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Kolkata, Oct 23 (PTI) A six-member team of the Asian Football Confederation, assisted by the All India Football Federation, today began a recce of I-League clubs beginning with Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Chirag United. The inspection was in accordance with the AFC''s effort to professionalise club football teams and would visit all the I-League clubs in the country before submitting a report at a workshop at Football House in New Delhi on November 2.
"They will meet representatives of every club and give them suggestions for implementing the AFC Club Licensing criteria," I-League CEO Sunanda Dhar, who along with senior manager of the I-League Sujesh Rajan, is assisting the AFC team, told PTI. "The clubs have to fulfill the criteria by December 31, failing which they will not be eligible for I-League 2011-12," Dhar said. The AFC Club Licensing criteria says that a club should have a licensed coach, an owned ground or at least on lease, it has to be a corporate entity and should have a junior programme also.
"This will open the doors of professionalism in football," Dhar hoped. From Kolkata, the team will head to Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Bangalore and Kochi, before concluding their journey in Ludhiana on November 1.
Following are the AFC team members: Tokuaki Suzuki (director of competitions), Uzbek Maksat Glychmamedov (development manager of professional football project development), (Steve) Kim Tae Hyung (communication manager of club competitions department), (Bryan) Kuan Wee Hoong (Director of Internal Audit Department), Khan Hung Meng (Development Officer of Coach Education Department), Mahajan Vasudevan (sports Lawyer of Legal Department).
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