh Parmar was also present on the occasion.
An exhibition match between U18 teams Hops FC & Signature FC was also held.
“It’s a great honour that the Association has launched Youth Leagues on my birthday and providing much essential opportunities to youth players in Delhi. During my youth days in Delhi we never had these kind of platforms. I hope this initiative would greatly help local players in Delhi to show case their talents and it will help them in shaping their football career,” said Sunil.
The first ever Football Delhi Youth league is bound to see more than 60 teams, 1200+ players, compete in 3 age categories – U13/15/18 spread in multiple zones throughout Delhi to ensure participation of maximum youngsters in the league.
“Youth League was the missing element of football structure in Delhi and with the start of youth leagues we have added yet another platform for local players to enlarge the engagement with football and showcase their talents,” said Football Delhi President, Shaji Prabhakaran.
The league will be played in a Home/Away format to ensure maximum game time for the youth players of Delhi where in each team will play a minimum of 18 matches. The winning team in each category will have the honour to play in National Youth Leagues organized by AIFF.
The youth league matches will start from 20 August for all age categories.
